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Enable easily adding an alternate edition from the drop-down menu

The current alternate edition drop-down list only lists titles; if you want to add one to the cart you have to click into the menu and then select the appropriate title and add it, or click the item's ISBN and to view the individual title and add ...
Sara Carman over 1 year ago in User Interface 0 Future consideration

Full text search of eBooks available to find the titles students need

I have often been looking for eBooks containing a particular concept and will not find a title using the currently limited search. I have needed to go to Google Books, search full text there, and then come back to see if the eBooks found are avail...
Guest about 1 year ago in Selection Workflow / User Interface 3 Future consideration

List author affiliations in GOBI notifications so we don't have to check them ourselves before deciding whether to purchase.

Useful for librarians who prefer not to purchase titles in their subject areas by authors outside those disciplines.
Guest almost 2 years ago in Profiling and Approval Services / Selection Workflow 0 Future consideration

Approval Platform

The more parameters we can set on the platform ourselves for our approval plans, the easier is the administration of the approvals.
Guest almost 2 years ago in Profiling and Approval Services 0 Future consideration

Out of Print titles

We would appreciate an Alert for alternative editions, as soon as these are available, for titles that are out of print.
Guest almost 2 years ago in Acquisition Workflow 0 Future consideration

Include GOBI Technical Services specifications in an "Admin Dashboard"

Please program Mosaic so that the Technical Services specifications are viewable within the platform under administrator permissions. This would be very useful for staying on top of the current settings, rather than having PDFs emailed.
Guest 9 months ago in  Administrative and User Account Controls 0 Future consideration

Add "Frequency" field in GOBI Continuations Bib records

There is no frequency metadata field in the GOBI bib records when you do a "Library Continuations" search (quarterly, annual, biennial, semiannual, etc.). Is there any way to make this data appear in GOBI Contins bibs in the future? Other book ven...
Guest 9 months ago in User Interface 0 Future consideration

Allow user to set basic limits one time but changeable as needed. Ex: no abridged books, certain language, ebooks or audiobooks.

Would like to stop checking the same limits or exclusions with each new session or searches.
Jo Shimmin almost 2 years ago in User Interface 1 Future consideration

library history field - color code

Selectors don't always see the Library History field. Could you put it in a different color (maybe red?) to make it stand out more?
Guest about 1 year ago in Selection Workflow 0 Future consideration

Possibility to expand the single line display to full record

Please add the possibility to expand the single line display for a title to full record view. This way I can browse easily through all titles and also get all information I need when I see an interesting title. Now I have to go to back to brief or...
Susanne van Rijn over 1 year ago in  3 Already exists