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Library DDA sent search results need to include DDA platform selected in output

I use the Library DDA Sent search tool, but when I then want to output the result set, even with tab-delimited Full options, there is no column that tells me which platform among the three in our DDA profile is the one we actually got for that tit...
Guest about 1 year ago in Reporting and Analysis 0 Future consideration

Toggle between user accounts

When libraries have multiple acccounts and a user has logins for these mutliple accounts, rather than logging out and logging back in, it would be great to be able to toggle between the accounts.
Guest about 1 year ago in  Administrative and User Account Controls 0 Future consideration

Gobi use of "subscribed" for OA collection confusing, change to more accurate phrase

Gobi has recently started using the "library activity" link "Subscribed [date]" on ebooks that are not in fact part of a paid subscription but in EBSCO's "OA Ebook Collection", which is free. To see an example, if you have selected that package in...
Guest over 1 year ago in Acquisition Workflow / Content 0 Future consideration

Add subject heading filters to search refinement

In addition to the existing ways to refine a search, adding a section for subject headings would be useful to quickly choose or eliminate items that are and are not relevant to the goal of the search.
Sara Carman over 1 year ago in User Interface 1 Already exists

Acquisition workflow when ordering print duplicates of ebooks

Lately I have had to order print copies of ebooks that we own. When the print record finds the print isbn in the FOLIO ebook record, it attaches to the ebook record. It is a lot of work to remove the print isbn BEFORE placing the order in GOBI, an...
Guest over 1 year ago in Acquisition Workflow / APIs and Integration 0 Future consideration

Open Order Status Reports -- allow recipient designation by subaccount

We have around 25 subaccounts, but one of them is completely handled by an administratively separate library on campus which orders many fewer orders than our main library. It would be helpful if open orders could be split out by subaccount and al...
Guest 5 months ago in  Administrative and User Account Controls 0 Future consideration

Give us an email heads up of e-titles to be removed by publisher before they are removed

ProQuest used to do this. Maybe it is contractually disallowed, but if not libraries may want to add or trigger titles before they go away permanently on the EBSCO platform.
Guest over 1 year ago in Demand-Driven Acquisition 0 Future consideration

I want to be able to delete our outdated eBooks from "eBooks on EBSCOhost" so I can delete ebooks in OCLC.

We need to be able to delete books from the "eBooks on EBSCOhost" database when we get newer editions of medical books, books with multiple editions, etc. Accred. agencies don't like students to access old, outdated materials.
Jo Shimmin 11 months ago in eBook Management 1 Already exists

Show the amount for tiered pricing

In GOBI when an ebook esupplier uses tiered pricing, rather than displaying the amount, there is a "Tiered" link in its place. Please show the amount; there could be a different way to indicate that the amount displayed comes from a tiered pricing...
Julie Gaida over 1 year ago in User Interface 0 Future consideration

Need an "Exclude Fiction" filter

There are a lot of Religious publishers who publish both fiction and non-fiction. Most of the time we are only interested purchasing non-fiction titles. It would be much easier to find titles to purchase if fiction could be filtered out.
Guest 5 months ago in Acquisition Workflow 1 Already exists