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"Owned and subscribed to by my library"
If the setting in Access Permission specifies that only owned&subscriped titles have a visibility ON, an empty search, should Show that"Owned and subscribed to by my library" in the patron portal is already be selcted by default.
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ipv6
Please support IPv6 IP addressing
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Truncation for full text searches
Righthad truncation wildcard * does not work for the full text search (search within the ebook). Researches need this functionality with in the content!
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Show patrons all prices! (ATO and non-mediated prices are missing atm)
Currently patrons do not see prices for ATO Loans or when non-mediated processes (non-mediates STL or autopurchase) are defined.
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Add document type 'Textbook' to available search refinements, and within usage reports.
It would be great to be able to quickly refine the owned content list to textbooks only, and from there extract a spreadsheet of your textbook model titles with relevant information. It would also be great to report on textbook model usage separately and quickly.
7 votesThank you all for your feedback on this enhancement request! The Ebook Central team has reviewed this idea and will keep it in mind for future consideration. We aren't able to provide a timeline for these ideas, but be sure to check back often and vote for the ideas you support in order to receive status and comment updates.
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Users do not need to put names and email addresses again in request form
Users login their accounts to request a book so names and email addressed should be automatically put in the form to save their time.
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Ability to vary settings on DDA Profiles (e.g. STL on some profiles, straight to purchase on others) aka "Differentiated DDA"
The option to have different settings for different profiles e.g. by purchase type, by subject etc.
The ability to select lists of titles to be Autopurchased automatically when enabled for DDA.
aka ("Differentiated DDA")
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Upgrade to preferred access model via Cart in LibCentral
We require the ability to upgrade to the preferred access model via Cart in LibCentral.
8 votes -
Add access permission to Expenditure and Usage Report
For tracking costs (of user groups defined by access permissions sets) a additional column of the user access permission in the reports (exports) would be helpful.
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MARC by Holding Type
We want to receive MARC records broken out by Holding Types: Owned, Subscribed (by Collection), and DDA.
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Ebook Central Turnaway alert at book level
Allow Turnaway alerts to be disabled in the Full Record View for individual titles (e.g., in Edit Book Level Permissions area). If a title is no longer available for sale on the platform and the library has made other arrangements to provide access, the Turnaway alerts are no longer used.
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Exclude Previously Held Titles from MARC Add Files
We want the option to exclude already owned or subscribed titles which are currently included in MARC Add Files.
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Title Report delivery
Libcentral's Title Report can only be delivered by email, even if it's a tiny report with ten or a dozen lines. It would be nice if a download option were provided, as with the Usage Report.
4 votes
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