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Request to split out Academic Complete from transactionally purchased items
We would like the ability to split out Academic Complete from transactionally purchased items.
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Admin control to set the default citation style
I would like to be able to set the default citation style in ebook central as an admin.
8 votesThanks so much for your interest in this enhancement to Ebook Central. We will monitor this idea and keep it in mind for future consideration.
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Allow Libraries to host ebooks they own
I wish libraries could host ebooks they own on the Ebook Central platform. Sometimes we purchase ebook files directly from publishers that don't have their own platform and it would be great if we could host them on Ebook Central. This could be a value added benefit for Academic Complete customers. Alexander Street offers free video hosting for Academic Video Online customers.
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Add more subjects
Add the following subject headings under ''Browse Subjects'': Sports; Sports and Recreation
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Patrons can share bookshelves across their institution
Make the Bookshelf function shareable across institutions
The Bookshelf function is a brilliant function of Ebook Central. I work in a support role for Jisc, and we use Ebook Central to host our collection of e-books for FE. I created several Bookshelves to divide our collection into subject and qualification areas, but was disappointed to learn that I would not be able to share these with different organisations, I could only share them within Jisc. This is disappointing because it would be a fantastic support mechanism for Jisc's librarian members in the UK. Our members often don't have the time to create these…28 votesThank you all for your feedback on this enhancement request! We will keep this in mind for future consideration.
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Add Readership Level to DDA profiling
We would like to be able to profile by readership level, so that it is easy to filter out non-academic content which we do not want to acquire.
20 votesThis idea is still under review by the product team. We will continue to update our customers on the Idea Exchange. We appreciate your comments and votes as we evaluate and triage your great ideas! Best, Rayna
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Select PDF or EPUB
If an ebook is available in both PDF and EPUB format, the reader displays the PDF only. You have no chance to display the EPUB format. It would be very helpful for mobile device to have the opportunity to select which format should be displayed and downloaded.
6 votesThank you all for your feedback on this enhancement request! We will keep this in mind for future consideration.
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Track Changes in Access Permissions/System Settings
We would like to be able to track any changes made to our Access Permissions and other Settings.
An added benefit would be for an alert to be sent to those accounts with the ability to edit these settings any time that a change is made.
This will greatly assist us in gauging the impact of any changes made and in tracking trends.3 votes -
Include order information in MARC records
We would like to request an option to include our order data in the MARC records supplied from Ebook Central purchases (currently available from Oasis). This will enable us to generate order records attached to our bibs when loading to our lms.
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Counter reports should reflect usage for collection as it was on the dates selected (instead of as it was on the date run)
As it currently stands, if I run a report today covering 2018 usage for our consortially held collections, the usage totals only reflect usage for titles that are still in the collection (as well as newly added titles). It would be better if a report for 2018 usage included data for all the titles that were part of the collection in 2018. We have access to a couple large consortially held packages. The practice as it is currently in place results in a discrepancy of several hundred downloads in the BR2 count for Feb 2018 if we compare a report…
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Referral Statistics
We would find it helpful if there is a way to get referral statistics for Ebook Central under LibCentral's self-service options. This would benefit institutions looking at the various ways they're providing access to Ebook Central titles, and are hoping to get statistics to see how library users are discovering and linking to ebook holdings.
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We have disabled the “Download Book” link for ProQuest ebooks. Is there any way to have this button removed from the item page? We’ve found
We have disabled functionality of the “Download Book” option in Ebook Central. We would like to suggest the option to also have this button removed from pages for titles when this function is disabled. Having it appear on this page when the function is disabled is proving to be confusing for some of our students, and we have received several complaints.
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Accuracy in EBA availability
Is there any way to make the “Not available” bigger, or to suppress the record in the first place? It’s kind of misleading….
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When institutions own a 1U and NL copy that Availability in Ebook Central should state that multiple copies are owned.
We have titles with both 1U and NL user licences, but on the library catalogue the statement is "your library owns 1 x copy" which is misleading for users.
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Improve order confirmation emails for GOBI
We currently place most of our ebook orders through GOBI. The order confirmation emails we receive from Ebook Central are pretty minimal. They only include the Title, Author, EISBN and access url. I opened a support ticket about this, but was told "orders submitted from YBP/GOBI provide limited details compared to the direct LibCentral order confirmations" and that I should submit an Idea Exchange request because it wasn't currently on their roadmap to fix this. It would be extremely helpful if these minimal emails at least included access model purchased. We make special notes for titles purchased with limited user…
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Patrons are notified when their 5 minute browse expires; Patrons are notified when a book is available
Over-the-license-limit-ebook access
ProQuest allows patrons to use an e-book with limited licenses to have 5 minutes of access even if no license is available. I would suggest that such users get a notification that they have "limited" access to the book and a count-down click to show them the remaining access. If a license becomes available during those 5 minutes, a pop-up window can appear to inform them that they now have full access. If the five minutes are up, the patron should have the option to enter an e-mail or cell phone number to receive notification when a license…13 votes -
Peak period short term license increase purchase
A service that would be great to support select titles in peak periods, if you could offer a 'peak period' unlimited access license for a short period 1-2 weeks. If we are experiencing a sharp peak if we could quickly activate a purchase to expand temporary unlimited access to our students, we could assist elevate the access issues they have during crucial, stressful times in their studies.
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Bulk update Book Level Permissions for a set of owned ebooks
We would like to have the ability to run a job to bulk update/change the Download Days and Online Reader Loan Days in the Book Level Permissions parameters for a list of owned ebooks. Ideally, this would be for both making initial changes to the individual book permissions and for reverting the permissions back to the default general settings.
26 votesThank you all for your feedback on this enhancement request! We will keep this in mind for future consideration.
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4 votes
Thank you all for your feedback on this enhancement request! We will keep this in mind for future consideration.
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sports Analytics
Request to add the collection in the area of operations and analytics like sports analytics; R; Big data ; machine learning etc.
1 vote
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