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Icon to cancel mediated request/Auto-reply when submitting a mediated request
Currently, once a mediated request is submitted, it cannot be canceled, so it would be useful to be able to cancel it. To make it happen, it would be nice if a use receives an automatic reply when submitting a mediated request - ideally a cancel icon is included in that reply.
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Link editions/ Pearson versions
We have had turnaways from a 2nd edition of a book where we own the 3rd edition and have an issue now with additional copies of Pearson books having different URLs due to the removal of print/copy by Pearson. It would be very helpful if you could provide a link between editions /versions along the lines of Amazon's 'There is a newer edition' link.
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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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Chapter level linking in EBC
In light of recent updates to Primo regarding chapter level indexing. We would like to pursue the ability to link to the chapter level. Since a user can drill down to the chapter level in Primo, when they link out to the ebook in Ebook Central, they are taken to the book level and are then forced to locate their specific chapter again. We feel that this is a step backwards. Especially for the same company. Please consider this linking enhancement for a better user experience.
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Reference to purchased titles in mediated extened access process
For the extended access at 1U and 3U we would like to use the mediated process, but here the user is not informed that the title is actually already purchased and therefore moderated.
We would like to refer to the purchased/owned title before or during the moderating request.8 votes -
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.
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When Accessibility Mode has been enabled, return the user to their previous location.
Currently users are returned to an Ebook Central search page. From there they have to search for, correctly identify and re-access the book they were reading, and navigate back to the location within the book where they were when they changed their accessibility setting. For users who navigated in via their institution's Catalogue record for the book, this can be confusing and disorienting.
7 votesThank you for your suggestion for improving Ebook Central. We will keep this in mind for future consideration. In the meantime, please continue to vote and comment with ways this functionality might help your experience.
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Schedule usage report
Schedule a customize usage report every week, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually and send to an email.
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To send notification when a book is about to be returned online
It would be good if users got a notification when a book they were borrowing online was about to be returned. We have users that have lost notes because they made notes on Adobe DE and then when the book was returned and then re-loaned the notes were not there.
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Automatically email weekly usage summary
Our institution is moving towards Power BI to live present our data. Therefore we need a way to export that data from ProQuest in a format that can be identified and harvested by other Microsoft systems. An Excel spreadsheet attached to an email might be able to do this with Flow
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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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Password repetition
For avoiding typos and also for safety reasons the password should be entered twice while creating/requesting a patron account.
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Librarians can customize covers on EBC landing page
Covers at the book carousel of the patron by selection
Librarians should be able to choose the books displayed at the book carousel of the landing page (recently viewed/featured titles).7 votes -
Add country data to the Usage Report export
As an international membership organisation it is important for us to record which titles are being accessed from where. Adding a country column to the Usage Report would do this - if that's possible?
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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 for submitting this great idea to our exchange! We are reviewing this and keep voting and adding comments and questions on this enhancement, as we continue our evaluation. Much appreciation, Rayna Stowe
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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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Ability to turn off mediated requests at an individual title level
It would be great to have the ability to turn off mediated requests at the individual title level when we have purchased up to our maximum number of copies. Perhaps this could be include in the Book level permissions section.
6 votesThank you for your suggestion. The Ebook Central team is reviewing this idea to determine how it might fit into our future plans. 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.
Best,
Alana DeWitt Johnson
Product Owner, Ebook Central
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Improve ebook turnaway notifications
It would be very helpful to include a row showing the current licence/access model for a particular title when the 'unable to access' notification email is sent. This would help easily identify what the current license/access model is, and what possibilities there are for increasing access without the need to login to Proquest, search for the title and find what license we currently have for a title - which is time consuming and often a contributing factor against upgrading...
For example:
Below is the information I received this morning for a title where a user was unable to access. It…6 votesThank you all for your feedback on this enhancement request! The Ebook Central team has reviewed this idea an 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.
Best,
Alana DeWitt Johnson
Product Owner, Ebook Central
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