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Disable downloads for all single user licences
Currently, it's possible to disable downloads for all three user licences via the Access Permissions settings. However, it's not possible to do the same for multiple copies of single user licences - the settings include preserving reader access for one user if multiple copies are owned, and to disable downloads if only one copy is owned. But there isn't a setting to turn of downloads for all single user titles - we can only do that on a title by title basis. Could an extra option be added to the Download Days settings to turn off downloads for all single…
1 voteHello,
Thank you for your suggestion. We have reviewed this idea and confirmed this functionality is already supported. Downloads can be disabled for single user licenses in LibCentral by entering "0" in the 1-user download days setting. Please find more information in this support article: https://support.proquest.com/s/article/How-do-I-disable-full-downloads-on-Ebook-Central?language=en_US
Best,
Sarah Breiding
Product Owner
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Add hourly loans option at the title level
Would like ability to add hourly loan option for selected titles, instead of only across the board permissions settings.
9 votesI am happy to announce that the Hourly Loans at the book level is now available for libraries to configure in LibCentral allowing more refined control over the length of hourly download restrictions.
You can find more information about the feature and how to configure here:
https://view.clarivate.com/viewer/6632a64807748794d9078ed8
Thank you all for your valuable feedback and insights that helped us deliver this feature.
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Customize individual ebook's loan period
Hi, it would be nice to be able to customize individual ebook's loan period, ie. to set the loan period for individual ebooks. I understand that now we are able to either enable or disable loan period for all ebooks. Thanks!
5 votesAn individual ebook's loan period can be configured in the title's Full Record page in LibCentral.
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Hour Checkout
We can customize downloads by the number of days. We need to be able to customize downloads by the hour as well.
15 votesHourly loan checkouts can now be enabled for all holdings! These options are not yet available at the title level. More information can be found in this support article: Ebook Central Admin: Customizing the Length of Full Ebook Downloads and Loans (proquest.com)
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Add Price Limit for Extended Access Upgrades
We need a way to control the automatic Upgrade purchase via Extended Access if the cost over a specified amount.
14 votesThanks to everyone who voted on this great idea! This will be released afternoon (EST) tomorrow (Sept. 10). We are really excited to offer more ways for you to manage your budget, prevent turnaways & upgrade to your preferred access model, if a book is requested via mediation. Please see the Access Permissions, Mediated Requests & Expenditure Report documentation, which gives more details about this new feature.
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