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Show digital walk throughs of the exact downloading process for both Mac and PC --Thanks!
Ebook downloads are very complicated and non-intuitive. Please walk us through the exact process using both a Mac and a PC.
1 voteInstructions on the Ebook Central download process can be found here: https://support.proquest.com/s/article/Ebook-Central-Full-Download-how-to-download-a-book-for-offline-reading?language=en_US
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1 vote
DRM free search filters are already available on both Ebook Central and LibCentral.
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We have partnered with NYU SimpyE in a pilot program to provide EPUB files for a subset of our ebooks to be made available on the SimplyE reader.
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Add clear 'x' or delete all 'x' in the search box
A delete all 'X' in the search box would allow users who input the name of a book or several search terms to more quickly delete all text.
1 voteAs part of our UI enhancements to the Search Results page, a "X" now appears in the search box to quickly clear out any search queries.
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Customizable Purchase Hierarchy
We would like the ability to customize our autopurchase hierarchy, because our preference of Access Model does not match the Purchase Hierarchy for Ebook Central
Also, we require the ability to exclude select Access Models so they are never purchased.
64 votesI am happy to announce that the Customizable Autopurchase Hierarchy feature is now available for libraries to enable in LibCentral allowing you more control over your DDA and Extended Access settings
You can find more information about how to configure the hierarchy in this Support Article: What is the Purchase Hierarchy for Ebook Central DDA and Extended Access Autopurchases?
Thank you all for your valuable feedback and insights that helped us deliver this feature.
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For about 6 months, we encountered an issue with the users account requests. Even if access to our EBC account is proxyfied, we receive requ
For about 6 months, we encountered an issue with the users account requests. Even if access to our EBC account is proxyfied, we receive requests from users from all over the world. We want to receive requests only from users who are authentified on our library resources webpage.
2 votesIf this is still an issue, please visit support.proquest.com and submit a case to ProQuest Technical Support.
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Keeping the search string in the search box until done, with a 'clear search' option
Keep the wording of a search in the search box for ease of editing and reminding oneself of the search. Also suggest a 'Clear search' button for when done.
Alternatively, make the 'Edit search' option bigger, clearer and easier to find. It took me a while to even notice it was there, I had to keep typing out my searches again and again.
Thanks.
4 votesAs part of our enhancements on the Search Results page, the search query now remains in the search box after the search as been submitted.
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Refine Your Search by Publishers
We need a search facet of publisher at "Refine Your Search" in LibCentral.
15 votesTo promote ease of use in searching and improved report results when filtering by publisher, please look in your library’s LibCentral Acquisition Catalog Advanced Search, Publisher filter to see a more refined, cleaner list of publishers to search by. This same list carries over to the Title, Usage and Expenditure report publisher filter search. To add additional benefit to the reports, expect to see the exact publisher name in the reports display, allowing for better results when analyzing the report output.
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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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Real-time turn away alerts/reports
Kathleen wants this so she can go in and upgrade immediately. It’s not as helpful to see a turn away report in hind-sight
7 votesSummarized turnaway email alerts (including a csv attachment) for daily, weekly and monthly turnaways are now available. You can sign-up to receive these on the Alerts page in LibCentral.
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DDA Auto Shut-off
Add option to shut-off DDA program automatically once funds have been depleted.
13 votesDear Idea Exchange Members,
Thank you for contributing in Ebook Central’s idea exchange! We took one of the ideas and ran with it – DDA shut off, now named DDA Budget Tracker is available in LibCentral. This new smart tool will help reduce unpredictability in DDA spending and will ease your concerns of DDA overspending.
On behalf of ProQuest Ebook Central team, we appreciate your valuable input on priorities for Ebook Central improvements.
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Book viewing
I would like to be able to view multiple pages at once, either by side by side or in a quad box.
6 votesOur new ebook reader, launched in September 2019, allows side/side page viewing within the reader.
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order confirmation
two requests:
1. one of our customer wants to customise an order confirmation adding the Doc ID of the purchased ebook. I have an older list (attached) of variables for at least order confirmations. Can you give me the variable for the doc ID, this is missing in he list (should be something like
${content.docID}
${book.ebookID}
${book.ID}
${book.docID}2 votesThis Idea has been implemented! Please note that all order confirmation emails from LibCentral will now include the Document ID. Thanks for the great ideas and engagement!
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Refine Search by STL availability
I would like to be able to quickly refine the search results by STL availability.
2 votesIn LibCentral Advanced Search, results can be filtered by STL Availability
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More granular zoom settings in reader
The default zoom in the reader is too large, but when zooming out just once, it becomes too small. It would be nice to have more granular zoom settings (or to be able to select a percentage or from a slider?).
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