EBSCO eBooks users now have access to the following new functionality to align with requirements of the European Accessibility Act: accessibility metadata displayed for every EBSCO eBook in the new UI; an EPUB limiter for eBooks in new UI; line, word, and character spacing controls for EPUB formatted eBooks; text-to-speech functionality for PDF and EPUB formatted eBooks; and a user-facing remediation request form for EBSCO full text content to request an alternate format.
Publication Finder and Full Text Finder are now available on Connect
New collections released twice per year with zero overlap across sets, covering specific, high-interest disciplines, including business, humanities, medicine, technology and many more
The eBook download modal on the search results and detail page has been enhanced to offer the user the choice between downloading chapters, the full eBook, and metadata instead of the separate download entry points and modals the user sees today. This same enhanced modal will be added to the eBook viewers in a later release.
eBooks are now returned when Lexile filters are applied on the user interface, returning eBooks that match the selected Lexile ranges
After a recent third-party audit performed by Deque, our teams have been working diligently to update our conformance with WCAG 2.1 AA. Our newest VPAT (posted on Connect) reflects these updates.
The eBook table of contents on the detail page has been improved to expose all levels so the user can easily find, link to, and download any part of the eBook
Text to Speech for PDF and HTML are available on New UI
Improved turnaway alerting workflow to add more data to emails for easier decision making