Research Platforms Roadmap

We have added a "Search within" feature to the topic browse category pages allowing users to search for specific topics. We have also added logic to only show the Alpha Browse (A-Z) buttons when there are 100 or more topics on a given category page, and to force the "List view" when there are 100 or more topics on a given category page.

Related Items, previously only available on select Explora interfaces, has been added to all interfaces including EDS and EBSCOhost. This feature shows on both the detailed record and in the full text viewer and lists all other articles included in the same issue or edition of the record you are currently viewing, serving as a way to navigate through articles and chapters in a given issue.

Library administrators for EBSCO-hosted FOLIO libraries with Patron Empowerment will be able to hide the option for users to place holds on specific copies or volumes when a title has multiple items.

This work will enable the video panel to show to users at the bottom of the Topic Browse Landing Page (if applicable) in Explora. With a video element on the topic browse landing page, users are presented with an additional content type to search for relevant information. This is in addition to the 'Video' tab found at the top of the results list and/or the video panel at the bottom of the results.

Situational placards will be made available in Biography Reference Ultimate and Literary Reference Ultimate which mimic the existing exact match placard functionality, but for topics from the topic browse experience. These placards utilize different search logic for each placard and provide users with relevant starting information about popular topics while increasing visibility of the topic pages/browse experience via the search result list.

For libraries with FOLIO Patron Empowerment, librarians can configure a custom note to display to their patrons in the place hold modal. It is now possible to configure the custom note in multiple languages (all supported languages).

For libraries with RTAC (Real Time Availability Check) enabled for the catalog items, librarians can now choose whether to display the due date of catalog items that are currently on loan. The item due date displays in RTAC by default if an item is on loan. Librarians can use Configuration in EBSCO Experience Manager to hide the due date (note that EBSCO-hosted FOLIO libraries also have the option to display the due date but not hide the due date time).

For libraries with FOLIO Patron Empowerment, patrons can now see the call number and volume information for items they have on hold or on loan. The call number and volume information now displays in My Dashboard for items that the patron has on loan or on hold, helping them to identify which volume they have on loan, especially if the title has multiple volumes, like in the case of serials.

Users of Points of View and Read It! on Explora will soon have a new Topic Page experience which highlights related content collections for Points of View Point/Counterpoint articles and Read It! comprehension tests.