Research Platforms Roadmap

Chat integrations enabled in EBSCO Experience Manager Configuration are now eligible to be displayed on the Publication Finder and Full Text Finder Link Resolver user interfaces 

Publication Finder now offers the ability to export selected result list items (individual items or a full page of results, up to 100 items) as a tab separated (TSV) file. Export can be toggled on in EBSCO Experience Manager Configuration under Publication Finder Settings: Export options

This feature adds an optional new top right navigation to the Publication Finder user interface where your administrator can add preset links to your EBSCOhost and EDS profiles, or add custom URLs to link to other sites.  These new options will be available for setup under a new section for Publication Finder in EBSCO Experience Manager Configuration called Additional tools.  This will also make Publication Finder profiles eligible to display the Supplemental sources integration, and if configured, the link to Supplemental sources will display under the top right navigation options or can be linked to directly via the syntax https://publications.ebsco.com/c/{opid}/supplemental-sources, where opid is replaced with the unique opid for your Publication Finder profile. Supplemental Sources Integration is controlled in EBSCO Experience Manager Configuration under Integrations: Supplemental sources

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.

Publication Finder customers will have the ability to enable a new set of functionality (opt-in, this will not be enabled automatically) that offers users the ability to search and browse for selected and visible databases in addition to the currently offered publication search and browse. This will also tie into new functionality being made available in Holdings Management to set custom package Display Names, alternate package names and package/database descriptions.

Library administrators now have the ability to customize the text of the Publications label that appears in the lefthand navigation pane under Research Tools on EBSCO Discovery Service, EBSCOhost, and Explora profiles. The default label is now Publication Finder.

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.