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.
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
Shorten the "Find my Institution" user flow for mobile app users
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
Effort to identify user needs and understand behaviors around Mobile App usage, including a focus on global markets (e.g. India) to uncover specific variation of feature development opportunities
EBSCO’s proprietary recommendation engine leverages our unique subject metadata to identify similar articles at the point of user need, helping students and patrons explore new subjects and articles in a fun way in EBSCO Discovery Service and the EBSCO Mobile App
Improved turnaway alerting workflow to add more data to emails for easier decision making