Request - view the month of a magazine on hold

Question/Comment: I usually put magazines on hold, but if I put several months of the same magazine on hold (exp. Jan, Feb, March), I'm not able to tell which months I've requested when I go under the 'review my account' feature. Is there a way to have each month listed along with the title in case I decide to cancel a month I might have acquired somewhere else?

Response: To see the month of the magazine you put on hold, we'd need to somehow get the call number to display on the holds list. I'm going to check to see if this is in the next release for iBistro, which is at the end of the summer. They made a number of changes to the interface and usability. I'm assuming it's too late to request new features, but I'll pass this along anyway.

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Be able to request resources not currently available

This is available by clicking on the Contact Us button. You need to be at the library or logged in with your barcode, but under there you'll see a "Recommend to Order" link where you can fill out a form to request a specific title to be purchased. This is also available on the best sellers lists if we don't have a copy in the system already.

Ability to search directly from Novelist

This function is available. Ask your library to contact the vendor to have this set up.

tailor interface, i.e., to limit to adult materials (exclude K-12)

I'm assuming this is wanting to log in and have pre-set search criteria? Please add comments if this is off the mark. You can already limit to just items marked as adult in the advanced search option. You can limit by teens and 0-12 years old as well.

Would like to preorder books that will soon be available

There are several on-order records in the system that can be put on hold. Is this really asking to be automatically put on hold for titles that match a certain criteria, like the favorites notice, but instead of a notice, it places a hold?

Several people would like to be sent library notices.

We do have this available as long as you have an active email address in your record. You're library can look this up for you.We have the following notices available:

• Reminders for items that will soon be due
• Hold pick-up notices
• Hold cancellation notices
• Library events & news (if your library participates and after the results of the survey, many more should be!)
• Overdue notices
• Favorites - flag authors or subjects as favorites and receive notice when new items that match these are added.