GOBI


GOBI®

YBP revolutionized bookselling to scholarly libraries in 1996 when in it became the first academic bookseller to offer a web-based acquisition and collection development tool. GOBI (Global Online Bibliographic Information) is YBP's complete online interface for searching, selecting, ordering and reporting and used by thousands of academic libraries worldwide.

GOBI is available to all YBP customers, and supports every step in your library's acquisition and collection development workflow.

Highlights:

  • Easily view titles designated for demand-driven acquisitions as noted in GOBI
  • Quickly perform simple or complex searches via YBP's fully integrated database of over 4 million titles worldwide
  • New titles and information updates are added to GOBI continuously, every day
  • See at a glance your own library's activity on any title, including activity and duplication control on linked alternate editions for paper-cloth, US-UK and digital-print versions
  • Benefit from duplication control across all versions of a particular title
  • View tables of contents, jacket images and reviews
  • Search local holdings through multi-faceted open URL queries
  • Search, select and order digital content (500,000 ebook titles) from the widest variety of aggregators and publishers offered by any library services provider
  • Place next day, second day or ground delivery rush orders (currently US libraries only)
  • Manage potential selections online. Attach notes, sort and re-sort, send to others through email or save in personal or shared folders where the most current bibliographic, status, price and local activity information is always displayed in real-time.
  • View and print statements and invoices
  • Search, create, claim, edit or cancel standing orders online
  • Build profiles for remote selectors. Analyze approval or expenditure activity with the most complete reporting package available.
  • Coordinate buying activity with partner libraries through GobiTween views and Consortial Reports

GobiAlerts
An email service designed to notify teaching faculty or other selectors of newly published titles. These customizable alerts are defined by subject area in combination with other parameters and can be electronically interactive or viewed offline.

GobiLink
Incorporates a variety of technical service solutions to facilitate GOBI ordering by eliminating the need to "double key" orders. After ordering in GOBI, YBP outputs daily batches of order confirmation records in a standard MARC format for upload to the library's local system. At the point that orders are filled and books are supplied, the order confirmation records can be overlaid by cataloging records.

GobiExport
Rather than place orders through GOBI, some libraries prefer that selections be made by tagging/selecting items in GOBI. These selected items are exported through GobiExport in standard MARC format for load to the library's system for local order creation.

GobiSmart:
Allows for customization of the GOBI ordering screen. Unused data fields can be eliminated and data fields can be renamed to match the library's specific intent. Most importantly, GobiSmart provides validation of data elements at point of order (fund, location) saving key strokes and eliminating keying errors.

GobiTween
A shared view of title-level local history designed primarily for consortia and other cooperating libraries, allowing libraries to have greater control over duplication within the library group. This option allows member libraries to see which of their peer institutions have purchased an item.

Registering for GOBI
Core GOBI features are available at no cost and can be expanded to include one or more packages of advanced features.

Please contact your YBP representative, or contact YBP at 800-258-3774 (toll-free from the US and Canada) or +1 603-746-3102, or send an email to gobi3@ybp.com.