The User Limit public notes were standardized across the different e-books collections in the Network Zone (NZ). The e-book providers use different language to describe public notes about user limits.
Unlimited licenses with DRM (e.g., ProQuest Ebooks Central Academic Complete Collection, ACLS Humanities e-book )
This note is at the e-collection level in the Public Note field under the Notes tab.
Previous Public Note:
This resource has Multiple User Access.
Revised Public Note:
Unlimited user access
Download requires personal account and 3rd party software
Unlimited licenses DRM-Free (e.g., JSTOR DDA)
This note is at the e-collection level in the Public Note field under the Notes tab.
Previous Public Note:
Unlimited user access
Revised Public Note:
Unlimited user access
DRM-free
Limited User Access (e.g. 3 users / 1 user licenses, NetLibrary/EBSCO e-books, ProQuest Ebook DDA Perpetual,)
This note is added to the e-collection at the portfolio-level. The note will need to be updated using the Portfolio Loader. Export the portfolios from the e-collection and update the public note to standardize the user limit public note and then upload the edited file. EBSCO will send a spreadsheet with user limits for EBSCO E-books.
Previous Public Note:
Various types of public notes depending user limits by provider.
Revised Public Note:
Limited user access ([# of users]) i.e., Limited user access (1 user), Limited user access (3 user)
E-book Purchases from Gobi:
GOBI can provide Metadata Service support for eBooks. eBook bibliographic records contain site-specific URLs and can be customized to output local data such as a user limit note. In Alma, use an import profile to update inventory for eBooks based on the bibliographic records. The whole process can be set up automatically. GOBI Metadata Service for eBooks has an added cost.