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To replicate: please use Breda University for Applied Science
Background:
The client has subscribed to both eBooks and journals on Elsevier. However, they noticed that responses on eBooks can be improved.
Currently, when you arrived at the eBook main page, you will see an eBook Alternatives pop-up, because an ISBN exists on the page: https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780124081383/eye-tracking-in-user-experience-design
However, if you click into one of these book chapters, there is only DOI on the page. And because the university only has ISBNs on their holding (no DOIs), these eBook cannot be surfaced with the extension: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780124081383000017
Proposed solution:
I have suggested to the client to add an Assist Message to encourage patrons to either use highlight & search to look up the title, or to go to the main eBook page. But the client stated that they have subscribed to both journals and eBooks on Elsevier, this is not going to be a suitable solution.
Suggestion:
From the page source, the DOI page does identified as an eBook Chapter. Can we do the next step to look up the ISBN that is associated to the eBook Chapter, then we can surface eBook Alternatives on these eBook DOI page?
Hello everyone,
I'm happy to share that we've rolled out key improvements to how we detect eBook Alternatives in the Lean Library extension
What’s new?
We’ve implemented enhancements to how the extension surfaces eBook Alternatives when both DOIs and ISBNs are present, and also improved eBook chapter detection in cases where only DOIs are found.
DOI to ISBN converter: The extension can now successfully convert DOIs to ISBNs and run checks for eBook holdings even if the DOI response is negative. This means that when a user is viewing an eBook chapter that only lists a DOI, the extension can now correctly associate the chapter with its parent eBook (via ISBN) and display eBook Alternative.
Why did we do it?
These updates are a direct response to your feedback on two key issues:
When a page includes both a DOI and an ISBN, the extension would previously stop searching if the DOI yielded no result, missing opportunities where the ISBN was in holdings.
eBook chapters with only DOIs were previously undetectable, even if the full eBook was available, leading to gaps in eBook Alternative visibility and inconsistent user experience.
Both cases highlighted the need for more intelligent, metadata-driven surfacing of eBook content to fully unlock the value of the diverse range of institutional holdings.
When is it live?
These improvements are now fully live.
There is no action required from institutions or users, they'll start seeing improvements straight away.
Original Aha links:
https://technologyfromsage-leanlibrary.ideas.aha.io/ideas/LL-I-131
https://technologyfromsage-leanlibrary.ideas.aha.io/ideas/LL-I-132
Hi Anja, thank you for this piece of feedback, we're going to be working on a solution for this shortly. I'll keep you updated via this portal. Very best, Becca
This title is also giving no e-book alternative for Ebsco e-books
Chinese Outbound Tourism : From Source Markets to Destinations.
https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Chinese+Outbound+Tourism%3A+From+Source+Markets+to+Destinations-p-9781394306312