GOBI Alerts

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GOBI Alerts
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Accessing AlertThe GOBI Alert User will receive
an email on a scheduled basis. Once the email is
opened, click on the clicking this link and
youll be taken into the Alert.
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The RecommendationThis is what the retrieved
GOBI Alert/Notification looks like. It contains
individual GOBI records.
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Mark, and unmark, records for titles you want
ordered by clicking on the left or right side of
the record. To view additional records, use the
up and down arrow keys. You may also mark and
unmark records with the space bar. After
marking, click the Recommend link on the left
side bar. This sends the recommendations to GOBI
to be ordered. To view previous lists, click on
Notification List. Clicking on the ISBN link
takes you to the Librarys OPAC where you can
confirm whether the library already owns the
title.
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After clicking the Recommend link, you are
notified the item has been recommended and sent
to GOBI to be ordered. If you click on
Notification List, you retrieve all previous
Alerts for your review/recommendation. (See next
slide.)
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Click on the links to retrieve previous Alerts to
review/recommend, print, or delete. These are
available for 12 months.
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You may click on any of the links for more
information. The ISBN takes you to the librarys
OPAC to determine whether the library already has
the item. You may click on Table of Contents,
Book Jacket, or Review (if the library subscribes
to reviews). Reviews are usually not available
when the Alerts are first sent. The link, slip
sent, tells you a notification slip was sent to
the library as part of the approval plan.
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You may also email, save to disk, or print
records after you mark them.