In 1996, YBP Library Services released the first version of GOBI (Global Online Bibliographic Information) to allow librarians, selectors, faculty, and others to connect to the YBP and Lindsay and Howes database of over 2 million titles. For years, GOBI has been used by libraries for online title searching, slip retrieval, selecting, ordering, exporting, and reporting.
Through a collaborative effort between YBP’s in-house development team and a number of librarians in the field, GOBI Edition 2 was released in January of 2003. Building on already existing features, the second edition offers a new interface, help tools, and user customization options. Among other things, users can create and save their own title searches; customize search results; apply local details or notes to titles; quickly view their own library’s title activity; view title activity of consortium member libraries; view table of contents, title summaries, book jackets, and (coming soon) book reviews.
GOBI Edition 2 is unique in that each library assigns its own GOBI administrator, who is able to customize the way their library uses the application. For example, the administrator can create a search-only profile for student workers researching titles, a selection profile for faculty and selectors, and an ordering or exporting profile for those in acquisitions. GOBI is entirely flexible, and can be worked into a variety of library workflows. To see an example of how GOBI has been incorporated into a YBP customer’s workflow, read the GobiWorks profile on Northwestern University.
GOBI is available to all registered YBP and Lindsay and Howes customers. For more information, please contact us at 800.258.3774 (toll free from the U.S. and Canada) or +1.603.746.3102, or send an email to gobi2@ybp.com.
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