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Koha and Books:
The YBP Advantage
Ann-Marie Breaux | Vice President, Academic Service Integration
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Topics
• Intro to YBP
• GOBI-Koha Integration
• Future Plans
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YBP Library Services
1971 YBP founded, New Hampshire, US
1974 First approval plan: Boston College
1996 First academic bookseller online
1997 First shelfready customer
2006 First eBook vendor
2007 Integrated print and E approval
plans
2009 Acquired Blackwell North America
2013 Opened UK distribution center in
Bicester
2015 EBSCO acquired YBP
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YBP at a Glance Our 45th Year of Service
3,800+ customers in 80+ countries
65,706 new titles profiled in 2015
350 employees, including 50 Librarians
Expanding internationally
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Some YBP Koha Libraries
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Recent GOBI Stats
Over 41,000 registered GOBI Users
1.5 Million+ eBooks on 27 platforms
12 Million+ print books
908,201 notifications sent out in 2015,
representing 20,886,585 titles
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Current eContent Partners
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And the Newest
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GOBI-Koha Integration
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EOCRs
YBP FTP
Server Load to Koha to Create
Bibs & Order Records
Library Places Order
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Koha
Order in GOBI Order: Load to Koha: EOCRs
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GOBI Bibliographic Record
Screenshots courtesy of SWITCH and the Sacred Heart School of Theology
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GOBI Order Screen
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Order Placed
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MARC EOCR
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Koha Bibliographic Record
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Koha Order
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OPAC View
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Koha Setup
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Future Plans
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EDIFACT Orders and Invoices: in testing
GobiAPI: early 2017
Future Plans
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Koha PO #
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Order in GOBI Order: Load to Koha:
GobiAPI
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Thank You!
Ann-Marie Breaux | Vice President, Academic Service Integration
+1 678.445.5720
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