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Locate Roadmap

This roadmap provides an overview of the features and functionality completed and coming soon to Locate (Library Online Catalog by EBSCO), EBSCO’s OPAC discovery solution for FOLIO. Product roadmaps are subject to change.

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  • March 2026 (4)
  • May 2026 (2)
  • October 2026 (4)
  • Item View & Metadata Enhancements (4)
  • Accessibility (1)
  • Search & Discovery (1)
  • Authentication & Session Management (1)
  • Course Reserves (1)
  • Holds & Requests (1)
  • User Tools & Personalization (1)
Coming Soon Released
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Update Suppression Notification Behavior
March 2026

Ensure that records, such as "no longer available" items, and "fee records" not linked to any instance, are not identified as suppressed and are not included in the suppression notification. Additionally, virtual records are not identified as suppressed so that the suppression notification does not count virtual records as suppressed, when displayed.

COMING SOON
Holds & Requests
Last Updated: 4 March 2026
My Dashboard Sign-in Workflow
March 2026

To allow uninterrupted authentication flow and prevent any potential redirect to generic search page, especially when a patron has selected item to place a hold, this update will allow them to continue their place hold workflow and return to the result list to continue with their discovery process.

COMING SOON
Authentication & Session Management
Last Updated: 4 March 2026
Duplicate Library Location/Name
March 2026

Address Library and Location display name conflict when the library and location name are same and appear as duplicated information to the patron by presenting them independently and allowing configuration.

COMING SOON
Item View & Metadata Enhancements
Last Updated: 4 March 2026
Cover Images Update for Locate
March 2026

Going forward, EBSCO Locate will continue to provide support for discovery of book cover images with assistance from Ingram.

COMING SOON
Search & Discovery
Last Updated: 4 March 2026
Course Reserves Update
May 2026

Course Reserves browse to only include instructors and departments associated with active/relevant courses which exist in the system, instead of all courses.

COMING SOON
Course Reserves
Last Updated: 4 March 2026
Accessibility Remediation and Compliance Update
May 2026

With the upcoming release of Accessibility updates, the Locate product will strive to meet WCAG 2.2 compliance across all audited pages and components, and support Title II compliance expectations.

COMING SOON
Accessibility
Last Updated: 4 March 2026
Rebuild / Scale RTAC for Large Item and Holding Sets
October 2026

Support availability and real-time availability information (RTAC) display for large items counts for serials and collected works in a comprehensive manner, with pagination

COMING SOON
Item View & Metadata Enhancements
Last Updated: 4 March 2026
Bulk Actions to Share Records
October 2026

Support patrons / users need to be able to select multiple items (up to 100) on a Results page or Dashboard to perform actions for all selected records or searches, such as print, download, save/un-save, email, cite, share, add to projects, or delete in brief or detailed format.

COMING SOON
User Tools & Personalization
Last Updated: 4 March 2026
Holding Notes Redesign
October 2026

Present and display of Holding Statement notes, Holding notes, or Item notes marked as public, in a collated manner in line with the information associated to the specific holding or specific copy of the holding. 

COMING SOON
Item View & Metadata Enhancements
Last Updated: 4 March 2026
Support Multi-item Requesting
October 2026

Enable patrons to request multiple volumes or parts of a multipart monograph or serial in a single action through Locate, while ensuring each item is processed as a separate request in FOLIO.

COMING SOON
Item View & Metadata Enhancements
Last Updated: 4 March 2026
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