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.
Going forward, EBSCO Locate will continue to provide support for discovery of book cover images with assistance from Ingram.
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.
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.
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.
Alternative titles can now be displayed directly under the title on the detail page using a custom “Alternate Graphical Representation” title type through configuration. All other alternative titles will be displayed further down the page under the titles section. The chosen configured title (Usually 880s which are linked to a 245) will now map to ‘Alternate Graphical Representation’ in alternative title types. This will also be displayed on the search results page and dashboard pages. These values are also searchable through both keyword and title searches.
Public “Holding Notes” from FOLIO holdings records are now visible in Locate to improve metadata transparency.
All FOLIO instance note types will be made visible, unless marked staff only. Please keep in mind that notes in the MARC record only appear if mapped to the FOLIO instance record.
Configuration to reposition RTAC table at the bottom of the page with a jump-to CALL TO ACTION. It also includes breaking out subjects into LC subjects and other subjects. Also displays “Please contact library staff for additional help” link and “Permalink“ link. Please submit a Connect ticket to apply configuration.
This release was rolled out to Locate customers in November and December 2025. It introduces a wide range of enhancements across metadata display, search capabilities, and personalization tools. See the Release Notes for a categorized summary of all features included in the Fall 2025 release.