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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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  • December 2025 (20)
  • Search & Discovery (7)
  • Item View & Metadata Enhancements (6)
  • User Tools & Personalization (6)
  • Integrations (2)
  • Customization & Branding (2)
  • Holds & Requests (2)

Coming Soon Released

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Move RTAC Configuration Option
December 2025

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.

RELEASED
Item View & Metadata Enhancements
Last Updated: 14 January 2026
Custom Alternative Title Type
December 2025

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.

RELEASED
Item View & Metadata Enhancements
Last Updated: 14 January 2026
Show All Public Instance Note Types
December 2025

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.

 


 

RELEASED
Item View & Metadata Enhancements
Last Updated: 14 January 2026
New Facets
December 2025

Users can now use “Contributor,” “Organization,” and “Genre/Form” facets to narrow their search results.

  • Contributor facet: Instance level Contributor field with type Personal Name
  • Organization facet: Instance level Contributor field with type Corporate Name
  • Genre/Form facet: Based on the Subject Heading Genre/Form subtype
RELEASED
Search & Discovery
Last Updated: 14 January 2026
Subject Browse Experience
December 2025

Users can browse subject headings linked to catalog records, enriched with authority metadata and persistent links. Note that this functionality will be released in Beta at this time.

RELEASED
Search & Discovery
Last Updated: 14 January 2026
Holdings Notes Display
December 2025

Public “Holding Notes” from FOLIO holdings records are now visible in Locate to improve metadata transparency.

RELEASED
Item View & Metadata Enhancements
Last Updated: 14 January 2026
Facet Search Capability
December 2025

Users can search within facet values to quickly locate relevant filters, even when facets contain hundreds of options.

RELEASED
Search & Discovery
Last Updated: 14 January 2026
Session Management for Guest and Authenticated Users
December 2025

Saved items and history persist across browser tabs for guests and are retained permanently for authenticated users. A 20-hour inactivity timeout is enforced.

RELEASED
User Tools & Personalization
Last Updated: 14 January 2026
Place of Publication and Subject: Geographic Search Filters
December 2025

A new advanced search option allows filtering by Place of Publication, Series and Subject: Geographic search filters.

RELEASED
Search & Discovery
Last Updated: 14 January 2026
Search History and Recently Viewed Records
December 2025

Users can view and manage their search history and recently viewed items, with support for saving and re-executing queries.


 

RELEASED
User Tools & Personalization
Last Updated: 14 January 2026
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