EContent Availability and Holds Counts in PAC

The availability and holds counts for integrated eContent titles are populated in real time on the PAC search results lists. These counts are not affected by settings in the Title Display: Configure profile.

Your library may opt to suppress detailed item availability display for integrated eContent titles in PowerPAC and Mobile PAC by setting the PAC profile Suppress availability display for integrated econtent titles to Yes. When the PAC connection branch has set this profile to Yes, the Availability button and drawer do not display in PowerPAC, and the Find It link does not display in Mobile PAC. The availability counts still display. See Suppress eContent Availability Display in PAC.

For OverDrive Advantage accounts, Advantage copies for the branch display when a patron is connected to the PAC at that branch, regardless of whether the patron is logged in or not. The library uses an option in the Vendor Record to specify whether patrons see Advantage titles when connected to the PAC at the system level. See Create an OverDrive integrated vendor account.

The patron may see a Please log in for availability message that indicates Polaris cannot determine the library organization. This might happen if the patron has not yet logged in and is connected to the PAC at an organization that does not honor resource groups. If the patron does not have access to the eContent title, a Restricted button is displayed with the hover text Sorry this title is currently not available at your registered branch. You can modify this text string in WebAdmin using the mnemonic: PACML_EBRESTRICTED_TIP. See Manage patron access to eContent using resource groups.