Voting for Titles in the Shared Collection

Monthly Additions allows schools to suggest and vote on eBooks and Audiobooks they would like added to their Shared Collection.

The feature is available to staff and administrator accounts with access to the ePlatform Shop. Students cannot access Monthly Additions.

How Monthly Additions works

Schools can suggest titles for their Shared Collection and vote on suggestions submitted by other participating schools.

Each school can have up to 10 active title suggestions at one time.
There is no limit on the number of suggested titles a school can vote on.
Suggestions and votes are managed separately for each Shared Collection.
Voting closes on the last day of each month.
The highest-ranked titles are reviewed for addition to the Shared Collection at the beginning of the following month.

A suggestion or vote does not guarantee that a title will be added. Monthly results depend on the combined votes submitted by participating schools.

Open Monthly Additions

Sign in to your school’s ePlatform portal using a staff or administrator account with Shop access.
Open Shop from the top navigation.
Select Monthly Additions from the left sidebar.

The navigation path is: Shop → Monthly Additions.

The Monthly Additions area contains options for:

Voting Now: review and vote on current suggestions;
Previous Additions: review titles added in previous months; and
Request Titles Not in Shop: ask ePlatform to investigate a title that cannot currently be found in the Shop.

Suggest a title from the Shop

If a title is available in the Shop but has no copies in the selected Shared Collection, you can suggest it for Monthly Additions.

Open the Shop.
Browse or search for the required title.
Open the title’s information page.
Confirm that you have selected the correct title, edition, and format.
If the title shows zero copies, select Suggest for Monthly Additions.
Select the Shared Collection for which you want to suggest the title.
Review the suggestion and submit it.

After submission, the title appears in the voting area for the selected Shared Collection, where participating schools can vote on it.

If your school belongs to more than one Shared Collection, make sure you select the correct collection when submitting the suggestion.

Vote on suggested titles

Go to Shop → Monthly Additions.
Open the current voting area.
Review the titles suggested for your Shared Collection.
Use the upvote or downvote control beside a title to record your school’s preference.
Repeat this process for any other titles your school wants to review.

You can return during the voting period to review the current suggestions and update your school’s votes.

How votes are counted

Votes are recorded for the school portal rather than separately for each staff member.

If several staff members at your school have Shop access, they contribute to the same school-level vote. If one staff member changes the vote for a title, the school’s recorded vote is updated.

This means schools receive equal representation regardless of how many staff members have access to the Shop.

Request a title that is not in the Shop

If you cannot find a title in the ePlatform Shop:

Go to Shop → Monthly Additions.
Select Request Titles Not in Shop.
Enter the requested book information, including its title and author.
Include the ISBN and required format where available.
Review and submit the request.

The ePlatform selection team will check whether the title can be sourced from the publisher and made available for future voting.

Some titles may not be available because of publisher restrictions, exclusive distribution rights, or licensing availability. Submitting a request does not guarantee that the title can be added to the Shop or Shared Collection.

View previous additions

Go to Shop → Monthly Additions.
Select Previous Additions.
Review the titles added following previous voting periods.

Use Previous Additions to keep track of new eBooks and Audiobooks added to your Shared Collection.

Shared Collection voting and patron requests

Feature	What it is used for
Monthly Additions	Staff and administrators suggest and vote on titles for the Shared Collection.
Patron’s Wish List	A reader asks their school to consider purchasing a title for its Private Collection.

Patron requests are reviewed under Shop → Patron’s Wish List. Shared Collection suggestions and votes are managed under Shop → Monthly Additions.

Common questions

How many active titles can our school suggest?

A school can have up to 10 active suggestions at one time. When a suggested title is added or removed from voting, the school can submit another suggestion.

How many titles can our school vote on?

There is no limit on the number of current title suggestions your school can vote on.

What if our school belongs to several Shared Collections?

Suggestions and votes are kept separate for each Shared Collection. Select the appropriate collection when suggesting a title and confirm which collection you are viewing before voting.

What happens if a suggestion is not selected?

A suggestion that does not receive enough votes can remain available for a later voting period and continue collecting votes.

Can students suggest or vote through Monthly Additions?

No. Monthly Additions is available only to staff and administrator accounts with Shop access. Readers can submit purchase suggestions through the separate title-request feature.

Need help?

If you cannot access Monthly Additions, submit a suggestion, or record a vote, contact support@eplatform.co.

Please include:

your school or library name;
the Shared Collection you selected;
the title, author, and format;
the step that is not working;
any error message displayed; and
a screenshot of the relevant Monthly Additions page.

Do not include patron passwords or other sensitive sign-in information.

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