Content
We welcome your ideas for new content (metadata) to add to the Knowledge Bases (KBs - Alma CZ, SFX, 360) and Discovery services (CDI - Central Discovery Index whose data supports Primo and Summon).
- Check if your idea has already been posted and vote for it before posting a new idea.
- Choose the right category: "New Provider" for content from a provider that has no available content in the KBs or CDI, or "Existing Provider" for content from a provider that already has content available in the KBs or CDI.
- Add a direct link to the provider/resource you suggest, and a contact person if possible.
- For enrichment requests add the relevant collection ID(s).
- Make sure you mention any specific added value your idea has to the community such as language or supporting diversity.
- Did you find errors in an existing collection? please open a case.
- A new year has begun but no corresponding annual collection? post an idea in Idea Exchange, make sure to mention if it is an existing provider.
- Existing Provider - if your idea is for a new collection from a provider that already has content available in the KBs and CDI or enriching records for an existing collection, use this category. No voting is necessary, ideas for existing providers will be handled regardless of voting.
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- Other - for non provider specific ideas
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Add Swank Digital Campus streaming video collection and MARC records to Alma Community Zone (Knowledgebase)
Many college & university libraries lease streaming videos from Swank Digital Campus (https://www.swank.com/digital-campus/), which hosts over 30,000 streaming films, including feature films, documentaries, and TV shows. Because there is no Swank Digital Campus collection in the Alma Community Zone, libraries must create local portfolios and import local MARC records from Swank for all their Swank purchases. This is unnecessary duplicative effort across all Ex Libris libraries.
There should be a Swank Digital Campus collection in the Alma Community Zone with portfolios for all Swank Digital Campus films. Because libraries choose selectively which Swank films to lease, this new…
11 votesHello,
Unfortunately, Swank has limited the metadata they provide to 3 collections only that represent their top 1,500, top 1,000 and top 500 titles.
Also, they are not able to provide MARC records due to contractual constraints.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Community Zone collection for Scholarly Publishing Collective
Duke University Press's Scholarly Publishing Collective now hosts content from JSTOR Journal Hosting Program as of January 3, 2022. Being able to activate the entire collection in Alma would be a great help!
168 votesHello,
We are aware of this planned platform change and are working with the providers to meet the requirements.
To track our progress, please see: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Cross-Product/Providers_Page/Guides_and_Documentation/Provider_Changes_In_Progress#Scholarly_Publishing_Collective_(SPC)
Thank you,
Rael
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Enrich Swank Records in Alma CZ
Please work with the provider to enrich the records in the following Swank collections in the Alma CZ. They're very brief records with only title and not much else.
Swank Digital Campus Top 1500 Collection
Collection ID: 615450000000003937Swank Digital Campus Top 500 Videos
Collection ID: 615450000000003936Swank Digital Campus Top 1000 Videos
Collection ID: 6154500000000039351 voteHi Charlie,
Unfortunately, Swank informed us they cannot provide us with enriched metadata at this time.
Therefore I am closing this idea.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add new Newsbank (existing provider) database Aeronautics and Space Flight to CDI
Please add Newsbank/Readex--Aeronautics and Space Flight: Global Origins of Modern Aviation and Rocketry--to CDI.
1 voteHello,
Unfortunately, Newsbank does not have CDI records for this collection.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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1 vote
Hello,
Please open a support ticket in SalesForce for this request, as this is for adding a title to an existing collection.
Please also mention the collection ID to make sure it is added to the appropriate collection.
Apologies for sending you to SF - Idea Exchange is for new collections, enrichment and authority vocabularies.
Thanks for your support,
Tamar Ganor
Content PM
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Add American Chemical Society : Advances in Chemistry Series to Alma CZ
Hello,
We have this database in Serials solutions 360, but I'm not finding it in Alma:
American Chemical Society :: Advances in Chemistry Series Code 3RK
It has 255 eBooks and 1 journal.
Thanks for considering adding it to Alma!1 voteHello,
There was a collection in Alma for Advances in Chemistry Series, but it was deleted in 2022.
We were informed by ACS that they no longer distinguishes their books as Advances in Chemistry and Symposium Series; all books are now under the ACS eBooks collection.
Since we do not receive a separate feed for Advances in Chemistry Series, we cannot maintain such a collection.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Wiley EBA Target
We would like a Wiley EBA target similar to other EBA targets for other providers in SFX
3 votesHello,
Wiley will not send us updated metadata for such a collection, and we cannot create it without their support.
So unfortunately, I will have to close this idea as we are unable to fulfill it.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Create collection - MUSIC and Dance Online (KERIS) Provided by ProQuest
This collection has been included in the KERIS license DB for the university.
But it's not available even though Proquest provides it.3 votesHello,
"Music and Dance Online" is a sales package, not a specific product. It is comprised of multiple individual AS music and dance products, and you must activate all the relevant individual products.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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Please add collection for open access gaming journals
Many of the journals relating to the subject of "gaming" and "gaming production" are haphazardly categorized in multiple collections. Since this is an emerging field with a high percentage of Open Access titles, I was hoping that you could create a collection (similar to the "freely accessible xyz" collections already in existence) of free/open access gaming titles to collect them in one place. Attached is a list of suggestions
1 voteHello,
The freely accessible collections are not maintained by Ex Libris as there is no specific provider who takes ownership on these collections.
Similarly, we will not be able to aggregate and sustainably maintain a gaming specific collection since we rely on provider feeds and updates.
You are welcome to create such a collection and contribute it to the Community Zone for the benefit of other community members.
See more information here
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Audiobook as a format in the 360 knowledge base
Right now the only formats in the 360 knowledge base are monograph, serial, and video- I would like to have audiobook available.
7 votesHello,
I can confirm Ex Libris is not planning to add any new material types in 360, therefore I am closing this idea.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Business and Information
The internet has completely revolutionized the way businesses operate. No longer are businesses limited by geographical boundaries. With the click of a button, businesses can now reach a global audience.
The internet has also created a level playing field for businesses of all sizes. Small businesses can now compete with large businesses on a level playing field.
The internet has also created a wealth of information that is readily available to businesses. Businesses can now access information that was previously only available to large businesses.
The internet has created a global marketplace for businesses. No longer are businesses limited…
1 voteHello,
This does not seem suitable for our services.
Thanks for your support,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Propylaeum-eBOOKS
Hello,
Please add Propylaeum-eBOOKS to the CZ.
This is an open access collection.
Thanks,
Dafna10 votesHello,
Unfortunately, the provider is unable to provide metadata for this collection.
They will let us know once they are capable of sustainably sending us their metadata.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add OA flag to Community Zone Open Access ebook collections where they are missing
Some Alma CZ ebook e-collections do not include a MARC 506 field that would add the OA flag to Primo search results. This means that these titles are not included in the Open Access facet under Availability - even though the names of the e-collections state that they are open access.
Eg:Project Euclid Open Access Monographs
Bloomsbury Open Access
Brillonline Open Access Books
International Monetary Fund eLibrary Open Access
JSTOR Books Open Access
Project Muse Open Access Books
Smithsonian Research Online - Open Access (Smithsonian)
Taylor & Francis eBooks Open Access
Walter De Gruyter: Open Access eBooksPlease consider…
182 votesHello,
We are working on cleaning up the 506 field within the CZ.
We continue to rely on providers to supply this metadata, and display this when available.
In addition there are talks about this field and the OA indications in may forums within our industry, so we look forward to improvements over time.
Thank you,
Rael
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Add Elsevier Open Access Collection to Alma CZ
We would like to see a collection for Elsevier Open Access Journals (including coverage statements) in Alma CZ. As is, these titles are activated in the Elsevier autoload collection. However this collection has to be proxied in order to provide our patrons with off-campus access to subscribed content. All Elsevier OA-titles are thus behind institutional log in if accessed via Primo or linkresolver.
155 votesHello,
The collections ScienceDirect Complimentary Free Access Books and ScienceDirect Open Access Titles from the provider Elsevier are no longer being updated.
This means that we cannot support these as separate fulltext collections with title lists in our Delivery products.For our 360 customers, in order to maintain accurate and authoritative provider metadata all titles were removed and the databases were hidden as of December 2020.
For more information on this, please see: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/360_KB/Knowledge_Articles/360_KB%3A_ScienceDirect_Complimentary_Free_Access_Books_Database_and_ScienceDirect_Open_Access_Titles%3A_Titles_Will_Be_Removed_--_December_2020At this time we will close this request. Should a title list become available we can review this request again.
Thank you for your contribution!
Best,
Rael -
Add VitalSource book collection
We would like to add VitalSource book collection to ALMA CZ and CDI.
This is an important platform of text books collection.Best Regards,
Svetlana.The Neiman Library of Exact Sciences & Engineering | Tel Aviv University | Israel
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Education Source collection: improve indexing
EBSCOhost Education Source (613580000000000010) - the indexing of this collection needs to be improved.
(1) although this collection is indexed at article-level, a sizable number of portfolios can only be found at title-level, e.g. "Negotiating toward truth", "Advise: powering student leadership and engagement" and "Insights on law & society"
(2) also, some article-level indexing isn't clear to the user, e.g. a search for book chapter "Slippery Shibboleths: The Shady Side of Truisms in Special Education" retrieves the book title "Disability studies in education: readings in theory and method". Not clear to user to click through.
(3) some articles are available…
3 votesHello,
This will be better addressed through a support case, and not as a new content request.
If these issues persist, please open a support case so our content specialists can analyze the scenarios you described.
Thanks for your support,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP)
I would like to request the addition of Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP) Open Access titles as a new collection or to an existing collection in the community
About: https://www.scirp.org/aboutus/index.aspx
Titles: https://www.scirp.org/journal/indexbytitle.aspxCase 06327538
1 voteHello,
It seems that SCIRP is considered to be a predatory publisher so it's content will not be added to our Knowledge Bases and CDI.
Thanks for your support,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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9 votes
Hello,
We did not receive any response so we are closing this idea.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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Enable linking to Ministry Matters full text content in the legacy or research library
Create effective links from discovery to content in the Ministry Matters research library (and its legacy library). The links that are produced today (on our 360 Link pages anyway) do not deliver the user to the full text to which a library is subscribed. Instead, they land users on a product page where it looks like they need to buy the book. In 2020, our library and then ExLibris each tried in vain to get Abingdon Press to produce updated title lists and URLs that would resolve from subscribers' discovery services/link resolvers to legacy research library on its Ministry Matters…
6 votesHello,
Since we are unable to receive an updated sustainable title list from the provider, unfortunately there is nothing we can do to improve the linking for this collection.
Therefore this idea will be closed.
Thanks for your support,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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BCcampus Open Textbook Collection
British Columbia Open Textbook
currently 327 titlesMARC records
https://bceln.ca/services-initiatives-resource-sharing-bc-open-textbook-marc64 votesHello,
Unfortunately, we were not able to obtain the metadata from the provider.
I am closing this idea as we will not be able to process it.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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