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).
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Add TWSE thesaurus to Community Zone authority files
The TWSE (Thesaurus für wirtschaftliche und soziale Entwicklung) is a multilingual thesaurus used mainly in German speaking countries. Its main focus are development policy and cooperation as well as regional geography.
The thesaurus is maintained by a committee whose members are Alliance Sud, Bern
Arnold Bergstraesser Institut, Freiburg i.B.
Bischöfliches Hilfswerk Misereor, Aachen
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, Bern.
It is available at www.twse.info.0 votesClosing this request as there are no votes.
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Distinguish (master) theses from dissertations in Proquest Disseration publishing (PQDP)
In Proquest Disseration publishing (PQDP) they distinguish source type from degree. That means source type is always theses and dissertations. Primo Central use publication type dissertation for all PQDP records. PC should distinguish dissertations from theses, like a master thesis, in publication types.
0 votesClosing this request as there are no votes.
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INIS database - International Nuclear Information System
Add the INIS database to discovery. INIS is the world´s leading information system on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. INIS maintains a database of over 3.3 million bibliographic references, 1970-present. Full-text documents represent around 10% of the collection. Covers journals, books and especially strong in non-conventional or grey literature including technical reports, patent documents, pre-conference papers, and non-commercially published theses and laws.
0 votesClosing this request as there are no votes.
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ProQuest Modern Archive
ProQuest's Modern Archive product (by subject area) has different coverage dates than the Classic Archive product. Currently, options in the Alma CZ cover only Classic Archive dates.
0 votesClosing this request as there are no votes.
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Queen Victoria’s Journals - Open Access version for UK and selected Commonwealth countries
Please add a service level to this. The portfolio title list is available from the publisher.
0 votesClosing this request as there are no votes.
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Add portfolios to Adam Matthew Archives Direct 991004919009502422
Please add portfolios to Adam Matthew Archives Direct. other Adam Matthew collections have a service level, and it would be very helpful.
0 votesClosing this request as there are no votes.
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Global Press Archive
Please add East View's Global Press Archive collections to SFX KB, specifically the ones developed in alliance with CRL. Here is a link with information:
https://www.eastview.com/resources/gpa/crl-alliance/Ayse
0 votesClosing this request as there are no votes.
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Add RSWB Plus Databa to Primo Central Index and link via SFX
The University of Liechtenstein has licensed RSWB Plus database since September 2020. We would like to propose to ExLibris to link this database via SFX and make it available in Primo Central Index.
0 votesClosing this request as there are no votes.
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Add Campus Morning Mail content for indexing
Please index content of the Campus Morning Mail (https://campusmorningmail.com.au/) in CDI and add a record to the Alma CZ
0 votesClosing this request as there are no votes.
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Universities Australia Learning and Teaching Repository
Please add the repository as a collection and also index in CDI
0 votesClosing this request as there are no votes.
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Add On the Boards TV collection
Add tje On the Boards TV collection from vendor On The Boards to the CZ
0 votesHello,
Unfortunately, this idea did not gather enough votes since posted.
Therefore we will close it and not add On the Boards TV collection to the CZ.
Thank you for your efforts,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Social Work Toolkit
Please add this resource to the CZ: https://www.socialworktoolkit.com/
0 votesHello,
Unfortunately, this idea did not gather enough votes since posted.
Therefore we will close it and not add Social Work Toolkit to the CZ.
Thank you for your efforts,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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NERS 2021 - OVID ebooks in Spanish
NERS 2021 request.
Request ID: 7540
Health Sciences ebooks in Spanish from OVID provider.NO NEED TO VOTE.
0 votesHello all,
Following discussions with the provider we cannot proceed to index this content in our CDI.
Best,
Rael
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NERS 2021 - ARTstor
NERS 2021 request.
Request ID: 7550
Would be helpful to have Artstor content/portfolios in the CZ (rather than Artstor being electronic collection type: database)NO NEED TO VOTE.
0 votesAfter further investigation, there is no known available title list that would enable us to support this content as a FT collection in the KBs.
So ARTstor titles will continue to be supported in CDI only.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content PM
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NERS 2021 - Statista
NERS 2021 request.
Request ID: 7527
Add article level metadata for Statista to Central Discovery IndexNO NEED TO VOTE.
0 votesHello all,
Following a discussion with the provider we cannot proceed with this request to index the Statista content in CDI.
Best,
Rael
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NERS 2021 - Biblioteca GFL Volumi and Riviste
NERS 2021 Request IDs: 7532, 7533
GFL is a major Italian publisher that publishes many academic journals and books in Law and Economics. The majority of Italian Universities subscribe these collections. It is vital that Italian researchers be able to access these journals and books through Summon, but there is no specific CZ collection for them.
NO NEED TO VOTE.
0 votesHello all,
Following several attempts to contact this provider we were unable to establish contact, and therefore cannot proceed with this request.
If a member of the community has a known contact with this provider, we would be happy to make another outreach attempt.
Best,
Rael
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NERS 2021 - Lamda
NERS 2021 request.
Request ID: 7510
LAMDA, Open University of Israel Publishing House, holds many titles that are crucial for teaching and research in all Israeli Universities and Colleges. This unique collection is growing yearly and is urgently needed by researchers and students alike.
NO NEED TO VOTE.
0 votesHello,
This collection will be handled through MELI.
Please contact MELI's Electronic Resources working group for more info.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Create new database for Lawrence Wishart journal content
Please could you create a new database for Lawrence Wishart journal content (https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/ ), since we subscribe to some of their journals
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Add chinese classification field in the electronic reousrces bib
Now the classification in electronic reousrces bib is Dewey or LC，It cannot satisify the need of chinese library users of ALMA,espicially when we need to provide statistics of subject.The need is frequently and urgent in chinese libraries.We hope ALMA can collabrate to other organises to impove the function,which might help add the users of ALMA.
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