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- New collection for Alma CZ/SFX/360 (title level – book, journals, videos, etc.; not suitable for more granular level metadata)
- New collection for Discovery only (already in KBs with any level metadata granular than title such as article, book chapter etc.)
- New collection for KBs + Discovery
- New CZ authority file
- New CZ enrichment of bib records
- New CDI enrichment of article/book chapter records (such as peer review or open access indicators, ORCiD IDs)
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Making the peer reviewed icon more accurate
Articles and journals are marked with the peer reviewed icon in Primo based on information extracted from Ulrichsweb (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Ulrich%27s/Product_Documentation/Searching/Ulrichsweb%3A_Peer-Reviewed_Refereed_Journals_and_Academic_Scholarly_Journals).
The Peer Review indicator can only be set at the journal level at the moment. If a journal is identified as peer reviewed, or refereed in Ulrichsweb, all articles from this journal will be shown with the peer reviewed icon in Primo.
However, not all articles in such journals are peer reviewed, meaning the icon sends the wrong information to user, and that this label is not reliable. It can further cause users to lose confidence in the system.…775 votesThanks for the examples - we will review them and discuss our options.
Best,
Tamar
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Add Homosaurus to Alma Authority Vocabularies
We would like to suggest adding Homosaurus, an international LGBTQ+ linked data vocabulary to the authority vocabularies in the resource management configuration. The vocabulary is available at https://homosaurus.org/
Homosaurus has received a lot of traction in the past few years as alternative to LCSH for describing resources about the LGBTQ+ community. We add the terms at present in a 650 _7 $a heading $2 homoit.
Adding Homosaurus to the authority vocabularies would help greatly in on-going authority control, rather than managing locally.
332 votesHello all,
We have analyzed this request and identified that we will require some special developments to support this request. We will continue to investigate our options here and update when we have a conclusion.
Best,
Rael
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Add AIATSIS thesauri to the CZ subject authority files
As a cataloguer, I would like to see the AIATSIS thesauri made available in the Community Zone authority files for 6XX subject fields.
BENEFITS
- Make it easier for cataloguers to validate AIATSIS subject headings
- Enable routine review and updates of AIATSIS subject headings through the Authority Control Task List
- Enrich Primo searches for end users, using non-preferred terms (especially synonyms for people and language groups)
- Promote AIATSIS thesauri to Australian libraries
While specific libraries can import and manage AIATSIS subject headings as local authorities, I think this vocabulary should be made available in the CZ authority records, since it is…
178 votesHello,
We are currently reviewing our options with AIATSIS team.
Thank you for posting and supporting this idea.
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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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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start enrichment process for Hogrefe eBooks (Hogrefe eLibrary)
ExLibris created an automation for updates that will run on a weekly basis and will check for any changes made to the title list by Hogrefe Verlag. However, the metadata are rudimentary. We are missing author or editor, place of publication and publisher in the metadata. This makes it difficult to find out the ebooks in Primo VE.
Hence: could you please start an enrichment process with Hogrefe for their eLibrary eBooks titles?
106 votesHello,
We are working with the provider to check enrichment options.
Thank you for submitting and supporting this ides.
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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106 votes
Hello,
We are currently in discussions with GPO to progress this request.
We will provide further details as soon as available.Best,
Rael -
Springer Nature Open Access Community Zone Electronic Collection
This is a request to add a single free/open access collection for all Springer Nature free/open access journals. Currently there are 4 community zone collections in Alma with many overlaps:
SpringerOpen Free - (CKB)613170000000000044
BioMed Central open Access - (CKB)611000000000000500
Bacon Springer Nature Global Open Access - (CKB)613780000000000900
Springer Nature Oa Journals - (CKB)614910000000000075We’d like the addition of one single consolidated collection because having the above 4 collections is unnecessarily confusing for students and staff as they currently encounter so many electronic collections for the same journal/article even when different community zone electronic collection links in Primo end up…
104 votesHello,
We are reviewing this option with the provider.
Thanks for posting and supporting this idea.
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Kanopy Streaming PDA
Please add connections for the Kanopy streaming video database for Discovery (Summon) and the Knowledgebase (360 KB).
102 votesHello,
As you know, Kanopy is now owned by OverDrive. We are currently working with OverDrive and discussing the legal and technical possibilities of ingesting their content, including a conversation about Kanopy.
We expect this to be a lengthy process, but can report that it is in progress.
Best,
Rael
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Austlit - Australian Literature Resource
Add Austlit to Primo Central Index.
A premier resource for research on Australian literature. A searchable, scholarly source of authoritative biographical, bibliographic, critical, and production information about Australian writers and writing. Includes full text of 200 works of Australian fiction and poetry, selections of children's literature, anthology of criticism, critical articles, review and surveys, and 300 items of early science fiction.https://www.austlit.edu.au/
Info on full text: https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/5961938
Publisher: AustLit
Contact: info-austlit@austlit.edu.au
NERS Request ID: 350696 votesHello,
Thank you for this contribution!
We will review this request and determine whether this content can be indexed in CDI.Best,
Rael -
Add Overdrive to 360 KB and Summon
Many academic libraries are using this product. It would be good to have integrated into discovery systems.
95 votesHello all,
While we are still working to reach a legal agreement with OverDrive to enable us to index their content in our CDI, we will be adding the OverDrive Magazine collections to our Knowledgebases.
Best,
Rael
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Add Urbadoc database to Primo Central index
Urbadoc bibliographic database indexes european architectural journals and can enrich PCI with unique references.
It would be very useful to have this database searchable in Primo Central Index.
Urbadoc has an OAI-PMH data provider. More info at: http://www.cnba.it/2017/09/28/novita-urbadoc/
Urbadoc URL: http://www.urbadoc.com82 votesHello,
We will review this request for consideration.
Best,
Rael -
Add Council of Europe – Online resources to Alma's Community Zone
We would like the e-books from the platform https://edoc.coe.int/en/ to be included in Alma’s Community Zone. The collection provides free e-books in various languages published by the Council of Europe.
Subjects: The Council of Europe in brief / Human rights / Democracy / Law / Society / New technologies / Medias / Health / Culture, heritage, nature / The Council of Europe and the European Union / Minority rights / Education / Youth / Sport / Institutions / Resources for young people / Resources for teachers79 votes -
Bibliothèque numérique francophone
The « Bibliothèque numérique francophone » (http://rfnum-bibliotheque.org/rfn/fr/Accueil) is an initiative of the Réseau Francophone Numérique (FRN) launched officially in April 2017. It brings together representative collections (photographs, newspapers, posters, maps etc) of ten members of the Network selected for their heritage interest: Royal Library of Belgium, Library and Archives of Canada, National Library of France, Bibliothèque Haïtienne du Saint-Esprit, National Library of Luxembourg, Bibliothèque et Archives Universitaires d'Antananarivo, Bibliothèque nationale du Royaume du Maroc, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Swiss National Library.
Please add Bibliothèque numérique francophone as a new resource in Summon
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FAO - Food and Agriculture Organisation publications
FAO - have a huge amount of OA material available on their website. We would like to see the metadata for this available within the community zone. http://www.fao.org/publications/en/
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Add Unebook Collection to ALMA CZ
Please add Unebook collection to the Community Zone. Unebook is the collection of books from all Spanish university publishers.
63 votesHello,
Thank you for your contribution.
We will review this request for consideration in 2022, to be added to our Knowledgebase products.If any members of the community have a known contact person, please send their details to me directly.
Best,
Rael -
Could we add Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online. http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/
It would be great to add the AAT vocabularies to the CZ to enhance and enrich records for and about artistic endeavour.
61 votesHello,
Thank you for your contribution.
We will review his request to add AAT authorities to our databases.
Best,
Rael
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Jisc Historical Texts - Eighteenth Century Collections Parts 1 and 2
The original idea is now marked as completed - https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/574345-content/suggestions/19523596-jisc-historical-texts
However, There should be over 180,000 books in ECCO. It is ECCO parts 1 and 2. There are only 66,000 portfolios in the CZ at the moment. Can the remaining portfolios be added as a matter of urgency please?
60 votesHello,
We will investigate the title count discrepancy here.
For future reference, please note that this should have been submitted as a Support Case, so that our team can investigate.
Best,
Rael -
Improve indexing of HAL in CDI
Hal is one of the most important French open archive. The database offers open access documents directly from the platform and references to documents for which the full text is not available.
In CDI two collections allow to activate the search on this database.
- Hyper Article en Ligne (HAL) (Open Access) (ID CDI VOOES) which covers only open access records.
- Hyper Article Online (HAL) (CDI ID 1XC) which covers all the records in HAL.
Both of the HAL collections are link-in-records databases
The problem is that it shows as unavailable the records to which we could have gained…58 votes -
BCcampus Open Textbook Collection
British Columbia Open Textbook
currently 327 titlesMARC records
https://bceln.ca/services-initiatives-resource-sharing-bc-open-textbook-marc57 votes -
E-Book target for SFX: Textes littéraires français
Dear Support
In the attachment I send you a title list of the collection "Textes littéraires français" from the Publisher Librairie Droz, which should therefore have an appropriate target attached to them. May I kindly ask you to create a target named TEXTESLITTERAIRESFRANCAIS_EBOOKS an attach it to the titles in the attachment?
Many thanks and best wishes
Bruno Tresch / Zentralbibliothek Zürich53 votes
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