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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- For enrichment requests add the relevant collection ID(s).
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The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronic de Communication
Please add The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronic de Communication
Shaheed Nick Mohammed, PhD Penn State University Altoona, Managing Editor.
Founding editor: Teresa M. Harrison, PhD University at Albany (SUNY).
The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronic de Communication launched in 1990 as one of the first five peer reviewed electronically distributed scholarly journals in world history and the first ever in the social sciences. EJC/REC is devoted to the study of communication theory, research, practice, and policy. Consistent with the public trust of academic research, all issues older than one year are freely available…
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Add fDi Markets
The Financial Times' database fDi Markets is currently unavailable as a standalone collection in Alma. Could you please create a collection for direct access to this resource (https://www.fdimarkets.com/)?
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Add kweliTV
kweliTV is currently unavailable as a standalone collection in Alma. Could you please create a collection for direct access to this resource (https://www.kweli.tv/)?
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PoliticoPro
Dea ExLibris Support,
Our Environment & Energy Publishing News rep let us know that they now have additional titles on PoliticoPro. Would you add these titles as a selective package collection? We do not see it as a Selective package in ALMA. The titles and the links are below.
1. Agriculture https://subscriber.politicopro.com/policy/agriculture
2. Campaigns https://subscriber.politicopro.com/policy/campaigns
3. Congress https://subscriber.politicopro.com/policy/congress
4. Cybersecurity https://subscriber.politicopro.com/policy/cybersecurity
5. Defense https://subscriber.politicopro.com/policy/defense
6. Education https://subscriber.politicopro.com/policy/education
7. Energy https://subscriber.politicopro.com/policy/energy
8. Financial Services https://subscriber.politicopro.com/policy/financial-services
9. Foreign Affairs https://subscriber.politicopro.com/policy/foreign-affairs
10. Health Care https://subscriber.politicopro.com/policy/health-care
11. Legal https://subscriber.politicopro.com/policy/legal
12. Tax https://subscriber.politicopro.com/policy/tax
13. Technology https://subscriber.politicopro.com/policy/technology
14. Trade https://subscriber.politicopro.com/policy/trade
15. Transportation https://subscriber.politicopro.com/policy/transportation
16. White House …3 votes -
Enrich Pressbooks Directory CZ collection with discovery metadata from the OPDS feed
The Pressbooks Directory (https://pressbooks.directory/) indexes thousands of open access books created by educational institutions.
The corresponding CZ collection "Pressbooks Directory" (Collection ID 611086618140000041) makes these books available for activation in Alma, but the bibs currently carry only title (245), author (100), and language (008). As an example, the record for "Stories From The Place of Sports in The University, 3rd Edition" from University of Washington Libraries (MMS 9948351757900041) contains no 520, 650, or 856 for cover, though Pressbooks supplies a paragraph-length description, seven subject headings, and a cover image URL for this book. Expanding the field mapping to…
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Add Cinelogue to 360 KB
Please could you add Cinelogue to the 360 KB? This is a curated streaming platform centering cinema from the Global Majority.
Thank you
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Include contemporary internet slang and modern linguistics database from SlangPedia into CDI
As an academic researcher and library administrator, I would like to suggest integrating the linguistic data and modern culture resources from SlangPedia into the Ex Libris Central Discovery Index (CDI) and Knowledge Base. \n\nModern academic research, especially in fields like sociolinguistics, digital communication, and media studies, heavily relies on understanding evolving internet slang, social media terms (e.g., TikTok abbreviations), and text-based cultural shifts. SlangPedia provides a structured, well-explained index of these contemporary terms that would be highly valuable for university students and researchers studying modern language patterns. \n\nIntegrating this resource will enhance the discoverability of open-access linguistic reference sources. You…
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Add ProQuest History Vault: Operation Dixie: The CIO Organizing Committee Papers, 1946-1953
The ProQuest database, Operation Dixie: The CIO Organizing Committee Papers, 1946-1953, is currently unavailable as a standalone collection in Alma. Could you please create a collection for direct access to this resource (https://www.proquest.com/hvopdixie/)?
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Oxford Scholarship Online Archaeology 2020 and 2021
Older yearly collections prior to 2022 are missing for this subject area. can these be added to Alma? We see the following are missing:
Backlist 2020
20211 vote -
Add portfolios for East View Global Census Archive
Please consider adding portfolios for the East View Global Census Archive (Collection ID: 615300000000001180). Contents contain official data and publications issued by national census authorities from the early 19th century to the present: https://gca.eastview.com/ The latest title list is attached. Thank you!
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Add Casalini's Franco Angeli ebook collections
Please consider adding Casalini's Franco Angeli ebook collections to Alma CZ: https://info.torrossa.com/en/collections They are listed under Italian Publishing > Franco Angeli > E-books Collections. This public listing only includes up to archives from 2023 but the 2024-2026 collections are also available.
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New Collection for Intertek Inform
Intertek Inform is currently unavailable as a standalone collection. Could you please create a collection for direct access to this resource (https://www.intertekinform.com/en-us/)?
9 votes -
Oxford University Press Law Trove 2026 Collection in 360 KB
Please can we have Oxford University Press Law Trove 2026 Collection in 360 KB. The new collection was released in September and teaching starts soon so we need to be directing users to the correct content.
1 voteHello,
Oxford announced they are moving to an "all titles" collection model so they will not provide us with annual title lists.
The collection will be calledOxford University Press Law Trove Complete Collection", and we will receive the title list in December.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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l.burns@hw.ac.uk
Association for Computing and Machinery 2026-2028 Open Journals
This is urgently required to be added to the Community Zone to enable activation.
I have put a request in for this previously but it still isn't showing.
This has now become time sensitive as the yearly fund will close shortly.
Can this please be added ASAP.
Thank you
Lynn Burns1 vote -
New Collection for Caixin Global
Caixin Global is currently unavailable as a standalone collection and the portfolio access is only available from aggregators. Could you please create a collection for direct access to this resource (https://www.caixinglobal.com/)?
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ADD Eastview KB Collection for Book Cache for China Digital Library
Please add a KB collection (with enriched MARC records) for Eastview's Book Cache for China Digital Library. It contains 23,000 titles.
Thank you!
1 voteHello,
We will reach out to Eastview, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Either exclude front matter journal content or create new resource type for front matter
In CDI: there are records for the front matter (e.g. title page or copyright page) of some journal issues. And they appear with the "article" resource type, which is very misleading for our patrons. ExLibris Support says there is no available resource type for front matter, so they just get presented as articles.
My idea is for ExLibris to either filter out the front matter content from CDI (my preference) or create a different resource type for them.
Examples:
https://umbrella.lib.umb.edu/permalink/01MA_UMB/1dsa88t/cdi_crossref_primary_10_1016_S1094_9194_17_30213_X
https://umbrella.lib.umb.edu/permalink/01MA_UMB/1dsa88t/cdi_crossref_primary_10_1016_S1094_9194_15_00050_X1 vote -
CABI Global Health Archive
Please add the CABI Global Health Archive to the CDI. It is an archive of abstract records:
1 voteHello,
We will reach out to CABI, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add Edinburgh University Press Journal Subject Collections to KBs
Please add the following Edinburgh University Press Journal Subject Collections to the KBs:
History
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Law
Literary Studies
Philosophy
Scottish StudiesThanks.
1 voteHello,
We will reach out to Edinburgh University Press, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Enhance Projectr MARC records
Hello,
I would like to request that the MARC records for the following collection be enhanced with Grasshopper Films help.Collection Name: Projectr University
Collection ID: 61545177750000041
Interface name: Grasshopper FilmsThe MARC records for Projectr in Alma are less robust than the records we can pull from our Projectr admin site and we would love for the records to be updated.
Here is our contact at Grasshopper Films who is aware of the situation.
Ryan Krivoshey ryan@grasshopperfilm.comThank you,
Alaina13 votesHello,
In the past, we tried to enrich Projectr without success.
We will reach out to the contact you have provided, and see if an enrichment process can be set up.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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