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.
- New Providers - if your idea is for content from a provider that does not have any content available in the KBs and CDI, choose this category. The ideas for new providers will be annually prioritized via the CERV process.
- Other - for non provider specific ideas
291 results found
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Add Inlibra as Provider
Hello, we received a notice that all titles in the Nomos eLibrary, the Beck eLibrary, and the VDI Verlag-eLibrary are moving to a new platform: Inlibra (https://www.inlibra.com/de/). Can you please add this provider and its collections to the CZ?
Thanks,
Kevin
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Add LexNow
LexNow confirmed on the agreement to develop a gateway from LexNow.io to the Alma Library Management System (Ex Libris). (CZ & CDI)
As for timing, LexNow made commitments to our clients regarding developments, and they intend to honour them. LexNow is looking at the first half of 2026.
In the meantime, LexNow will of course continue to provide you with regular Ms Excel exports of our titles (books and journals) to feed into your digital catalogues.
The goal for LexNow.io is to remain a solution for all legal professionals. This requires the daily efforts of all 18 publishing partners associated…
3 votesHello,
We will reach out to Legitech, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Please add artresearch.net
artresearch.net is a free, open-access art historical research database that has both image and text searching for the combined photograph archives of renowned international libraries.
Please consider adding the database to the Alma CZ.
Thank you!
4 votes -
New Collection: Nimonik
Please create a new collection for Nimonik. Vendor website: https://nimonik.com/
4 votes -
Storybox
Could this resource be added to Alma https://storyboxlibrary.com.au/
1 vote -
New source for CDI: The Conversation
The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/) would be a valuable source to add to the CDI and make available in Primo as it provides Academic 'magazine-style' articles, often in multiple languages. There are region/country specific editions of "The Conversation" so this would need to be considered when adding them.
4 votes -
Add ISLaS+ database to Alma
ISLaS+ is a consortial ILS shared by most of Greek universities. In order to benefit from their metadata, it would be a great asset to integrate its database to the external ressources harvested by Alma. This would be especially useful for libraries with Moder Greek collections.
Search interface: https://ilsas-opac.seab.gr/
Project page: https://ilsas.alis.uniwa.gr/60 votes -
Add Dancio database to Alma
Please add the Dancio dance collection to Alma. https://www.dancio.com/
2 votes -
EAI Educational Streaming Site
Please add the collection/database: EAI Educational Streaming Site from Electronic Arts Intermix to Alma.
https://eai.org/education4 votes -
tgni@dtu.dk
Oersi
https://oersi.org/
OERSI, the Open Educational Resources Search Index, is a search engine for open educational resources in higher education, provided jointly by the University Library Center of North Rhine-Westphalia (hbz) and the TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and University Library since 2020.6 votes -
Ebookplus/Onleihe
Hello,
we would like to integrate the ebookplus/onleihe.https://ebookplus.onleihe.com/
Contact Person: Sandra Berger / sandra.berger@ag.ch2 votes -
Add Zhejiang University Journal Resource Repository to the Alma Community Zone/SFXKB and 360KB
AcadeMax is a journal publishing platform for the discovery of academic content published by Zhejiang University Press (ZJUP) and its publishing partners, currently more than 80 journals are now available. I wish Ex Libris would add AcadMax Resource Repository(https://www.academax.com) to the Alma Community Zone/SFXKB and 360KB.
102 votesHello,
We will reach out to AcadeMax, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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OpenAlex
OpenAlex is one of the largest OA databases available, and it would be valuable to have OpenAlex added.
4 votes -
Please add the OA eBooks from INC Publications (Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences)
Most of the eBooks from INC Publications (Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences) are published under the Creative Commons as Open Access eBooks. There are much interesting titles which would be fine to find in the Community Zone.
Would you be so kind to find a way with the provider and add these eBooks to the CZ?
INC Publications: https://networkcultures.org/publications/
Contact: https://networkcultures.org/contact/Thanks a lot.
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Tribal Business News
Tribal Business News is a digital publication delivering in-depth stories, analysis and business intelligence on all aspects of Native business and economic development activities. Adding it would support diversity by increasing access to an indigenous-led publication and to indigenous voices. A contact would be Danielle Cramer, dcramer@indiancountrymedia.com https://tribalbusinessnews.com/
1 vote -
BiblicalStudies.org.uk
Please consider adding https://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/
This site focuses on digitising and uploading in co-operation with authors and publishers, rare and out-of-print theology books and articles.
3 votes -
Add Pressbooks Directory records to the CKB as a portfolio collection
Previously the Pressbooks Directory was added to the CDI: https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/574345-content/suggestions/42757319-ners-2021-pressbooks-directory
That idea includes many community comments around a desire for a CKB collection instead, with significant benefits to this, such as adding metadata for discovery and to support OER initiatives by the library.
There is good news starting in August, as Pressbooks has added an OPDS feed to their environment:
https://pressbooks.directory/opds
August 2025 update: https://youtu.be/45GPrE-l8Hg?si=8gPkGAKcdwueXZqd&t=718It would be great if Ex Libris could support Alma/Primo libraries globally to add these records as a portfolio based title level collection to the Alma Community Zone, as an Ex Libris managed collection.
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Rich Data Services (Statistics Canada)
Please add a collection for Rich Data Services (Statistics Canada).
Description: Rich Data Services (RDS) is Statistics Canada’s analytical platform for Public Use Microdata files (PUMFs) and their metadata. The RDS Explorer and Tabulation Engine's user-friendly interfaces allow users to browse, interact, and download data and metadata for online or offline analysis. The platform includes the RDS Explorer to browse the data records, create custom extracts by filtering records and selecting variables, and produce personalized open data packages for download, and the Tabulation Engine to o aggregate data across various dimensions to rapidly create analytical tables.
Access URL: https://rich-data-services.statcan.gc.ca/rds/en/
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Sidestone Press : Open Access and freely available E-Books
The books from the publisher Sidestone Press can be read on its website for free immediately upon publication. Furthermore according to their Open Access model, the publisher makes their books available for free download 4 years after publication.
Their catalogue contains ca. 450 titles and 40-60 new books are published each year.Based on a request from a reference librarian, I ask you to get in contact with Sidestone press and check whether these freely and Open Access titles can be added as a collection in the CZ.
https://www.sidestone.com/contact/
https://www.sidestone.com/publishing/open-access-policy37 votes -
Business of Fashion
Please create a collection for Business of Fashion. Access URL: https://www.businessoffashion.com
6 votes
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