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  1. 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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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This request has been selected as part of the 2026 CERV votes.

    We will reach out to the content provider, and ask for the metadata for this collection.

    If you could share a contact person with this provider, that would be very helpful.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  2. Add Open Access eBooks from the publisher intercom Verlag, Zürich into the Alma Community Zone

    The young publishing house intercom Verlag at Zürich (Switzerland) is publishing Open Access ebooks in the Humanities.
    It would be great to add an eCollection of these ebooks to the Community Zone in Alma to make these fine books available.
    https://intercomverlag.ch/about/
    https://www.intercom-mono.com/

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  3. Add MJS(Medical Journals Sweden) Publishing journals on KB & CZ

    MJS publishing launched in 2021 and publishes several medical society journals from Sweden.
    You would find titles from MJS publishing below.
    https://www.mjspublishing.se/journals

    All of them are Gold Open Access.

    I hope those journals will be included KB & CZ soon for better content accessibility.

    Thank you.

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  4. Create a CZ Collection for Audio Cine Films (ACF)

    Please add a CZ collection for Audio Cine Films (ACF) in Alma. Almost half of the IZ's in our consortia subscribe to this resource.

    https://www.acf-film.com/en/index.php

    From the vendor: Audio Cine Films Inc. is one of the largest non-theatrical (markets outside commercial theatres) film rights representative in Canada, with exclusive rights to one of the largest film libraries available. We manage copyrights related to the public presentation of films produced by the studios we exclusively represent in Canada and issue copyright licenses that allow all types of organisations to present films within a public performance environment without infringing upon the Canadian…

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  5. 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.

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  6. Please add collection "Biographie-Portal" to the Alma CZ

    Dear support

    Can you create an electronic collection of type "database" for "Biographie-Portal" (https://www.biographie-portal.eu//), please?

    Description according to the publisher's website:

    "The “Biographical Portal” is a cooperative project of the Bavarian State Library, the Historical Committee at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and the Foundation Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. A joint index makes available the following works:

    Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB)
    Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB)
    Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950 (ÖBL)
    Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS),
    Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas,
    Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon (OeML)
    Rheinland-Pfälzische Personendatenbank (RPPD)
    Sächsische Biografie (SäBi)
    Slovenska biografija…

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    AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.

    It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.

    My sincere apologies.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  7. JMIR Publications

    Please add JMIR Publications to the KB's. An Open Access publisher in the medical field.
    https://jmirpublications.com/
    It would be helpful to have the 30 + journals in it's own collection.
    Contact email: support@jmir.org

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    AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.

    It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.

    My sincere apologies.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  8. Add the OA Journal, "Procesos de Mercado. Revista Europea de Economía Política" to the KB

    Please add the OA Journal, "Procesos de Mercado. Revista Europea de Economía Política" to the KB

    Title: Procesos de Mercado. Revista Europea de Economía Política
    ISSN: 1697-6797
    URL: https://www.procesosdemercado.com/index.php/inicio/issue/archive

    Thank you!

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    AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.

    It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.

    My sincere apologies.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  9. Add journal, Relational Child and Youth Care Practice to the CZ

    Please add the journal, Relational Child and Youth Care Practice (RCYCP, ISSN: 2410-2954) to the CZ.
    Vendor's site: https://www.rcycp.com/

    The open access journal from the same publisher (CYC-NET) is in the CZ but we aren't able to find RCYCP.

    We see some CDI records for articles in the journal but aren't able to identify which portfolio/collection they're connected to.
    For example: cdiproquestjournals_2434256972

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    AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.

    It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.

    My sincere apologies.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  10. Add Publisher Press Books to 360 KB

    We are hoping to add the open access ebook "Unlocking the Digital Age: The Musician's Guide to Research, Copyright, and Publishing" in the 360KB but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be listed anywhere.
    URL: https://pressbooks.pub/musicresearch/
    I am wondering if it is possible to add the provider Pressbooks to the KB so that this title can be added.
    Please let me know if you need any other information.
    Thanks,
    Alaina Deane
    ERM Specialist
    Duke University Libraries

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  11. Add Provider: National Film Preservation Foundation

    Hello,

    We would like to add the open access title "Film Preservation Guide: The Basics for Archives, Libraries, and Museums" to the 360KB but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be listed anywhere.

    URL: https://www.filmpreservation.org/preservation-basics/the-film-preservation-guide

    I am wondering if it is possible to add the provider National Film Preservation Foundation to the KB and this title be added.

    Please let me know if you need any other information.

    Thanks,
    Alaina Deane
    ERM Specialist
    Duke University Libraries

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  12. Add Provider: Art Council

    Hello,

    We would like to add the open access title "The Cultural and Economic Trends of Cinema in Ireland and Wales" to the 360KB but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be listed anywhere.

    URL: https://www.artscouncil.ie/generic_content.aspx?id=10486

    I am wondering if it is possible to add the provider Art Council to the KB and this title be added.

    Please let me know if you need any other information.

    Thanks,
    Alaina Deane
    ERM Specialist
    Duke University Libraries

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  13. Canadian Government Publications

    Canadian Government Publications https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/search/search.html

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  14. New Provider: Collecto

    Please create the following Collecto Collections in the CZ:
    Références économiques (CRAAQ)
    Vidéos (CRAAQ)
    PDF (CRAAQ)
    Corps Humain Virtuel
    Encyclopédies de Poche (CAIRN)
    Érudit
    Eureka
    Le Grand Robert & Collins
    Le Petit Robert
    Le Petit Robert Intégral
    Magazines restreint (CAIRN)
    Multidictionnaire
    Ouvrages de Recherche (CAIRN)
    Revues (CAIRN)

    Some of these collections require site specific URLs, so linking parameters will be required in the collections.

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  15. Add the magazine Misuzu ( みすず ) to the Knowledgebase

    Could you please add the following open access magazine.

    Title: みすず
    Title: Misuzu
    Publisher: みすず書房
    Provider might be: Misuzu Shobo
    URL: https://magazine.msz.co.jp/

    Thank you!

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    AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.

    It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.

    My sincere apologies.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  16. New provider: Map as History

    website: https://www.the-map-as-history.com/

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    AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.

    It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.

    My sincere apologies.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  17. New Provider/Collection: MADCAD.com

    Provider: MADCAD.com
    Platform: MADCAD.com
    Resource: MADCAD.com
    Recommend addition to CZ

    "More than 196,462 titles. Codes and Standards for building design, construction and operation in one digital library."

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    AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.

    It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.

    My sincere apologies.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  18. "Roper Center for Public Opinion Research" https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/

    Roper Center has an Alma Community collection records with no portfolios. Roper has their own catalog, with study-level metadata that can be crosswalked into Dublin Core if not fullblown MARC.
    Roper regularly add new studies to their collection, so dynamic feeds into Alma Community would be a great idea.

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  19. Add World Politics Review to CDI

    World Politics Review is a title that sells subscriptions to libraries. See https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/about/ Please see if you can add its articles to CDI, with link-in-record links.

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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This idea has been chosen in the CERV enhancement round for 2026.

    We will reach out to this provider, and ask for the metadata for their collection.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager


  20. Swedish Defense Research Agency

    Swedish Defense Research Agency conducts international security research. https://www.foi.se/en/foi/reports.html

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