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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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65 results found

  1. New Database Request: History Vault: Stephen S. Wise Papers: Rabbi, Scholar, Activist (1874-1949)

    Please add a new database to the client center for History Vault: Stephen S. Wise Papers: Rabbi, Scholar, Activist (1874-1949) from ProQuest.

    Currently, only the legacy entry is available in the KB (DB ID: HUNHP). The starting URL is https://www.proquest.com/hvswise

    Thank you.

    1 vote
    How important is this to you?
  2. New Database Request: Trade in Early Modern London

    Please add a new database to the client center for Trade in Early Modern London from Adam Matthew.

    The starting URL is https://www.tradeinearlymodernlondon.amdigital.co.uk

    Thank you.

    1 vote
    How important is this to you?
  3. Routledge Historical Resources: History of Feminism

    Hello,

    Could you please add the Routledge Historical Resources: History of Feminism collection to the CZ?
    https://www.routledgehistoricalresources.com/feminism/

    Thank you,
    Alyssa Lamont

    1 vote
    How important is this to you?
  4. New Database Request: Prefectural Statistics Online

    Please add a new database to the client center for Prefectural Statistics Online (都道府県統計書データーベース) from Japan Digital Archives Center (J-DAC), Tokyo.

    The starting URL is https://j-dac.jp/RISA.

    Thank you.

    1 vote
    How important is this to you?
  5. Hein state Pennsylvania

    Add HeinOnline U.S. State - Pennsylvania

    Please add HeinOnline:
    U.S. State - Pennsylvania - Attorney General Opinions
    U.S. State - Pennsylvania - Political & Legal History
    U.S. State - Pennsylvania - Session Laws
    U.S. State - Pennsylvania - State Statutes
    U.S. State - Pennsylvania - State Reports
    State Constitutions - Pennsylvania

    3 votes
    How important is this to you?
  6. New York Times - All Access, All Campus

    Good morning,

    Could you please create a Database for The New York Times - All Access, All Campus?

    Provider is "New York Times Company"

    The access URL is https://www.nytimes.com/

    It includes all content on https://www.nytimes.com/ as well as access to all Games and NYT Cooking.

    Thank you for considering!

    Best,
    Amelia Rodarte
    Duke University

    7 votes
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  7. Add Datasets from Biodiversity Heritage Library to CDI

    Biodiversity Heritage Library now offers freely accessible data sets - please see recent announcement here: https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2024/11/bhl-datasets-now-openly-accessible-on-aws-cloud.html

    Could these be added to the CDI if they are not already there?

    The DBID is 79B. Not sure if they should be a separate CDI collection or added to the existing one?

    Thanks.

    1 vote
    How important is this to you?
  8. bloomsbury open front list collections

    We are supporting 3 Bloomsbury open collections via Lyrasis. I see one is in Alma but the other two are not. Can these please be added?

    Bloomsbury Open: Gender and Sexuality Frontlist
    Bloomsbury Open: Environment and Climate Change Frontlist

    Bloomsbury Open: African Studies and International Development Frontlist (this one is in the CZ, thank you!)

    1 vote
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  9. Add open access e-book from Harrassowitz Verlag, Early South-South Links in the History of World Christianity (16th – Early 19th Century)

    Please add this open access title to 360 KB etc.

    https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/ddo/artikel/86985/978-3-447-12224-5_Free%20Open%20Access%20Download.pdf

    https://oa-fund.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/1207/2/978-3-447-12224-5_Kostenloser_Open_Access-Download.pdf

    https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/title_7502.ahtml

    Early South-South Links in the History of World Christianity (16th – Early 19th Century)
    Edited by Klaus Koschorke, Ciprian Burlăcioiu and Philipp Kuster
    editor(s): Koschorke, Klaus / Burlăcioiu, Ciprian / Kuster, Philipp
    series:
    Studies in the History of Christianity in the Non-Western World
    volume: 38
    pages/dimensions: 272 pages, 24 ill.
    language: English

    1 vote
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  10. Pandoracampus

    We suggest adding Pandoracampus, the digital lending platform provided by Società editrice il Mulino, publisher of Rivisteweb, already in CZ (Collection ID: 61111095099149000).
    Laura Perillo on behalf of the ITALE Association

    1 vote
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  11. ASM All-Access

    ASM is offering a new all-access database subscription. Would like a community zone collection for this new DB/aggregate collection.

    4 votes
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  12. EBSCO Sage Transforming Nursing Practice eBooks

    To add an electronic collection for the EBSCO hosted Sage Transforming Nursing Practice eBooks, a subscription package that currently has 70 titles.

    69 of these have bib records already on the CZ. However, some of them are a very brief, while some of them have errors (spelling in titles, wrong years, no 100 field etc.)

    3 votes
    How important is this to you?

    Hello,

    We will reach out to Ebsco and ask for the metadata for this collection.

    For title errors, please open support cases.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  13. EM Premium (Elsevier)

    Please add EM Premium to the Knowledge Bases (KBs - Alma CZ, SFX, 360) and Discovery services (CDI - Central Discovery Index).
    The Couperin consortium already has its collection : "Bacon Elsevier Couperin Empremium" (615300000000001213)

    About: https://www.elsevier.com/fr-fr/promotions/em-premium
    Access URL: http://www.em-premium.com/
    Title List URL: https://www.em-premium.com/em/pdf/20190215_Liste_titres_EM_PREMIUM.pdf
    Contact: https://fr.service.elsevier.com/app/contact/supporthub/empremium/

    6 votes
    How important is this to you?
  14. Brepols Open Access eBooks

    Brepols Publishing publishes open access ebooks and it would be useful to make them discoverable via Primo VE. Alma’s Community Zone does not have a distinct collection for this content. Information about the books, along with an option to export the titles into an Excel spreadsheet, is available at https://www.brepols.net/products?p=1&r=12&s=&v=thumbview&q=$Availability:Open%20Access;$ProductType:Book

    14 votes
    How important is this to you?
  15. Automated holdings management for VLeBooks

    Could we please enable automated holdings management for:

    Database name: VLeBooks
    Database code: 38.
    Provider:Askews and Holts Library Services Ltd
    Default URL: http://www.vlebooks.com/

    I have had difficulty activating e-book titles for this provider in the 360 KB, due to metadata inconsistencies.

    ProQuset and Ex Libris Support suggested that the content team and developers are looking for opportunities to extend the support for the "Automated Holdings Updates" process that is now set up for PQ Ebook Central.

    Since there are now similar processes available for Taylor & Francis books and Springer Nature content, would it be possible to enable this process…

    4 votes
    How important is this to you?

    Hello,

    VLeBooks is on our list for adding as an autoholdings collection in the next year.

    I will update this idea as we reach progress.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  16. McGraw Hill Access Dermatology Archive

    ALMA currently has the following collection for the McGraw Hill Access Dermatology site:

    McGraw Hill Access Dermatology DxRx

    The collection doesn't include archived content for previous editions:

    https://dermatology.mhmedical.com/ArchivedTextbooks.aspx

    ALMA has collections for the archive on other McGraw Hill sites. For example:

    McGraw Hill Access Medicine Archive
    McGraw Hill Access Anesthesiology Archive
    McGraw Hill Access Obgyn Archive

    Please add an archive collection for Access Dermatology.

    2 votes
    How important is this to you?
  17. KU Focus Collection: Global Warming and Responses 2025-2027

    Dear ExLibris Support,

    We just pledged to these collections. May we request to add these to ALMA KB? We wanted to put it out there.

    Thank you,
    Mariyam

    3 votes
    How important is this to you?
  18. KU Select 2025-2027 SDG Full Collection

    Dear ExLibris Support,

    We just pledged to these collections. May we request to add these to ALMA KB? We wanted to put it out there.

    Thank you,
    Mariyam

    6 votes
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  19. 5 votes
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  20. EIU Viewpoint - Add content to CDI

    There is an EIU Viewpoint database in Alma. Can you ask EIU for metadata to add reports, forecasts, etc. to CDI? Or add portfolios to the collection?

    4 votes
    How important is this to you?

    Hello,

    We will check with EIU regarding metadata for CDI or to add portfolios for a full text collection.

    For CDI metadata we may need to setup an agreement, which can take time. And for a full text collection the records may not have enough metadata to be properly presented in the Knowledgebases.

    I will update the idea once I have some information to share.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

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