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  1. Please add Scientific American Presents

    Please add Scientific American Presents (ISSN 2168-250X) to CDI.
    Thanks.

    1 vote
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  2. Change Library Stack to full title collection

    Please change the collection "Library Stack" from a zero-title database to a full title collection. We are subscribers to Library Stack and we would appreciate this change to fully benefit from this subscription.
    Collection ID: 6122238660000041
    Collection Name: Library Stack

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

    Hello,

    We are working with the provider to review our options, the Knowledgebases do not represent well some of the content types that are included in this collection.

    I will update this idea once we make progress.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  3. Add Content

    Please add the following content to the Knowledgebase so that it can be searchable in Summon and the ejournal portal ProQuest Congressional Hearings Digital Collection Part R (2025) and the ProQuest Congressional Research Digital Collection Part Q (2025)

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

    Hello,

    ProQuest Congressional Hearings Digital Collection: Part Q (2024), collection ID 614940000000000427 is available, should there also be one for 2025?

    We will work on adding ProQuest Congressional Hearings Digital Collection pare R.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  4. Please add umbrella collections for Adam Matthew AM collections with portfolios

    I appreciate that Adam Matthew collections are represented with portfolios in the CZ! But when we subscribed to AM Explorer I had to manually activate 140+ collections. It would be helpful if in addition to the individual collections, there were umbrella collections with portfolios for the packages of category collections Adam Matthew provides, e.g., AM Primary collections, AM Archives Direct collections, AM Scholar collections, and AM Research Skills collections. Also including a portfolio for each container collection would be ideal.
    The collections are listed at https://www.amdigital.co.uk/support/collections/marc-records
    For brevity, I will give an example of AM Scholar:
    Create a collection with…

    3 votes
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  5. Add SAGE Backfiles to 360 KB

    Please consider adding SAGE (7000049205) Deep Backfile Upgrade 2025, Shallow Backfile (7000051789) and Shallow Backfile 2 (700051797) to the KB

    1 vote
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  6. New Database Request: World Events and the Media (Text)

    Please add the text content for the Alexander Street Press database World Events and the Media (Text).

    The URL is https://search.alexanderstreet.com/medi

    Thank you.

    1 vote
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    AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Is this a different collection than

    The collection World Events and the Media, Collection ID: 614940000000000530?

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  7. New Database Request: ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S.: 2013-Present

    Please add a new CZ e-collection (Database) for ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S.: 2013-Present from ProQuest.
    The 360KB has an equivalent (DB ID: AUOQU)

    The starting URL is https://statabs.proquest.com/sa
    Thank you.

    1 vote
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  8. EBSCO ebooks German

    Please create a new CZ e-collection for EBSCO eBooks German collection (https://research.ebsco.com/c/h32dqq?db=e085tww). Title list (September 2024) attached, current data can be obtained from EBSCO (Katharina Bewer <kbewer(at)EBSCO.COM> )

    3 votes
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  9. Mintel's Academic GNPD- All Regions- Food & Drink

    We just added on this Mintel collection, but we don't see it in the Alma CZ. Can you add it? Mintel Global New Products Database Food and Drink global

    1 vote
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  10. Add East View Global Press Archive Area Studies Initiative 2025

    https://www.eastview.com/resources/gpa/area-studies-initiative/

    We already have East View Global Press Archive Area Studies Initiative for 2024 in the Alma CZ. Could 2025 be added please?

    1 vote
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  11. Add ProQuest Art & Architecture Archive thematic collections

    Please add the ProQuest Art & Architecture Archive Collection thematic collections to the CZ. We subscribe to only the Architecture & Design thematic collection in Art & Architecture Archive.

    As a workaround to provide access to this collection, we have selectively activated only the Architecture & Design titles in Art & Architecture Archive Collection 1 and 2 (CID 61262944400007306, 61262944370007306). This workaround is not ideal for us because new titles added to or titles removed from the thematic collection will not be automatically updated for us, and we will have to maintain the title list ourselves.

    Here is the vendor's…

    3 votes
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  12. add missing Gale collections to Alma

    American Civil War: The International Context Digital Archive
    American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society, Part VIII Digital Archive
    British Library Newspapers Part 7: Southeast Asia, 1806-1980s Digital Archive
    China and the Modern World: Regional China and the West Digital Archive
    Latino Social and Political Culture and History: Perspectives on the Chicano Movement Digitall Archive
    Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection Part 2 Digital Archive
    State Papers Online Colonial: Asia Part III: Malay States Digital Archive
    Telegraph Historical Archive: 2017-2021 Supplement Digital Archive
    The International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent, 1919-1994 Digital Archive

    1 vote
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  13. Add missing gale archives unbound collections to Alma

    AU: First U.S. Army Report of Operations, 20 October 1943-8 May 1945
    AU: Ford Administration and Human Rights
    AU: Papers of American Missionaries to Asia: Missionaries associated with the Philippines 1942-1965
    AU: Papers of American Missionaries to Asia: Missionaries associated with China and India, 1818-1972
    AU: Papers of American Missionaries to Asia: Missionaries associated with South and West Asia, 1914
    AU: State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee and State-Army-Navy-Air Force Coordinating Committee Files
    AU: United States and France: Correspondence Dealing with Economic Relations, 1811-1930

    1 vote
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  14. Enrich Manchester University Press MARC Records with Provider Metadata

    Hello,

    Could Ex Libris please enrich Manchester University Press ebook records in the CZ with provider metadata?

    CZ collection IDs are:
    615490000000000250
    61464937760000041
    615490000000000251

    I've noticed many brief records in the open access collection (ID 615490000000000251)

    1 vote
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  15. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II

    Gale has now made available a "Part 2" to an existing collection, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection. It can be purchased separately from the original collection, so should be set up separately. See more information here:

    https://www.gale.com/c/17th-and-18th-century-burney-newspapers-collection-part-ii
    https://www.gale.com/primary-sources/historical-newspapers
    https://www.gale.com/binaries/content/assets/gale-us-en/intl-assets/intl-assets-uk--europe/gale-primary-sources-assets/seventeenth-and-eighteenth-century-burney-newspapers-collection-part-ii---factsheet.pdf

    Can it please be added to the CKB?

    4 votes
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  16. Naxos Sheet Music Library

    Since Naxos Music Library is supported, can records for their Sheet Music Library be added into the CDI, please?

    The content changes monthly, but the vendor told us they send updated lists (spreadsheets) to libraries upon request.

    Vendor website: https://publishing.naxos.com/

    1 vote
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  17. Could you please help contact Wiley and add Wiley Online Library UBCM SciTech collections in CZ?

    Could you please help contact Wiley and add Wiley Online Library UBCM SciTech collections in CZ?
    Thanks a lot.
    Best,
    Angela

    1 vote
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  18. Routledge Resources Online - Medieval Studies

    Please add the following database to the Community Zone:

    Provider: Routledge
    Database: Routledge Resources Online - Medieval Studies
    Access URL: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/rroms/?context=rroms
    Additional information from the vendor: https://librarianresources.taylorandfrancis.com/product-info/digital-products/online-resources/routledge-resources-online/

    Thank you!

    0 votes
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  19. Add Open Access eBooks from the Publisher Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen, Germany to the Knowledgebases

    The Wallstein Verlag has published a number of open access eBooks in the humanities, and the number is increasing.
    It would be fantastic if these OA eBooks could be made available as an eCollection in ALMA.
    https://www.wallstein-verlag.de/open-access-books.html
    Thanks so much
    Best Matthias

    36 votes
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  20. Sage Business Cases Indigenous Business Stories Project

    Sage, one of Ex Libris's existing provider partners, has launched a new free Business Cases collection, the Indigenous Business Stories Project. According to Sage, this is a free collection that features studies of businesses founded by Indigenous entrepreneurs. Sage says this collection will give students an understanding of sustainable, community-driven business practices. This collection will expand the global business perspectives represented in CZ content, and because it is free to access, many libraries will likely be interested in activating it in the CZ. Sage says they have already submitted their file to Ex Libris, so we hope it will be…

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

    Hello Elizabeth,

    We are checking with Sage if the Sage Business Cases Indigenous Business Stories Project are included in the current feed of SAGE Business Cases Full Collection (Collection ID: 614920000000005407).

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

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