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.
- Other - for non provider specific ideas
185 results found
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Add two new Bloomsbury collections: T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism, and Eerdmans Digital Reference Library
Bloomsbury has shared that they have already sent these collections to discovery providers:
T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism
Eerdmans Digital Reference Library
Thank you,
Virginia6 votesHi,
We will reach out to Bloomsbury and ask for the metadata for those collections.
Regards,
Rachel
Senior Content Support Analyst
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Soviet-Era Ukrainian Newspapers (Global Press Archive)
Please add Soviet-Era Ukrainian Newspapers (Global Press Archive) to the 360 Knowledgebase.
URL: https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/seun/
Provider: East ViewThank you,
Amelia Rodarte
ERM Specialist
Duke UniversityThis collection is open access for all members of the Center for Research Libraries.
6 votesHello,
We will reach out to EastView and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,Rachel Harati
Senior Content Support Analyst
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Add IEICE Digital Library for Central Discovery Index
The content of IEICE is widely used in research institutes and universities in Japan.
Please consider adding IEICE Digital Library in the Central Discovery Index.IEICE Digital Library
https://www.ieice.org/publications/search/index.php?conts=ken&lang=enSome content of IEICE is already searchable, but the data is not properly and comprehensively loaded.
Provider: Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
Code: PRVEIC6 votesHello,
We will reach out to Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers and ask for a CDI feed.
If you have a contact person with this provider, please share in this idea or directly with me
tamar.ganor@clarivate.com .
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Naxos Music Library - U.S. CDI collections
Some of the content in the CDI collections for Naxos Music Library, Naxos Music Library Jazz, and Naxos Music Library - World are not available in the United States due to copyright restrictions. OCLC has separate collections in WorldShare Manager for NML content that is available to U.S. subscribers. I am requesting that similar collections be added to CDI that contain only the records for content U.S. subscribers can access.
6 votesHello,
We will check with Naxos if they can provide a separate feed for their collections that are suitable for U.S customers only.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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CHEMnetBASE titles
The database CHEMnetBASE has a number of titles attached to it that are currently not in Alma.
Please add these missing titles:
Combined Chemical Dictionary: https://ccd.chemnetbase.com
Dictionary of Drugs: https://dod.chemnetbase.com
Dictionary of Natural Products: https://dnp.chemnetbase.comDictionary of Organic Compounds: https://doc.chemnetbase.com
Dictionary of Food Compounds: https://dfc.chemnetbase.com
Dictionary of Marine Natural Products: https://dmnp.chemnetbase.com
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics: https://hbcp.chemnetbase.com
Polymers: A Property Database: https://poly.chemnetbase.com
Properties of Organic Compounds: https://poc.chemnetbase.com
6 votesHello,
Last year we were notified by the provider that this should be a zero title database.
We will revisit this decision and confirm if we can receive a title list for CHEMnetBASE to turn it into a collection.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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INFOBASE
Please add INFOBASE's
-Bloom's Literature
-Issues & Controversies
-Today's Science
-World News Digest
...to the Summon Index6 votes
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
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Add Amnesty International Archives: A Global Movement for Human Rights [Adam Matthew]
Add Amnesty International Archives: A Global Movement for Human Rights [Adam Matthew]
6 votesHello,
We will reach out to Adam Matthew and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager -
Include a new Wiley Digital Archives collection in the Summon index
Please could British Association for the Advancement of Science – Collections on the History of Science (1830s-1970s) on the Wiley Digital Archives platform be added as a collection to Summon?
Other Wiley Digital Archives Collections are already in the Summon Index:
Wiley Digital Archives : New York Academy of Sciences
Wiley Digital Archives : Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Wiley Digital Archives : Royal College of Physicians
Wiley Digital Archives : Royal Geographical SocietyDescription: The Archive of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) and connected collections from UK universities covers astronomy, biology, technology,…
6 votesAdminTamar 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
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British Newsreels from Adam Matthew
Pleads add British Newsreels [newly published] from Adam Matthew.
https://www.britishnewsreels.amdigital.co.uk5 votesHello,
We will reach out to the provider and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager -
Brepolis Library of Latin Texts [formerly Library of Latin Texts A, B]
Requesting CZ content for Brepolis Library of Latin Texts [formerly Library of Latin Texts A and B, merged by provider in 2021].
Library of Latin Texts A [collection ID: 613790000000000926) and Library of Latin Texts B [collection ID: 613790000000000922) contain outdated links and have not been updated since 2021. Metadata for both was poorer quality than what was supplied by vendor.
A customer-contributed collection (Univ. of Western Australia) for Library of Latin Texts (collection ID: 61665968760007861) results in errors for about 100 records upon activation.
5 votesHello,
For enrichment we will need to sign an agreement with the provider, so it might take some time.
Nonetheless, we will reach out to Brepols and ask for an updated title list for these two collections.
Regarding the contributed collection, it is managed by the contributing library. Feel free to reach out directly to them in order to communicate the necessary changes eres-lib@uwa.edu.au.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Create CZ collection for Cambridge Histories Online: 2023
I have moved my original submission from the general exchange to the content exchange here.
5 votesThanks Courtney, this is indeed the right place to post these requests.
We are already working on this collection, but there are some technical details that need to be worked out.
I will post in the comments once we make some progress.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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CDI collection for Elsevier Open Access articles
Could you please add a CDI database only collection with links in record for Elsevier open access articles?
There is no longer an Elsevier open access knowledge base collection https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/574345-content/suggestions/43048611-add-elsevier-open-access-collection-to-alma-cz
And I think this would work better as a CDI collection given how many OA articles there are in hybrid journals.
For example, 76,000 archival articles were made open as the result of a large United States Library consortia agreement:
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2022/03/16/retroactively-open-elsevier-backflips-for-nerl-agreement/And these OA articles should be more easily discoverable via a dedicated CDI link in record collection.
5 votesHi,
We will reach out to Elsevier and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Regards,
Rachel
Senior Content Support Analyst
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CDI records request for InteLex Past Masters collection
Our client University of Guelph has requested the CDI provide record coverage for the InteLex Past Masters CRKN collection (Collection ID: 615410000000002433)
MARC records for the titles included in InteLex Past Masters website directly: https://www.nlx.com/marc_records/4.
Please work with Dan Haig at InteLex to acquire data for the CDI to enrich user discovery for this collection.
Thank you!
5 votesHello,
Thanks for pointing out this content gap.
We will reach out to the provider to get the relevant metadata.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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ASM Technical Books
Please create a CZ collection for ASM Technical Books.
https://dl.asminternational.org/technical-books4 votesHi
We will reach out to ASM International and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Rachel Harati
Content Product Lead
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Add two Wiley Digital Archives ebook collections
This is a request to add the following Wiley Digital Archives ebook collections:
1) Environmental Science and History
2) Royal Geographic Society.Thank you so much.
Best Regards,
Mahdi GanjaviMetadata Production and Electronic Access Specialist
Department of Metadata Services, University of Toronto4 votesHello,
Wiley responded that the Environmental Science and History (ENV) collection is scheduled for completion in Spring 2024, we will add that collection then.
Regarding the Royal Geographical Society, the metadata will be provided not directly by Wiley but by a 3rd party so it requires some legal clarification.
In the meantime, we have created two zero title databases to activate for this request:
dbid: RPVOM - WILEY_DIGITAL_ARCHIVES_ROYAL_GEOGRAPHICAL_SOCIETY_PART_I
dbid: APJRU - WILEY_DIGITAL_ARCHIVES_ROYAL_GEOGRAPHICAL_SOCIETY_PART_IIKind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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add KU Language Science Press 2024-2026 to alma
Hello,
I see the older Knowledge Unlatched Language Science Press packages, but not this one to choose: KU Language Science Press 2024-2026. Can you please add this most recent one so we can activate it?
Much appreciated!4 votesHi,
We are looking into it and ask KU for this collection's metadata.
Kind regards
Rachel
Senior Content Support Analyst
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Add KB Collection for Hirzel Verlag Journals
Please add a KB collection for Hirzel Verlag journals on the Biblioscout platform.
It appears they only publish one journal:
ZfdA Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und deutsche Literatur
https://biblioscout.net/journal/zfda
Start coverage year is 2005 and ISSN is 0044-2518.There's already a Community Zone collection named "Biblioscout - S. Hirzel Verlag Elibrary" (collection ID 616200000000000030) but Content Support clarified that it's only for ebooks and that a journal portfolio cannot be added to it.
Thanks.
4 votesHello Charlie,
We will reach out to Hirzel Verlag, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager -
DART
Please add records to DART-Europe E-theses Portal (JWZ) and make it discoverable in Summon.
4 votesHi,
We will reach out to Association of European Research Libraries and ask for the records for this collection.
Regards,
Rachel
Senior Content Support Analyst
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Create new/separate automatic holdings collections for Taylor & Francis
I'd love to make use of the new Taylor & Francis automatic holdings feature, but the collections it points to are collections that we are already using. For certain providers, I prefer to use automatic holdings as a "back-up" to my own management. The "Taylor & Francis eBooks Complete" is the collection that the GOBI API uses. I'm also already using the "Taylor & Francis Current Content Access" for another reason. Springer and Wiley both have separate autoholdings collections. Could separate collections also be created for Taylor & Francis? Thanks!
4 votesHello,
We will take this with the Alma product team to decide what is the best approach for this request.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Create GeoScienceWorld Withdrawn Ebooks Collection
Work with provider to create a separate, "withdrawn titles" collection for GeoScienceWorld content that is not available to new customers but is available to existing customers.
[Ex Libris note: Related to support case # 07011161]
4 votesHello,
We will reach out to GeoScienceWorld, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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