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
297 results found
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Add IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library and ChoralWiki/Choral Public Domain Library to CDI
Please add the contents of the free music score libraries, IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library (https://imslp.org/), and ChoralWiki/Choral Public Domain Library (https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) to the CDI. Thanks!
131 votesHello,
We will reach out to these providers, and ask for the metadata for their collections.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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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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ETV
"ETV is the largest online video platform for educators in Aotearoa New Zealand with over 150,000 videos". These include:
* the TV Recordings collection - programmes recorded from broadcast television channels
* the Online Collections catalogue - videos downloaded from internet channels
The collections support teaching and learning in all subject areas and are especially valuable to support Māori and Pasifika studies as well as other New Zealand-specific subjects.43 votesHello,
We will reach out to ETV, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
If you could add a direct contact person, that would be very helpful.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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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/66 votes -
EU Farmbook
Please consider adding EU FarmBook (https://eufarmbook.eu/search
) to the Summon index.EU FarmBook is an open-access platform that collects and shares practical knowledge, research outputs, and best practices from EU agricultural and rural development projects.
43 votes -
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 -
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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BoardGameGeek data
BoardGameGeek is a repository of all board games and many video games (this section is slowly growing) that have been published and released, and many of these are available in many of our libraries. This site has cover images, details about publication dates, etc, and sometimes even instruction manuals.
An API is available here for the "things" (what they call the games/etc)
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Cathaplay Streaming Video Platform
Duke University has a subscription with Cathaplay and would like the provider added and a collection created.
Collection Name: CathayPlay
Provider: CathayPlay
URL: https://cathayplay.com/CathayPlay was launched in 2019 and is the only global streaming platform dedicated to independent Chinese cinema.
14 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.
18 votesHello,
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.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Arzneimitteltherapie eJournal
Please add following eJournal: Arzneimitteltherapie
Website:
https://www.arzneimitteltherapie.de/heftarchiv.html2 votes -
OpenAlex
OpenAlex is one of the largest OA databases available, and it would be valuable to have OpenAlex added.
12 votesHello,
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 OpenAlex, that would be very helpful.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Skift Research
Please create a collection for Skift Research. Access URL: https://myproxy.skift.com/proxy-gateway
5 votes -
KL Hatke
Please consider adding the online publication KL Hatke to the community zone. KL Hatke is a media platform that produces articles written by women in rural India. The content is mainly articles. It would be great to have this added as a portfolio or database so that the CDI might create article records for discovery.
17 votes -
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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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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Please add BFI Player from British Film Institute
We have a subscription to BFI Player. Please add this as a collection in the CZ with updates of portfolios
97 votesHello,
We will reach out to BFI and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Business of Fashion
Please create a collection for Business of Fashion. Access URL: https://www.businessoffashion.com
6 votes -
Suggest: Add content related to Bible characters
I'm a Bible researcher, and I found many Bible characters at https://biblecharacters.top. BibleCharacters.top is an innovative platform featuring over 3,000 bible characters, offering a user-friendly way to explore their lives, stories, and genealogies. With an intuitive A-Z index and unique affiliations section (e.g., Tribe of Levi, Genealogy of Jesus), the site helps users uncover connections and context. Detailed profiles include interactive timelines, relationship charts, and scripture references, perfect for researchers, Bible study groups, students, pastors, and casual readers. Built on open data and completely free, it inspires through stories of wisdom and faith. I hope you'll add content…
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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 2020.9 votes
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