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  1. 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

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  2. request new collections to be added [NII-REO Cambridge University Press]

    Collection: NII-REO: Cambridge University Press

    Provider: National Institute of Informatics

    Titles: 195

    URL: https://reo.nii.ac.jp/oja/HtmlIndicate/html/journal/publishers/SUP0000009000.html

    title list: https://reo.nii.ac.jp/oja/HtmlIndicate/html/titlelist/titlelist_reo.tsv

    Thanks.

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  3. Make individual collections of some of the titles in Gale Directory Library

    We would like to request that the following collections be created from some of the titles within the Gale Directory Library collection (Collection ID: 613800000000000330):

    • Brands and their companies.
    • Directory of special libraries and information centers.
    • Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State and Local Organizations
    • Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations
    • Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S.
    • Gale directory of publications and broadcast media.
    • Government research directory.
    • International research centers directory.
    • Publishers directory.
    • Research centers directory.
    • Scholarships, fellowships, and loans.
    • The National faculty directory.

    These are series and…

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  4. 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…

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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

  5. New Database Request: Video Data Bank

    Please add a new database to the client center for Video Data Bank from School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

    The starting URL is https://www.vdb.org/stream

    Thank you.

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  6. Add new Sage Collections for 2025 to Alma

    Sage Research Methods: Data and Research Literacy
    Sage Research Methods Video: Research Design Planning
    Business Foundations Collection 2
    Sage Business Cases 2025
    Student Success: Succeeding in your final year
    Sage Video: Disability Studies collection 2025
    Sage Campus Collection 2
    Sage Campus 2025 update

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  7. 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)

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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

  8. 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?

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  9. 2025 Lived Places Publishing Library Collection

    Can 2025 Lived Places Publishing Library Collection please be added to Alma?

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

    Hello,

    We are working with Lived Places to create the 2025 collection.

    Please be advised that according to the provider, the first titles in the 2025 collection will release in June.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  10. BAR International Series 2025

    Not seeing anything in the CZ for this yet. Do see some 2025 material accessible on their platform, though on their MARC download page (https://ftp.fulcrum.org/BAR/MARC/) it looks like only the 2025 British series is ready so far. Just want to make sure International will be added!

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  11. Please add Elsevier eBook - Focus: Neuroscience and Psychology [EBFCNP]

    Please add Elsevier eBook - Focus: Neuroscience and Psychology [EBFCNP].
    This collection has replaced Elsevier Focus ebooks collections: : Neuroscience (EBFCNS) and Elsevier Focus: Psychology (EBFCPSY) according to Elseviers KBART site: https://holdings.sciencedirect.com/ehr/searchReports.url

    Best regards,
    Karin Perols
    Karolinska Institutet, University Library

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  12. Aerospace Medical Association (ASMA)

    The Aerospace Medical Association is moving their content from Ingenta to KGL Meridian: https://asma.kglmeridian.com/. Once the content is pulled from Ingenta (originally scheduled for removal on 1/1/2025), we want to ensure users can still locate journal articles.

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  13. New Database Request: Eine Globalgeschichte der Lyrik Online

    Please add a new database to the client center for Eine Globalgeschichte der Lyrik Online from Brill.
    This resource is already available as an ebook. But we need this as a database.
    The starting URL is https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/db/gglo
    Thank you.

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

    Hello,

    This title is available as part of the Brill Online Reference Works database, DBID: JQX.

    Is there a need to create it as a separate database?

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  14. 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

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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

  15. 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> )

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  16. Please add to CDI images from the flickr commons of institutions

    Hello,

    Please consider adding to CDI images from:
    https://www.flickr.com/commons/institutions

    In the CZ there is a database for "Flickr Images" - Collection ID: 6113989190000041, however, it is not CDI.

    The images from libraries and archives that appear in Flickr can be a very useful addition to image format search in CDI.

    Thanks,
    Irit and Dafna

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

    Hello,

    We will reach out to Flickr, and ask for the metadata of this collection.

    If you have a contact person with this provider, we would appreciate it if you could share their contact info, and inform them you would like to see the metadata in CDI.

    Thanks and kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  17. Add Elsevier ScienceDirect eBook - German Medical Collection 2025 (EBCHSGER25)

    Please create Alma CZ collection for:
    Elsevier ScienceDirect eBook - German Medical Collection 2025

    Thanks a lot!

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  18. 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

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  19. 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

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  20. 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)

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