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  1. Add China Statistical Yearbooks Database to Alma CZ

    Please consider adding the

    China Statistical Yearbooks Database from East View Information Services to the Alma CZ.
    This database has over 2,000 journal titles in Serial solutions (Code ~AN), but I am not finding a match in Alma.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    The metadata file we received from EastView is missing Traditional Chinese and Pinyin.

    Therefore we cannot add it to automation in SFX/Alma.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  2. Add JSTOR Community College Collection

    This is a new package that is being offered starting July 1 2023. See https://about.jstor.org/librarians/journals/jstor-community-colleges-collection/ -- while it comprises distinct collections that are probably already in the CKB, it will be much more convenient for us to order and maintain if it is a distinct CZ collection.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    JSTOR confirmed that the requested collection JSTOR Community College Collection is in fact the same as the JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection.

    Therefore I am closing this idea as this is already available.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  3. Add "RVM - le Répertoire de vedettes-matière" to Alma CZ

    We suggest the addition of University Laval's RVM subject authorities to the Alma CZ:

    https://rvmweb.bibl.ulaval.ca/rvmweb/contenu/contenu.do?chemin=/a-propos

    We are a large bilingual (English-French) academic library, with more than 35% of our collection consisting of French materials. We create French cataloguing records, including French subject headings, for all titles in French that we hold.

    Alma currently provides access to over 50 authorities in several languages, unfortunately RVM is not one of them. Consequently, our cataloguing process for French materials is much slower than the process for materials in other languages as we need to consult RVM website every time when searching for French…

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, Ex Libris will not be able to include RVM in Alma CZ due to contractual disagreements which cannot be resolved.

    RVM is available for local management for subscribing institutions.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  4. Create collection for Nexis Uni Plus

    There's only one collection in the CZ for Nexis Uni (collection ID 613780000000001685) but there are two versions of this product available from the provider: Core and Plus.

    The Plus version includes extra content and, from my spot testing, it seems the current CZ collection is for the Core version.

    Please create a new collection for Nexis Uni Plus and rename the existing collection as Nexis Uni Core.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    According to the provider, there is no product they sell called Nexis Uni Plus.

    If you have any other information such as a URL to this product page, or any promotional material that details this specific product, please forward it directly to me

    tamar.ganor@clarivate.com.

    Thanks,

    Tamar

  5. Bloomsbury drama online complete

    Please add the Bloomsbury drama online complete collection to Alma. I am only seeing the Core collection, which is a subset of Complete.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Bloomsbury does not maintain a title list for an aggregated collection of all Bloomsbury drama online title lists.

    Therefor we will not be able to create such a collection in the Knowledge Bases.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  6. Enrichment of records for Ibuk Libra collection in Community Zone

    I propose to enrich the MARC records in the Ibuk Libra collection with additional metadata (ex. author) in Community Zone. Currently, when we activate a local collection of books from Ibuk Libra in Alma (based on a purchased list of e-books), we see only basic metadata in Primo. As Ibuk Libra it is one of the largest and most frequently used databases of e-books in Polish and is often used by students, such supplementation of data will be very useful.

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  7. Begell digital library : update journals threshold. The package includes 58 journals which should extend to "Present", rather than - 2018

    Begell digital library : update journals threshold. The package includes 58 journals which should extend to "Present", rather than - 2018

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Respectfully, please open a support ticket for this issue as this needs to go to a different team for analysis.

    Requests for new collections or enrichment should be posted in Idea Exchange, while fixing errors in existing metadata should be tracked via support cases.

    Thank you for understanding.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  8. Add America History & Life and Historical Abstracts

    These are both key history databases whose usage would no doubt improve if they were indexed within Summon

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, Ebsco does not supply Ex Libris with CDI metadata.

    However, these resources are aptly represented in CDI:

    America History & Life has 92% alternative coverage for the content in that database, and Historical Abstracts has 98% alternative coverage.

    You can find that information in the CDI list CKC page

    https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/Electronic_Resource_Management/060_Alma_Single_Activation_Source_for_CDI/050CDI_Collection_Lists_for_Alma_Customers#CDI_Collection_List.

    More about Alternative coverage can be found here:

    https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Content_Corner/Central_Discovery_Index/Documentation_and_Training/Documentation_and_Training_(English)/CDI_-_The_Central_Discovery_Index/040Alternative_Coverage_in_CDI


    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  9. add missing alexander Street collection: Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online

    Hello,
    Please consider adding this collection to Alma CZ:

    Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online
    https://search.alexanderstreet.com/lado

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Alexander Street is only able to provide MARC records for individual collections. For Alexander Street packages made up of multiple collections, such as Letters and Diaries Online, customers must activate all the individual Letters & Diaries CZ collections that comprise the package. 

    You can use the My Electronic Resources by Provider tool to automatically activate the collections.

    Therefore this collection will not be added to the CZ.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  10. Create new database for Lawrence Wishart journal content

    Please could you create a new database for Lawrence Wishart journal content (https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/ ), since we subscribe to some of their journals

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  11. historymakers

    History Makers Digital Archive is currently available in the CZ as a database with 0 portfolios. The vendor has MARC records available for download, but this would require our small Technical Services team to download, add, and maintain over 3,000 records manually which is not feasible for us.

    Is there a possibility for History Makers to be added as an electronic collection with its associated portfolios to Alma's CZ to improve discovery?

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    HistoryMakers cannot send us metadata appropriate for use in the KBs without risking mismatches.

    Therefore we will display the available metadata only in CDI, and this idea will be closed.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager


  12. Add CDI Collection for Factiva Academic

    Could you please explore the possibility of creating a CDI collection for Factiva Academic with links in record (no portfolios)? Many publications in Factiva have "Selected coverage" and therefore are not available at the title level in the CZ collection (Collection ID: 61111037301464000). This means a significant amount of content is not being represented in the KB and I think moving this to a CDI collection would improve overall coverage as well as have more reliable full text linking.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hi Charlie,

    After reviewing the amount of metadata and its' potential, it will not be added to the CDI due to overlap and massive quantity.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager


  13. Please enrich records of "Exploring Race in Society" collection

    Thank you for adding the EBSCO Exploring Race in Society collection (616180000000000029) in CZ. However, the quality is not great. Out of 70 titles, 61 titles have brief level 3 and below. They are brief records with title and publisher only.

    Please work with the vendor to enrich the records.

    Thanks!

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, Ebsco provides us with KBART files only, and we will not be able to enrich this collection without their support of MARC records delivery to us.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

     

  14. Add Council of Europe – Online resources to Alma's Community Zone

    We would like the e-books from the platform https://edoc.coe.int/en/ to be included in Alma’s Community Zone. The collection provides free e-books in various languages published by the Council of Europe.
    Subjects: The Council of Europe in brief  /  Human rights  /  Democracy  /  Law  /  Society  /  New technologies / Medias  /  Health  /  Culture, heritage, nature  /  The Council of Europe and the European Union  /  Minority rights  /  Education  /  Youth  /  Sport  /  Institutions  /  Resources for young people  /  Resources for teachers

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, we did not receive any response from the provider.

    Therefore this idea will be closed.

    Thanks for your support,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  15. Add S2O years/volumes from Annual Reviews to the Annual Reviews Open Access Collection

    Annual Reviews Open Access Collection ID: 615300000000000045 has 9 active portfolios, however 29 titles are available open access for the year 2023 (with more to come). Could you please add these titles with Open Access beginning in 2023? The articles in these 29 titles for 2023 are open access now, and they will remain open access no matter whether the S2O goal is met for the 2024 volume. It is much more efficient for Ex Libris to do it than for individual libraries to add and edit the availability dates.
    Here is the list of titles with open access for…

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  16. Update Annual Reviews collection to be open access

    Annual Reviews titles have converted to open access but are still listed in the Alma Full Text Rights in CDI field as Subscription and as not free. Please update this collection to freely accessible.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Annual Reviews still require a subscription to have access to the full text.

    Although now in S2O model, if support is insufficient, the paywall is retained.

    Marking these records as Open Access is misleading, especially if the paywall is retained due to insufficient subscribers.

    Therefore I am closing this idea.

    Thanks,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Producta Manger



  17. Kanopy Base Collection

    Hello,
    Recently we've had 15 member libraries purchase the new "Kanopy Base Collection". In addition CARLI staff know of at least four other I-Share Alma libraries with significant Kanopy streaming video purchases.

    Here's a quick description of the newly offered "Kanopy Base Collection" with a link to an example title list. https://www.lyrasis.org/content/Pages/product-details.aspx?pid=3747DED9-9754-ED11-80FE-00155D0A2732

    I've checked the content road map and release notes, however, I found nothing from Kanopy "coming soon" beyond the "database" type e-collections in the Community Zone.

    Please consider adding a selective package or aggregator for the Kanopy Base collection.

    Thank you,
    Denise Green, CARLI

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, the provider (OverDrive) cannot technically cooperate with us and provide us with the required feed in a sustainable way.

    We hope this will change in the future, but for now I am afraid I will close this idea as it cannot be done.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  18. Add Swank Digital Campus streaming video collection and MARC records to Alma Community Zone (Knowledgebase)

    Many college & university libraries lease streaming videos from Swank Digital Campus (https://www.swank.com/digital-campus/), which hosts over 30,000 streaming films, including feature films, documentaries, and TV shows. Because there is no Swank Digital Campus collection in the Alma Community Zone, libraries must create local portfolios and import local MARC records from Swank for all their Swank purchases. This is unnecessary duplicative effort across all Ex Libris libraries.

    There should be a Swank Digital Campus collection in the Alma Community Zone with portfolios for all Swank Digital Campus films. Because libraries choose selectively which Swank films to lease, this new…

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, Swank has limited the metadata they provide to 3 collections only that represent their top 1,500, top 1,000 and top 500 titles.

    Also, they are not able to provide MARC records due to contractual constraints.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  19. Community Zone collection for Scholarly Publishing Collective

    Duke University Press's Scholarly Publishing Collective now hosts content from JSTOR Journal Hosting Program as of January 3, 2022. Being able to activate the entire collection in Alma would be a great help!

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  20. Enrich Swank Records in Alma CZ

    Please work with the provider to enrich the records in the following Swank collections in the Alma CZ. They're very brief records with only title and not much else.

    Swank Digital Campus Top 1500 Collection
    Collection ID: 615450000000003937

    Swank Digital Campus Top 500 Videos
    Collection ID: 615450000000003936

    Swank Digital Campus Top 1000 Videos
    Collection ID: 615450000000003935

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hi Charlie,

    Unfortunately, Swank informed us they cannot provide us with enriched metadata at this time.

    Therefore I am closing this idea.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

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