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  1. Add LexNow

    LexNow confirmed on the agreement to develop a gateway from LexNow.io to the Alma Library Management System (Ex Libris). (CZ & CDI)

    As for timing, LexNow made commitments to our clients regarding developments, and they intend to honour them. LexNow is looking at the first half of 2026.

    In the meantime, LexNow will of course continue to provide you with regular Ms Excel exports of our titles (books and journals) to feed into your digital catalogues.

    The goal for LexNow.io is to remain a solution for all legal professionals. This requires the daily efforts of all 18 publishing partners associated…

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  2. Add separate CDI collections for British Standards Institute (BSI) Modules

    Please add separate CDI collections for the various subject modules they sell. Currently, there's only one CDI collection for the BSI Group platform: DBID: EOT. Libraries can subscribe to a subset of the standards so there needs to be CDI collections for all these subsets.

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  3. Hope to enhance these brief records of package（WORLD_SCIENTIFIC_JOURNALS;Collection ID: 61590044640003966）

    Some journals in this resource package（WORLDSCIENTIFICJOURNALS;Collection ID: 61590044640003966）, approximately 47 titles, have neither Library of Congress Classification numbers nor Dewey Classification numbers. It is recommended to enhance these brief records by replacing them with more comprehensive bibliographic information.

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  4. Giappichelli

    Giappichelli https://www.giappichelli.it/ is an Italian publisher; we suggest adding to the KBs and CDI the following collections of interest: Giappichelli Riviste (ejournals) and Biblioteca Digitale Giappichelli (ebooks) https://biblioteca.giappichelli.it/.
    Laura Perillo on behalf of the ITALE Association

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  5. Add new GALE collections

    1. Global Development and Humanitarian Aid : The International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent, 1919-1994 collection https://link.gale.com/apps/GDHA?u
    2. Times Digital Archive 2020-2024 collection https://link.gale.com/apps/TTDA?u
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  6. Ovid Nursing Community College Essential Journal Collection 2019 (from 2015)

    Ovid Nursing Community College Essential Journal Collection 2019 (from 2015) doesn't have it's own collection in the CZ. More information is here: https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions/ovid/ovid-nursing-community-college-essential-journal-collection-14718.

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  7. Oxford Scholarship Online 2025 subject collections

    Could you please add 2025 subject specific collections to the Alma CZ for Oxford Scholarship Online, including for the following subjects:
    Oxford Scholarship Online Classical Studies Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Economics and Finance Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online History Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Linguistics Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Literature Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Business and Management Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Neuroscience Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Philosophy Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Political Science Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Psychology Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Public Health and Epidemiology Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Religion…

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

    Hello,

    We are working with Oxford to obtain title lists for these collections.

    Unfortunately, we don't have a timeline for that.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  8. Wolters Kluwer Italia

    WKI https://www.wolterskluwer.com/it-it, part of Wolters Kluwer, is a publisher and information provider; IPSOA, CEDAM, UTET, Il Fisco are its relevant imprints.
    We suggest adding to the KBs the following collections of interest: Edicola Professionale (ejournals) https://edicolaprofessionale.com/, La mia biblioteca (ebooks) https://www.lamiabiblioteca.com/, One (primary sources and law reviews) https://shop.wki.it/one/.
    Laura Perillo on behalf of the ITALE Association

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  9. Add journal 'Art + Auction' from Ebsco

    The journal 'Art + Auction' is part of Ebsco's Art and Architecture Source, but because it's changed title and ISSN in the past, there is quite a bit of coverage that is not indexed in Primo, even though it's available on the platform.
    ExLibris explained as follows:
    "Art & Auction (ISSN 0197-1093) - covered up to 2013.
    Blouin Art + Auction (ISSN 2331-5342) - started from 2014 onwards.
    In Alma, and particularly in the Community Zone, it's common that the provider (EBSCO in this case) combines coverage for both ISSNs into a single title or portfolio, especially if the publisher…

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    AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    We do not receive discovery metadata from Ebsco.

    In order to obtain such metadata, we will need to establish a workflow with a new provider - the publisher of Art + Auction.

    Since the process for new providers is going through CERV, I have changed the status of this request and it will be prioritized by the Content Working Group.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  10. eJournals – Jagiellonian University Press

    Database of over 100 Polish open access academic ejournals
    https://ejournals.eu/en/

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  11. Storybox

    Could this resource be added to Alma https://storyboxlibrary.com.au/

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  12. Add Engineering Workbench to Alma CZ

    Please consider adding "Engineering Workbench" to the Alma CZ. This database used to be known as TechStreet but has merged with a different and new company and has a new interface and URL.

    Here is the access URL:

    https://ewb.ihs.com/

    Description of the database:

    "Provides access to international, national, state and local industry codes and standards. Users can search for and download standards, create lists of related standards, and set up alerts to keep track of document updates."

    Thank you,

    Barb Dietsch
    Duke University Libraries

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  13. Swiss e-Newspaper

    Adding swiss e-Newspaper Archive.
    The collection is not available in Alma CZ yet, it's free and contains 200 historical newspapers from Switzerland dating back to the 18th century.
    Publisher: Bibliothèque nationale suisse
    Technical support: https://veridiansoftware.com/
    URL: https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/
    Language: french, german, italian
    content: about 200 newspapers
    Contact: info@nb.admin.ch

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  14. Enrichment of Community Zone bibliographic records for Scandinavian University Press (former Idunn)

    Enrich and update the Scandinavian University Press bibliographic records in CZ.

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  15. Add new databases for Coherent Digital

    Please add the following databases to the 360 KB for Coherent Digital:

    History Commons: Indigenous Peoples Social Justice & Culture - https://history-commons.net/modules/indigenous-peoples-social-justice-and-culture/

    History Commons: Refugees, Migration, and Borders Social Justice & Culture - https://history-commons.net/modules/refugees-migration-and-borders-social-justice-and-culture/

    Thank you

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  16. Add Canadian Course Readings titles to CZ and chapter-level metadata to CDI

    Canadian Course Readings is an emerging platform for publications by independent Canadian publishers that are difficult to source electronically on other platforms. Having book-level records available in the CZ and chapter-level records in CDI will support access for subscribing institutions. Platform: https://canadiancoursereadings.ca/. Contact David Glover - davidglover@lorimer.ca.

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  17. Please add Arthistoricum.net

    Please add Arthistoricum.net with portfolios to the ckb.
    https://books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/arthistoricum/catalog

    Thank you and kind regards

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

    Hello,

    We will contact this provider to request the metadata for both collections.

    It would be helpful if you could reach out to them as well, and express your interest, as they were unable to provide us with title lists in the past.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  18. Tribal Business News

    Tribal Business News is a digital publication delivering in-depth stories, analysis and business intelligence on all aspects of Native business and economic development activities. Adding it would support diversity by increasing access to an indigenous-led publication and to indigenous voices. A contact would be Danielle Cramer, dcramer@indiancountrymedia.com https://tribalbusinessnews.com/

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  19. VitalSource (McGraw Hill and Pearson)

    We suggest adding to the KBs the following textbooks collections available through the VitalSource platform (https://www.vitalsource.com/it/): McGraw Hill Italia, Pearson Italia.
    Laura Perillo on behalf of the ITALE Association

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  20. Please add History Commons LGBTQ+ Social Justice & Culture from Coherent Digital

    Other History Commons collections are already in the CZ. Please add this one
    https://coherentdigital.net/products/history-commons/sjcu

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