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  1. Enrichment of Community Zone bibliographic records for Mediearkivet

    Enrich and update Mediearkivet with bibliographic records in CZ.

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    2 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →

  2. Bloomsbury Video Library: Visual and Applied Arts Collection 2025 Annual update for 360 and CDI

    I have been advised by the Content Support team to submit this request here 'to ensure better transparency and efficiency'.

    Could we please add the 2025 Annual Update for Bloomsbury Video Library: Visual and Applied Arts Collection to the 360 KB and CDI?

    Thank you.

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    3 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Bloomsbury confirmed that no new content was added in 2025, so they will not be providing metadata for that year’s collection.

    They expect to add new content in 2026 and will share the metadata once it becomes available.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  3. Enrich bib records for VLeBooks

    Hello,

    Please try to get enriched bib records from Brown's for their VleBooks titles:
    https://www.brownsbfs.co.uk/Pages/VLeBooks

    This provider is going to be added to the Rialto Marketplace soon and it's really important that there be provider bib records from them.

    Thanks.

    4 votes
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    1 comment  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Since VLeBooks does not provide MARC records, we enrich their titles using other metadata to ensure high‑quality bibliographic records in the CZ.

    We are already leveraging all available metadata from VLeBooks and will continue to build on it through our ongoing enrichment workflows.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  4. Add full MARC records to CZ for OverDrive and Kanopy

    OverDrive and Kanopy collections have recently been added to the Alma Community Zone. We're thrilled at this possibility, as it should help consortium members manage their collections better. However, the brief MARC records are wholly unexpected given that the company provides MARC records to subscribers.

    If it is contractually possible, please add the company's MARC records to the CZ for corresponding portfolios, as this will aid in discovery and efficiency for both the consortium and member libraries.

    44 votes
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    5 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    The OverDrive Ebooks and Audiobooks (Collection ID: 61499649300000041) has a Bib rank of 77, which is currently the best we can get.

    Kanopy currently does not provide MARC records. However, we have communicated to them that there is significant interest from the community in obtaining better records and we hope they will be able to provide these in the future.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  5. DEAD SEA SCROLLS ELECTRONIC LIBRARY (Brill)

    Please create a new electronic collection DEAD SEA SCROLLS ELECTRONIC LIBRARY with the URL https://scholarlyeditions.brill.com/library/urn:cts:ancJewLit:dss
    containing the following 3 portfolios as described in the link I shared above:

    • Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library Non-Biblical Texts
    • Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library Biblical Texts
    • Codex Leningradensis

    The individual parts can already be found in Alma, but not as part of the "Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library" yet.

    Best,
    Igor

    6 votes
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    3 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Brill has confirmed that the following resources are sold individually, not as part of a bundle:

    • Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library: Non-Biblical Texts
    • Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library: Biblical Texts

    Accordingly, there is no title list available for a combined “bundle,” and each resource must be activated separately from Brill’s Scholarly Editions Collection (Collection ID: 615460000000000307).

    Brill also confirmed that there are no separate details available for Codex Leningradensis, as it is an add-on to the Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library Biblical text, and is not sold independently.

    Therefore, we will not be creating a new collection as you suggested.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  6. Add Wolters Kluwer VitalLaw collection

    Could a title level collection be added for VitalLaw, from Wolters Kluwer? VitalLaw is essential for academic law libraries, firms, and cross-displinary studies like business, healthcare, and economics. The VitalLaw platform includes treatises, journals, primary law, and research tools, specializing in the areas of tax, securities, international law, and business law. VitalLaw is widely used alongside Lexis and Westlaw, so I think it should have the same or similar discovery options available. It would be really helpful for my library and many others, I think. Thanks!

    6 votes
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    1 comment  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    We present the collections according to the title lists provided by WK, and use the names they provide us for these collections.

    I will reach out to you to better understand how the naming convention should be to accurately represent what the provider is selling.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  7. Add HeinOnline collections

    Please add 3 additional collections to the CZ:

    Acts of the Parliament of Canada
    Criminal Justice in America: U.S. Attorney General
    Opinions, Reports, and Publications

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    2 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Hein confirmed they do not have metadata for the Acts of the collection: Parliament of Canada.

    Please use the bundled collection.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  8. 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

    39 votes
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    3 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    The provider has not responded to our communication, therefore we will not be able to add this collection to the Knowledgebases.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  9. Journal of Music Production Research

    Can you please add the Journal of Music Production Research https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/jmpr to the Intellect Journals (HBU) database. This is a new journal starting 2026.

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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Requests pertaining existing databases should be reported via support cases, as this will allow us to better handle and monitor these requests.

    Please submit a support ticket for this missing title.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  10. Content from MIDIRS Midwifery Digest via Journals@OVID

    Can you please look into indexing more up to date content from MIDIRS Midwifery Digest journal direct from the Journals@OVID platform? Current content in Summon for this journal only goes up to 2017.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Requests pertaining existing collections and titles should be reported via support cases, as this will allow us to better track and monitor these requests.

    Please submit a support ticket for the missing coverage of this title.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  11. Enrich CZ MARC records for CRL (Center for Research Libraries) collections

    CRL (Center for Research Libraries) has provided metadata to Ex Libris, which has been used to create CZ collections with MARC bibliographic records and portfolios. However, these collections have very poor MARC bibliographic metadata. I suspect they were created by KBART file uploads. Because many of the resources in these collections are older digitized materials, they lack identifiers such as ISSNs and ISBNs and are thus unlikely to join to robust existing CZ records (nor are they likely to be overlaid by provide record loads or CONSER records).

    Could Ex Libris please work with CRL to enrich the MARC bibliographic…

    19 votes
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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    We recently explored this option, and received a response from CRL in February 2025 stating that CRL is not interested in providing CRL MARC records for bibliographic enrichment at this time. It would not be in keeping with agreements they have in place.

    Therefore we will not be able to enrich these collections.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  12. Souls Journal

    Please consider adding "SOULS: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society Journal" as a new OA portfolio. It has switched publishers from Taylor & Francis to Columbia University and is now fully OA. URL link is here: https://www.soulsjournal.org/

    Thank you in advance,

    Sarah Wakefield
    Electronic Resources Librarian

    Waidner-Spahr Library
    Dickinson College
    Carlisle, PA

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This resource could be added to the Community Zone collection: Free E- Journals, Collection ID: 61110976638852340

    I would recommend reading the Knowledge Article that details best practices to add titles to this collection

    https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Content/Knowledge_Articles/Alma/Best_Practices_for_Contributing_Portfolios_To_Community-Managed_Electronic_Collections_In_The_Alma_Community_Zone

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  13. Docuseek Canadian Collection

    Please update the content in the Docuseek Canadian Collection (FBCOY). According to Docuseek, we are subscribed to 3201 portfolios in their collection and only have access to 2455 through this package (and 383 through a different collection, which is fine). The CZ collection only has 2455 titles.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    For updating existing collections, please open a support ticket.

    This allows us better tracking and communicating with you and the provider.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  14. Projectr Streaming Video MARC Enrichment

    Please try to obtain comprehensive MARC records from Projectr, a streaming video platform from Grasshopper Films. Some of their CZ collections have enriched records from Alexander Street but Alexander Street only hosts a subset of their platform.

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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, the provider does not have MARC records for Projectr.

    Therefore we will not be able to enrich these records.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  15. Missing Oxford Handbooks Online 2025 Subject Collections

    Could the following 2025 Oxford Handbooks Online subject collections be added to the CZ:

    Oxford Handbooks Online Social Work and Social Policy 2025
    Oxford Handbooks Online Criminology and Criminal Justice 2025
    Oxford Handbooks Online Physical Science 2025

    Thank you!

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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    OUP confirmed there were no Handbooks published in 2025 for these subjects:

    there were no handbooks titles published for these subject areas in 2025.

    Therefore, we will not create these collections.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar


  16. Enrich metadata for Cambridge eBooks without Partner Presses: 2025 All eBooks

    We have noticed that many books in the Cambridge eBooks without Partner Presses: 2025 All eBooks collection have very poor metadata. Here are a few examples from our library:
    https://librarysearch.library.utoronto.ca/permalink/01UTORONTO_INST/k9bh95/alma991107601734406196,
    https://utoronto.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UTORONTO_INST/k9bh95/alma991107591035006196
    https://utoronto.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UTORONTO_INST/k9bh95/alma991107607460306196
    https://utoronto.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UTORONTO_INST/k9bh95/alma991107607460806196
    https://utoronto.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UTORONTO_INST/k9bh95/alma991107579864506196
    https://utoronto.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UTORONTO_INST/k9bh95/alma991107582319506196
    https://utoronto.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UTORONTO_INST/k9bh95/alma991107610864306196
    https://utoronto.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UTORONTO_INST/k9bh95/alma991107582322006196
    These examples are just from the first two pages (of 63) search results, so I suspect there are many more like this. Could Ex Libris ask the vendor to supply fuller records for these books? Thank you!

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Cambridge UP provides us with enrichment files on a monthly basis. These records may be newer additions and therefore might not have been enriched by the current feed yet.

    Overall, the average Bib ranking for this collection is 87.35, which is considered good. Since most records in this collection are of high quality and these cases appear to be exceptions, I believe this issue should be reported via a support ticket, as it seems to be a specific error rather than an indication that a new enrichment feed is needed.

    I kindly ask you to open a support ticket and appreciate your continued efforts in maintaining the high quality of the CZ.

    Please share the case number with me so I can follow up on the analysis of these titles.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  17. ADD to CZ - RISE (RILM Index to Scores and Collected Editions)

    Please add an Elec Collection for the RISE (RILM Index to Scores and Collected Editions). This is a new product from RILM. https://www.rilm.org/rise/

    What is RISE?
    Building on the legacy of the Index to Printed Music, RISE is a comprehensive digital finding aid for locating musical works published within collections, sets, and series. It indexes individual pieces found in complete editions of composers’ works, anthologies of music, born-digital editions, and scholarly collections. Each record includes detailed descriptions: performing forces/instrumentation, language, genre, type of score, sources, and publication information. With more than 590,000 entries, RISE expands every year to include new…

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  18. HathiTrust journal titles not retrieved via Summon/CDI

    We are a Summon over Alma library. We have the "HathiTrust Digital Library Full View U.S. Only" collection activated as an electronic collection (Collection ID: 6113938890000041, it is a database and not an aggregator).

    When material is searched via Summon, the journals in HathiTrust do not show as available on the Alma Services Page.

    Example: Journal Title, The Southern Workman
    Currently if this title is searched in Journal titles it shows we have one year from Gale. But Hathi has a handful of years available as well.

    Alma: https://liberty.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LIBU_INST/ighba7/alma9911577500704916

    HathiTrust: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=Southern+Workman&searchtype=title&ft=ft&setft=true

    Summon Search: https://liberty.summon.serialssolutions.com/#!/search?pn=1&ho=t&include.ft.matches=f&fvf=ContentType,Journal%20%2F%20eJournal,f&l=en&q=The%20Southern%20workman%20:%20devoted%20to%20the%20industrial%20classes%20of%20the%20South.

    Please add HathiTrust journals to…

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    The collection you mentioned is mapped to CDI, and results should be retrieved for the search.

    Please open a support ticket to better analyze issue.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  19. Add RVMFAST authorities to CZ

    Please consider adding RVMFAST to the list of controlled vocabularies mainted in the CZ by Ex Libris.

    For French and bilingual institutions in Canada, RVM is an essential tool. While the main RVM authorities are available only to subscribers, RVMFAST is a freely available French translation of the FAST vocabulary. The authorities and updates are available for download from RVM's website (https://rvmweb.bibl.ulaval.ca/rvmweb/rvmfast/supplements_rvmfast.do?locale=en). Adding RVMFAST to the list of controlled vocabularies managed in the CZ would save institutions the work of maintaining local authority files and enable easier adoption.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    We previously explored the possibility of adding RVC vocabularies.

    However, the compensation they require is not sustainable for us, and as a result, we’re unable to proceed with including their vocabularies due to the associated fees.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  20. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico - free ebooks

    would it be possible to add the following e-book to the CZ?
    https://literatura.unam.mx/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DLFL-UNAM-CHINA-arcoiris-en-una-rafaga-de-viento.pdf

    "Arcoíris en una ráfaga de viento"

    I see other publications by this provider in various collections but would love to see this freely available ebook added.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This resource could be added to the Community Zone collection: Miscellaneous Free eBooks – collection ID 611000000000001091.

    I would recommend reading the Knowledge Article that details best practices to add titles to this collection

    https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Content/Knowledge_Articles/Alma/Best_Practices_for_Contributing_Portfolios_To_Community-Managed_Electronic_Collections_In_The_Alma_Community_Zone

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

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