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.
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- 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
672 results found
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Update to the “Taylor & Francis eBooks Complete” collection with Routledge titles
Many Routledge titles that should appear in this T&F collection are missing (Collection ID: 611000000000000660). Taylor & Francis has been notified. Exlibris has apparently already opened a Jira ticket: CON-184138
Please update this collection as soon as possible!
Best regards.
Pascal1 voteHi Pascal,
Thanks for sharing this with the community.
Since this relates to an existing collection and is already being addressed through the operational ticket you referenced, I’m going to close this post. Any updates will be shared through the related support cases connected to the Jira ticket you mentioned.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Enrich Bib Records in OAPEN collection
I'm finding many brief bib records in the OAPEN CZ collection (Collection ID: 613450000000000043).
Could you please work with the provider to obtain bib records for ongoing enrichment of this collection?
Thanks.
Charlie
1 voteHello,
Currently, the OAPEN collection has been enriched to its full capacity, with an average bibliographic ranking of 86.41 (Collection ID: 613450000000000043, comprising over 33.6k titles). At this time, we do not have additional enrichment sources available for this collection, so we are unable to address this request.
Should this situation change in the future, we will be happy to work with OAPEN to further enrich their records.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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Beltz Therapie-Tools E-Books
Please add Collection for discovery:
Content-Select (preselect media), Publisher: Beltz, Therapie-Tools E-Books3 votesHello,
We were unable to establish contact with this provider, and therefore cannot proceed with creating it in Alma CZ.
If you have a direct contact at the provider, please share their details with me.
Kind regards,
Tamar
tamar.ganor@clarivate.com
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Beltz Online-Videos (Content Select)
Please add Collection for discovery:
Content-Select (preselect media), Publisher: Beltz, Online-Video Content3 votesHello,
We were unable to establish contact with this provider, and therefore cannot proceed with creating it in Alma CZ.
If you have a direct contact at the provider, please share their details with me.
Kind regards,
Tamar
tamar.ganor@clarivate.com
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Oxford Intersections
Specifically, Oxford Intersections: AI in Society, but this might apply to the others under the Intersections collection (61637127640000041).
Currently, there's only a single umbrella portfolio (535490000004104136) for this resource in the CZ, but there are articles being added to it on a regular basis.
Hoping this content can be indexed, so that the individual articles can be discoverable in Primo.
Thanks3 votesHello,
Issues with existing collections should be reported through support cases, so they can be handled efficiently with the appropriate teams.
Please open a support ticket in SalesForce, I apologize for the inconvenience.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Update metadata for Inlibra collections
The metadata for Inlibra in the CZ is extremely poor. Please contact Inlibra to update their metadata.
1 voteHello,
After reviewing the Inlibra collections, at the moment no further enrichment is required.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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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.
1 voteHello,
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
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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.
3 votesHello,
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
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Missing Hanser yearly collections
Hanser used to have thematic yearly collections, but no longer does (e.g. Collection ID: 616180000000000008). The last ones were from 2022. They still sell yearly packages though. Why do they no longer exist and will they be added again?
1 voteHello,
Unfortunately, the provider was not responsive, so we will not be able to add the metadata for this collection.
If you are able to provide a direct responsive contact with the provider, please share it directly with me:
tamar.ganor@clarivate.com
Thanks,
Tamar
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ACM OA Basic Access
Please add a new collection/database according to the basic access option: https://libraries.acm.org/digital-library/platform-and-features
Best regards,
Andreas12 votesHello,
ACM confirmed that the difference between Digital Library Basic and Digital Library Premium is not in the metadata, but in the tools.
They do not have separate title lists for these.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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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 2025Thank you!
3 votesHello,
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
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Add SAE EDGE Research Reports - 2025
The SAE EDGE Research Reports collections are available for Alma activation for publication years 2019 - 2024. Please, can you add the 2025 EDGE reports collection, as well?
Thanks!
3 votesHello,
After reviewing this with the provider, we recommend activating the collection titled SAE EDGE Research Reports, Collection ID 61737299310000041. This is a single‑title collection, and you can adjust the coverage to match your specific subscription.
This approach is more efficient than maintaining separate annual databases, and we will ensure that the CDI rights are updated so search results accurately reflect your coverage.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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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/VLeBooksThis 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 votesHello,
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
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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
Please add HathiTrust journals to…
1 voteHello,
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
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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.
3 votesHello,
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
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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.
1 voteHello,
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
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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 votesHello,
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
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Stop indexing “Book reviews” in CDI
These documents generate a lot of link problems. Each review is generally indexed separately and is the subject of a separate CDI record.
Problem 1
This creates confusion for users, who believe they have access to the reviewed work, but it is usually only a brief summary, which creates frustration (in addition to polluting the database because the title they are really looking for is often buried among numerous review records).Problem 2
This creates problems with links. Book reviews on journal websites are often grouped together in a single section of the issue, and the links in the CDI…8 votesHello,
Though I understand the concerns raised in the idea, removing this material type entirely from CDI would not serve end users well.
Book Reviews are still a valuable content type for discovery, and the Content Working Group tends to agree with this decision.
That said, the Content team will review what options we have to improve the user experience for book reviews.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Enrichment of Community Zone bibliographic records for Mediearkivet
Enrich and update Mediearkivet with bibliographic records in CZ.
46 votesHello,
The provider confirmed they are unable to support enrichment of this collection.
Therefore, I will close this idea.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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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.
4 votesHello,
Unfortunately, the provider does not have MARC records for Projectr.
Therefore we will not be able to enrich these records.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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