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  1. BoardGameGeek data

    BoardGameGeek is a repository of all board games and many video games (this section is slowly growing) that have been published and released, and many of these are available in many of our libraries. This site has cover images, details about publication dates, etc, and sometimes even instruction manuals.

    An API is available here for the "things" (what they call the games/etc)

    https://boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/BGG_XML_API2

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  2. Scholarly Publishing Collection Illinois and Penn State Journal Packages

    Please add KB collections for the following Scholarly Publishing collective journal packages:
    Illinois Journals Collection: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/pages/products
    Penn State Journals Collection: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/pages/products

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  3. VideoShelf Master Academic Collection

    Please add a VideoShelf Master Academic Collection. Access URL: https://a2.videoshelf.com/ez/

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  4. MTM Reports (CBC/Radio Canada)

    Please add MTM Reports from CBC/Radio Canada to the CZ. Access URL: https://mtm-otm.ca/en/access/

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  5. Pharmacy Technician's Letter Canada

    Please add Pharmacy Technician's Letter Canada from Therapeutic Research Center.
    https://ca-pharmacytech.therapeuticresearch.com/Home/PTLC

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  6. Ed.Flicks from Exchange Press

    Please add the Ed.Flicks Collection from Exchange Press to the CZ. https://hub.exchangepress.com/videos/

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  7. New Provider: Collecto

    Please create the following Collecto Collections in the CZ:
    Références économiques (CRAAQ)
    Vidéos (CRAAQ)
    PDF (CRAAQ)
    Corps Humain Virtuel
    Encyclopédies de Poche (CAIRN)
    Érudit
    Eureka
    Le Grand Robert & Collins
    Le Petit Robert
    Le Petit Robert Intégral
    Magazines restreint (CAIRN)
    Multidictionnaire
    Ouvrages de Recherche (CAIRN)
    Revues (CAIRN)

    Some of these collections require site specific URLs, so linking parameters will be required in the collections.

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  8. Skift Research

    Please create a collection for Skift Research. Access URL: https://myproxy.skift.com/proxy-gateway

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  9. Fashion and Race Database (Artis Solomon LLC)

    Please add a collection for the Fashion and Race Database from Artis Solomon LLC. The access URL contains site specific information, so linking parameters will be required. https://fashionandrace.org/database/register/XXXX

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  10. Phlebotomy Channel from Center for Phlebotomy Education

    Please add a collection for the Phlebotomy Channel product from the Center for Phlebotomy Education. The access URL is site specific, so please add linking parameters to the collection. https://www.phlebotomy.com/PCTV/login.php?uid=XXXXX

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  11. EU Farmbook

    Please consider adding EU FarmBook (https://eufarmbook.eu/search
    ) to the Summon index.

    EU FarmBook is an open-access platform that collects and shares practical knowledge, research outputs, and best practices from EU agricultural and rural development projects.

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  12. Knowledge Unlatched International Water Association Publishing Frontlist 2024-2026

    Can you please add this collection to Alma? I see 2021-2023, but 2024-2026 is not in the CZ:
    Knowledge Unlatched International Water Association Publishing Frontlist 2024-2026

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  13. How to Troubleshoot QuickBooks Install Error 1904?

    In this article, we are going to provide tested solutions for QuickBooks error 1904 that usually appears when installing the software.

    Read More: https://qbsenterprisesupport.com/quickbooks-error-1904/

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  14. KL Hatke

    Please consider adding the online publication KL Hatke to the community zone. KL Hatke is a media platform that produces articles written by women in rural India. The content is mainly articles. It would be great to have this added as a portfolio or database so that the CDI might create article records for discovery.

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  15. Gale US Declassified Documents Online

    Hello, can Ex Libris please work with Gale to get this collection indexed in CDI? There are ten existing database collection in the CZ, but none have portfolios, and they don't have CDI access. Gale's page for the collection states that there are over 700,000 resources in the collection, so portfolio-level access doesn't seem realistic.

    Thanks,

    Kevin

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  16. 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

  17. Do solar panels work in cloudy weather?

    Yes, solar panels can still produce electricity on cloudy days. Though their output is reduced, they generate power from diffused sunlight. Eastman Solar explains how panel efficiency varies with weather and what systems work best in different climates.

    Read More: https://www.sigmapowertech.com/service/Solar-and-Biogas-System

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  18. Add FilmBankMedia to the Knowledge Base

    Please add FilmBankMedia to the Community Zone Knowledge Base. This is a video streaming service now selling to academic libraries

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  19. Add World Politics Review to CDI

    World Politics Review is a title that sells subscriptions to libraries. See https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/about/ Please see if you can add its articles to CDI, with link-in-record links.

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  20. Create a CZ Collection for Audio Cine Films (ACF)

    Please add a CZ collection for Audio Cine Films (ACF) in Alma. Almost half of the IZ's in our consortia subscribe to this resource.

    https://www.acf-film.com/en/index.php

    From the vendor: Audio Cine Films Inc. is one of the largest non-theatrical (markets outside commercial theatres) film rights representative in Canada, with exclusive rights to one of the largest film libraries available. We manage copyrights related to the public presentation of films produced by the studios we exclusively represent in Canada and issue copyright licenses that allow all types of organisations to present films within a public performance environment without infringing upon the Canadian…

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