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  1. 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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  2. 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…

    13 votes
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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

  3. 2 new 360 KB - East View Databases

    Please add the following databases for East View Information Services (0 title for ERM purposes is fine):

    Global Geography Library: Thematic, Reference, Commercial, Educational - https://dlib.eastview.com/browse/books/5970

    Global Geography Library: Topographic - https://dlib.eastview.com/browse/books/6010

    Thank you.

    3 votes
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  4. Hagen University Press

    On the document server deposit_hagen of the FernUniversität in Hagen, qualified scientific publications by members of the FernUniversität as well as digital collections of the University Library Hagen are made available online to the worldwide specialist public free of charge and without access restrictions (Open Access).

    I would appreciate it if the content would be searchable in CDI.

    https://ub-deposit.fernuni-hagen.de/content/index.xml

    Contact: publizieren.ub@fernuni-hagen.de

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

    Hello,

    This request has been selected as part of the 2026 CERV votes.

    We will reach out to the content provider, and ask for the metadata for this collection.

    If you could share a contact person with this provider, that would be very helpful.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor


  5. Add Open Access eBooks from the publisher intercom Verlag, Zürich to the Knowledgebases

    The young publishing house intercom Verlag at Zürich (Switzerland) is publishing Open Access ebooks in the Humanities.
    It would be great to add an eCollection of these ebooks to the Community Zone in Alma to make these fine books available.
    https://intercomverlag.ch/about/
    https://www.intercom-mono.com/
    Thanks a lot
    Best Matthias

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

    Hello,

    This request has been selected as part of the 2026 CERV votes.

    We will reach out to the content provider, and ask for the metadata for this collection.

    If you could mention in the comments a name of a contact person at this provider, that would be very helpful.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  6. Il Foro Italiano ForoPlus

    ForoPlus is a platform provided by Il Foro Italiano publishing company; we suggest adding to the KBs the collections available in the database (La Tribuna and Il Foro Italiano journals).
    Laura Perillo on behalf of the ITALE Association

    58 votes
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  7. LIBRUMopen

    Please add the books from the platform LIBRUMopen (https://librum-publishers.com/librum-open/) to Alma. This is an open access publisher.
    Best,
    Igor Hammer

    61 votes
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  8. figshare

    Hi!

    Please add Figshare to Summon. It's important with open data.

    https://figshare.com/

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  9. Policy Commons

    Please ingest as a CDI "link in record" database the various Policy Commons modules on this page: https://policycommons.net/modules/

    We are particularly interested in "Global Think Tanks", but all should be added.

    Also note that while I expect this would be a new provider, there is already an idea with a status of "planned" for Africa Commons, from the same provider, Coherent Digital.

    Thank you!

    Matthew

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

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, the CDI feed has been delayed and currently there is no timeline for it.

    I apologize for the lapse in communication, and hope to have a clear schedule to share soon.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  10. Platform nachschlage.net (Edition Text+Kritik)

    Please add the content of the platform nachschlage.net to the Community zone of Alma. It contains the databases
    - KLG Kritisches Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur
    - KLfG Kritisches Lexikon zur fremdsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur
    - KDG Komponisten der Gegenwart
    - LdI Lexikon der Illustration

    and several journals.

    URL: https://www.nachschlage.net/search/start.jsp

    e-mail: info@etk-muenchen.de

    59 votes
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  11. Vilnius Academy of Arts Press OA Journal Collection

    Please add the collection of open-access journals published by Vilnius Academy of Arts Press.
    The articles are written in English and Lithuanian. There is currently 1 journal. The Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform is used.
    Link to the website: https://aaav.vda.lt.
    For more detailed information, please contact by e-mail linas.salelionis@library.lt.

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  12. Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Press OA Journal Collection

    Please add the collection of open-access journals published by Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Press.
    Most of the articles are written in English, and some are in Lithuanian. There are currently 9 journals in total. The Open Journal System (OJS) platform is used.
    Link to the website: https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs.
    For more detailed information, please contact by e-mail linas.salelionis@library.lt.

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  13. Mykolas Romeris University Press OA Journal Collection

    Please add the collection of open-access journals published by Mykolas Romeris University Press.
    Most of the articles are written in English, and some are in Lithuanian. There are currently 12 journals in total. The Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform is used.
    Link to the website: https://ojs.mruni.eu.
    For more detailed information, please contact by e-mail linas.salelionis@library.lt.

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  14. Enrichment of Community Zone bibliographic records for JoVE collections

    Please enrich those JoVE bibliographic records in CZ. Futhermore, please help to update/maintain those all JoVE collections which they are not up-to-date.

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