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).
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254 results found
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Add Swank Digital Campus streaming video collection and MARC records to Alma Community Zone (Knowledgebase)
Many college & university libraries lease streaming videos from Swank Digital Campus (https://www.swank.com/digital-campus/), which hosts over 30,000 streaming films, including feature films, documentaries, and TV shows. Because there is no Swank Digital Campus collection in the Alma Community Zone, libraries must create local portfolios and import local MARC records from Swank for all their Swank purchases. This is unnecessary duplicative effort across all Ex Libris libraries.
There should be a Swank Digital Campus collection in the Alma Community Zone with portfolios for all Swank Digital Campus films. Because libraries choose selectively which Swank films to lease, this new…
11 votesHello,
Unfortunately, Swank has limited the metadata they provide to 3 collections only that represent their top 1,500, top 1,000 and top 500 titles.
Also, they are not able to provide MARC records due to contractual constraints.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Scifinder Discovery Platform
Please add the "Scifinder Discovery Platform" to Alma as a collection with the following 3 portfolios:
· CAS SciFinderⁿ
· CAS Formulus
· CAS Analytical MethodsSome of the portfolios exist also as standalone databases in Alma; this should be maintained as it is.
43 votesHello,
The provider is not interested in maintaining a feed for a collection with three portfolios as requested.
Therefore I am closing this idea as we will not be able to support it without the providers' feed.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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Business and Information
The internet has completely revolutionized the way businesses operate. No longer are businesses limited by geographical boundaries. With the click of a button, businesses can now reach a global audience.
The internet has also created a level playing field for businesses of all sizes. Small businesses can now compete with large businesses on a level playing field.
The internet has also created a wealth of information that is readily available to businesses. Businesses can now access information that was previously only available to large businesses.
The internet has created a global marketplace for businesses. No longer are businesses limited…
1 voteHello,
This does not seem suitable for our services.
Thanks for your support,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add "RVM - le Répertoire de vedettes-matière" to Alma CZ
We suggest the addition of University Laval's RVM subject authorities to the Alma CZ:
https://rvmweb.bibl.ulaval.ca/rvmweb/contenu/contenu.do?chemin=/a-propos
We are a large bilingual (English-French) academic library, with more than 35% of our collection consisting of French materials. We create French cataloguing records, including French subject headings, for all titles in French that we hold.
Alma currently provides access to over 50 authorities in several languages, unfortunately RVM is not one of them. Consequently, our cataloguing process for French materials is much slower than the process for materials in other languages as we need to consult RVM website every time when searching for French…
22 votesHello,
Unfortunately, Ex Libris will not be able to include RVM in Alma CZ due to contractual disagreements which cannot be resolved.
RVM is available for local management for subscribing institutions.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Education Source collection: improve indexing
EBSCOhost Education Source (613580000000000010) - the indexing of this collection needs to be improved.
(1) although this collection is indexed at article-level, a sizable number of portfolios can only be found at title-level, e.g. "Negotiating toward truth", "Advise: powering student leadership and engagement" and "Insights on law & society"
(2) also, some article-level indexing isn't clear to the user, e.g. a search for book chapter "Slippery Shibboleths: The Shady Side of Truisms in Special Education" retrieves the book title "Disability studies in education: readings in theory and method". Not clear to user to click through.
(3) some articles are available…
3 votesHello,
This will be better addressed through a support case, and not as a new content request.
If these issues persist, please open a support case so our content specialists can analyze the scenarios you described.
Thanks for your support,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Propylaeum-eBOOKS
Hello,
Please add Propylaeum-eBOOKS to the CZ.
This is an open access collection.
Thanks,
Dafna10 votesHello,
Unfortunately, the provider is unable to provide metadata for this collection.
They will let us know once they are capable of sustainably sending us their metadata.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add Council of Europe – Online resources to Alma's Community Zone
We would like the e-books from the platform https://edoc.coe.int/en/ to be included in Alma’s Community Zone. The collection provides free e-books in various languages published by the Council of Europe.
Subjects: The Council of Europe in brief / Human rights / Democracy / Law / Society / New technologies / Medias / Health / Culture, heritage, nature / The Council of Europe and the European Union / Minority rights / Education / Youth / Sport / Institutions / Resources for young people / Resources for teachers79 votesHello,
Unfortunately, we did not receive any response from the provider.
Therefore this idea will be closed.
Thanks for your support,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP)
I would like to request the addition of Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP) Open Access titles as a new collection or to an existing collection in the community
About: https://www.scirp.org/aboutus/index.aspx
Titles: https://www.scirp.org/journal/indexbytitle.aspxCase 06327538
1 voteHello,
It seems that SCIRP is considered to be a predatory publisher so it's content will not be added to our Knowledge Bases and CDI.
Thanks for your support,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Community Zone collection for Scholarly Publishing Collective
Duke University Press's Scholarly Publishing Collective now hosts content from JSTOR Journal Hosting Program as of January 3, 2022. Being able to activate the entire collection in Alma would be a great help!
168 votesHello,
We are aware of this planned platform change and are working with the providers to meet the requirements.
To track our progress, please see: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Cross-Product/Providers_Page/Guides_and_Documentation/Provider_Changes_In_Progress#Scholarly_Publishing_Collective_(SPC)
Thank you,
Rael
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9 votes
Hello,
We did not receive any response so we are closing this idea.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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Enable linking to Ministry Matters full text content in the legacy or research library
Create effective links from discovery to content in the Ministry Matters research library (and its legacy library). The links that are produced today (on our 360 Link pages anyway) do not deliver the user to the full text to which a library is subscribed. Instead, they land users on a product page where it looks like they need to buy the book. In 2020, our library and then ExLibris each tried in vain to get Abingdon Press to produce updated title lists and URLs that would resolve from subscribers' discovery services/link resolvers to legacy research library on its Ministry Matters…
6 votesHello,
Since we are unable to receive an updated sustainable title list from the provider, unfortunately there is nothing we can do to improve the linking for this collection.
Therefore this idea will be closed.
Thanks for your support,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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NERS 2021 - Lamda
NERS 2021 request.
Request ID: 7510
LAMDA, Open University of Israel Publishing House, holds many titles that are crucial for teaching and research in all Israeli Universities and Colleges. This unique collection is growing yearly and is urgently needed by researchers and students alike.
NO NEED TO VOTE.
0 votesHello,
This collection will be handled through MELI.
Please contact MELI's Electronic Resources working group for more info.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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NERS 2021 - Biblioteca GFL Volumi and Riviste
NERS 2021 Request IDs: 7532, 7533
GFL is a major Italian publisher that publishes many academic journals and books in Law and Economics. The majority of Italian Universities subscribe these collections. It is vital that Italian researchers be able to access these journals and books through Summon, but there is no specific CZ collection for them.
NO NEED TO VOTE.
0 votesHello all,
Following several attempts to contact this provider we were unable to establish contact, and therefore cannot proceed with this request.
If a member of the community has a known contact with this provider, we would be happy to make another outreach attempt.
Best,
Rael
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NERS 2021 - Statista
NERS 2021 request.
Request ID: 7527
Add article level metadata for Statista to Central Discovery IndexNO NEED TO VOTE.
0 votesHello all,
Following a discussion with the provider we cannot proceed with this request to index the Statista content in CDI.
Best,
Rael
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NERS 2021 - ARTstor
NERS 2021 request.
Request ID: 7550
Would be helpful to have Artstor content/portfolios in the CZ (rather than Artstor being electronic collection type: database)NO NEED TO VOTE.
0 votesAfter further investigation, there is no known available title list that would enable us to support this content as a FT collection in the KBs.
So ARTstor titles will continue to be supported in CDI only.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content PM
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NERS 2021 - OVID ebooks in Spanish
NERS 2021 request.
Request ID: 7540
Health Sciences ebooks in Spanish from OVID provider.NO NEED TO VOTE.
0 votesHello all,
Following discussions with the provider we cannot proceed to index this content in our CDI.
Best,
Rael
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SCA Newsletter
I would like the titles SCA Newsletter and Church Archaeology added to free ejournals collection.
SCA Newsletter
https://www.churcharchaeology.org/newsletterChurch Archaeology ISSN: 1366-8129 https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/series.xhtml?recordId=1001381
Thanks,
Ruth2 votesHello,
It is now possible for community members to add freely accessible titles to the collection MISCELLANEOUS_FREE_EJOURNALS.
If still relevant, please add the desired titles to this collection.
Thanks for your support,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Social Work Toolkit
Please add this resource to the CZ: https://www.socialworktoolkit.com/
0 votesHello,
Unfortunately, this idea did not gather enough votes since posted.
Therefore we will close it and not add Social Work Toolkit to the CZ.
Thank you for your efforts,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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National Oceanography Centre Cruise Report
Please add this free report to the CZ
https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/search/3 votesHello,
Please feel free to add this title to one of the community managed collections such as Free E- Journals, collection ID 61110976638852340.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Indexing of OA journal "Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek"
Please index the OA journal "Psychologie des Alltagshandelns - Psychology of Everyday Activity" (ISSN: 1998-9970)
6 votesHello,
Community members are now able to independently add titles to the collection Free E-Journals, Collection ID: 61110976638852340.
Please add the requested title to this collection with the relevant metadata.
Thanks for your support,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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