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  1. New 360 KB Database: Jinbutsu Plus

    Please create a 0-title 360 KB database for ERM purposes for the following resource:

    Provider: Oya Soichi Library
    Database: Jinbutsu Plus
    URL: https://jinbutsu-plus.com/

    Thank you.

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  2. New 360 KB Database: Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920

    Please add the following British Archives Online database to the 360 KB. 0-title for ERM purposes is fine.

    Provider: Microform Academic Publishers
    Database: Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920
    URL: https://britishonlinearchives.com/collections/136/witchcraft-and-magic-in-england-c-1400-1920

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  3. Zhonghua Ancient Books Database Parts: 1-13 (中华经典古籍库)

    Duke University Libraries would like the following database added to Alma.

    Provider: China International Book Trading Corporation
    Database: Zhonghua Ancient Books Database Parts: 1-13 (中华经典古籍库)
    URL: https://jingdian.ancientbooks.cn/

    I have also attached a spreadsheet of titles that was sent to us from the provider/vendor with this purchase.

    Thanks for considering,
    Alaina Deane
    ERM Specialist
    Duke University Libraries

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  4. "Roper Center for Public Opinion Research" https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/

    Roper Center has an Alma Community collection records with no portfolios. Roper has their own catalog, with study-level metadata that can be crosswalked into Dublin Core if not fullblown MARC.
    Roper regularly add new studies to their collection, so dynamic feeds into Alma Community would be a great idea.

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  5. CZ: Keep contributions from Community to bibliographic records, where possible

    The Community Zone is open for contributions by editing bibliographic records in the Community. However, as soon as Ex Libris uploads the same bibliographic records again from the provider, the contributions by the community are overwritten, if the provider sends an identical field. In some cases this is OK (if the providers version is better) in others it is not (when the contributed field was more complete).
    I propose therefore, that the rules for importing updated bibliographic records into the Community Zone by Ex Libris are changed in the following points:
    • If not present, 040 field is added with…

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