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.
- Choose the right category: "New Provider" for content from a provider that has no available content in the KBs or CDI, or "Existing Provider" for content from a provider that already has content available in the KBs or CDI.
- 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
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Add IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library and ChoralWiki/Choral Public Domain Library to CDI
Please add the contents of the free music score libraries, IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library (https://imslp.org/), and ChoralWiki/Choral Public Domain Library (https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) to the CDI. Thanks!
131 votesHello,
We will reach out to these providers, and ask for the metadata for their collections.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add Zhejiang University Journal Resource Repository to the Alma Community Zone/SFXKB and 360KB
AcadeMax is a journal publishing platform for the discovery of academic content published by Zhejiang University Press (ZJUP) and its publishing partners, currently more than 80 journals are now available. I wish Ex Libris would add AcadMax Resource Repository(https://www.academax.com) to the Alma Community Zone/SFXKB and 360KB.
102 votesHello,
We will reach out to AcadeMax, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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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.86 votesHello,
We will reach out to the contact provided, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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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.63 votesHello,
We will reach out to this provider, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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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 Hammer61 votesHello,
We heard back from the provider and we are discussing our options.
I will update once we make progress.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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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.56 votesHello,
We will reach out to Linas Salelionis, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Improve full-text coverage and restore CDI fields for Factiva Academic
Factiva is one of our primary sources for newspaper content. Previously, the link in record Factiva collection we used included CDI fields but now it does not. WIthout CDI fields, we can't even confirm whether records for Factiva content would be included in Primo search results or in Newspapers search only. Of the 4 Factiva collections currently available in the CZ, only the link in record collection for Corporate subscribers includes CDI fields. The full text and CDI coverage should be improved for Factiva Academic collections as well -- whether for the existing link resolver collection or with a new…
51 votesHello,
We will check with Factiva and review if technically we can add the CDI fields.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Enrichment of Community Zone bibliographic records for Pressreader
Enrich and update Pressreader with bibliographic records in CZ.
44 votesHello,
We will reach out to Pressreader, and ask for the metadata for their collections.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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ETV
"ETV is the largest online video platform for educators in Aotearoa New Zealand with over 150,000 videos". These include:
* the TV Recordings collection - programmes recorded from broadcast television channels
* the Online Collections catalogue - videos downloaded from internet channels
The collections support teaching and learning in all subject areas and are especially valuable to support Māori and Pasifika studies as well as other New Zealand-specific subjects.43 votesHello,
We will reach out to ETV, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
If you could add a direct contact person, that would be very helpful.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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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 Matthias40 votesHello,
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
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New Community e-collection: Miscellaneous Free Documents
Hello,
we would like to have another Community Managed e-collection in the CZ. Currently, we are missing an e-collection where to contribute OA resources that do not fit in the category Journal / E-book. It could be called for example Miscellaneous Free Documents or Miscellaneous Free Resources.
Use case: In our Consortia, we centrally activate the Miscellaneous Free... e-collections in the NZ so that the full-text links are available in the whole network. With the new e-collection we could autamatically centrally activate additional OA resources that are not journals or ebooks.
Thank you for considering this request.
38 votesHello,
Our team will work internally to create such a collection, I expect by end of April it would be completed.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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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.
32 votesHello,
We are working with the provider to obtain MARC records to enrich JoVE collections.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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EBSCOhost AgeLine with full text
Please add EBSCOhost's AgeLine collection to the CZ. Coverage is posted at https://about.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/ageline-full-text
21 votesHello,
We will reach out to Ebsco, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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EAI Educational Streaming Site
Please add the collection/database: EAI Educational Streaming Site from Electronic Arts Intermix to Alma.
https://eai.org/education21 votesHello,
We will reach out to EAI, and ask for their records.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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Add Pressbooks Directory records to the CKB as a portfolio collection
Previously the Pressbooks Directory was added to the CDI: https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/574345-content/suggestions/42757319-ners-2021-pressbooks-directory
That idea includes many community comments around a desire for a CKB collection instead, with significant benefits to this, such as adding metadata for discovery and to support OER initiatives by the library.
There is good news starting in August, as Pressbooks has added an OPDS feed to their environment:
https://pressbooks.directory/opds
August 2025 update: https://youtu.be/45GPrE-l8Hg?si=8gPkGAKcdwueXZqd&t=718It would be great if Ex Libris could support Alma/Primo libraries globally to add these records as a portfolio based title level collection to the Alma Community Zone, as an Ex Libris managed collection.
18 votesHello,
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.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add: West African Magazines, part of Africa Commons from Coherent Digital
West African Magazines is an additional module we would like to activate from within the Community Zone.
17 votesHello,
We will reach out to Coherent Digital, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add collection for Manhua Digital Archive
Please add a collection for Manhua Digital Archive.
Direct URL: https://dlib.eastview.com/browse/books/7850
Provider: East ViewThank you,
Alaina13 votesHello,
We will reach out to East View, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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OpenAlex
OpenAlex is one of the largest OA databases available, and it would be valuable to have OpenAlex added.
12 votesHello,
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 OpenAlex, that would be very helpful.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add FlashPoint Monograph Series
Duke University Libraries would like to request that the FlashPoint Monograph Series from California Digital Library's be added to the Community Zone.
We are specifically looking to add the following title to our IZ but it is not current available in any collections.
Cannibal Translation: Literary Reciprocity in Contemporary Latin America
ISBN: 978-0-8101-4596-2
Publication Date: 2023-05-17
Permalink: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6j68970bThanks,
Alaina Deane
ERM Specialist
Duke University Libraries10 votesHello,
We will check with the provider if they can supply this title within an existing collection or they prefer to send us a separate feed for a new collection.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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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…10 votesHello,
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
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