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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Other - for non provider specific ideas
472 results found
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MDPI eBooks
Please add MDPI Books to Discovery and Knowledgebase: https://www.mdpi.com/books/search The growing collection of ebooks is Open Access.
2 votes
AdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
responded
Hello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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2 votesAdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
responded
Hello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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WISO Wirtschaftspraxis
Please add the database WISO Wirtschaftspraxis
2 votesAdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
responded
Hello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add Canada Commons to central index and Community Zone
Add https://canadacommons.ca/ Canada Commons to the central index and CZ. This is an important resource for Canadian Government Documents.
2 votesAdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
responded
Hello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add Fabian Society Publications to the Alma CZ
Fabian Society Publications are freely available here:
https://fabians.org.uk/publications/
It would be great if we could have a CZ record and CDI indexing.
Thanks very much!2 votesAdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
responded
Hello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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engrxiv in Alma
Please consider adding this OA engineering archive to Alma:
https://engrxiv.org/
You have the biology version already, but not this one.2 votesAdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
responded
Hello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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LandScan
Please add LandScan to the 360KB.
Provider: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
URL: https://landscan.ornl.gov/This is an open access resource. It turned OA in 2023.
These population datasets are valuable for GIS researchers and are intended to aid in emergency preparedness, readiness, response, and recovery missions; risk assessments; site suitability studies; and a full range of other applications that depend on accurate population data.
2 votesAdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
responded
Hello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add Keizai Kenkyū also known as Economic Review to the Alma CZ and to the 360 Knowledgebase
Please add Keizai Kenkyū also known as Economic Review to the Alma CZ and to the 360 Knowledgebase? This is an Open Access Japanese e-journal.
Keizai Kenkyū
also known as: Economic Review
Online ISSN: 2758-9285
Print ISSN: 0022-9733
URL: https://econ-review.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/Contact information for the journal:
Edited by Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8603, JapanTel: 042-580-8312
E-mail: publish-info[at]ier.hit-u.ac.jp
Thank you,
Barb Dietsch
Duke University Libraries2 votesAdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
responded
Hello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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McGraw Hill Access Dermatology Archive
ALMA currently has the following collection for the McGraw Hill Access Dermatology site:
McGraw Hill Access Dermatology DxRx
The collection doesn't include archived content for previous editions:
https://dermatology.mhmedical.com/ArchivedTextbooks.aspx
ALMA has collections for the archive on other McGraw Hill sites. For example:
McGraw Hill Access Medicine Archive
McGraw Hill Access Anesthesiology Archive
McGraw Hill Access Obgyn ArchivePlease add an archive collection for Access Dermatology.
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Request to add Derwent Innovations Index to Summon Index
Derwent Innovations Index is an very important A&I content. It is available through the ISI Web of Knowledge interface and is a Web-accessible product that merges the Derwent World Patents Index with the Derwent Patents Citation Index. It provides access to more than 14,800,000 patents with links to cited and citing patents, cited articles, and full-text patent data sources. This resource gives users a comprehensive and international overview of inventions in three categories: chemical, electrical and electronic, and engineering.
Web Site: http://webofknowledge.com/DIIDW
2 votesHello,
We will reach out and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager -
united nations : official document system
https://documents.un.org is a precious source for everyone dealing with research on international politics and this international organization with his subsidiaries and special agencies. It would be great if you could add the content to primo central.
2 votesHello,
We have been contacted by UN Publishing who are interested in a collaboration.
This will be added to our preliminary 2021 plans, pending detailed discussions with the provider.Best,
Rael -
Change Scientific American Collection to One with Portfolio
Please change the Scientific American collection (6114049470000041 ) to one with a portfolio. This content requires a link resolver so there needs to be electronic portfolio inventory.
Thanks.
Charlie2 votesHello,
We will reach out to the provider and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager -
Add to Client Center recent Bloomsbury Academic: Biblical Studies and Theology collections
Please add these Bloomsbury collections to the Client Center/360 KB:
Bloomsbury Academic: Biblical Studies 2022
Bloomsbury Academic: Biblical Studies 2023
Bloomsbury Academic: Biblical Studies 2024
Bloomsbury Academic: Theology 2022
Bloomsbury Academic: Theology 2023
Bloomsbury Academic: Theology 2024Titles within these collections will publish throughout the year.
Title lists including MARC and KBART records: https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/marc-and-kbart-records
Contact: Katie.Bennett@bloomsbury.com
2 votesHi Virginia,
We will take this with the publisher as we adhere to their naming conventions.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add Oxford 2024 JUSTICE Consortium_Japan
Please add the following 2024 JUSTICE Consortium from Oxford
JUSTICEOXFORDUNIVERSITYPRESSFull2024
JUSTICEOXFORDUNIVERSITYPRESSSTM2024
JUSTICEOXFORDUNIVERSITYPRESSHSS_2024Kind regards,
2 votesHello,
We will reach out to Oxford, and ask for the metadata for these collections.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager -
History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century (Gale Primary Sources)
Hello, can you please add this Gale collection to the CZ?
The collection is described here: https://www.gale.com/primary-sources/history-of-disabilities
2 votesHello,
We will reach out to Gale, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager -
Please replace/re-index Biodiversity Heritage Library based on NEW KBART data file
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (www.biodiversitylibrary.org) has implemented the KBART format. To access BHL’s KBART file, please see: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/data/bhlkbart.txt
The data here should REPLACE any existing BHL related data within your systems. Any BHL data previously harvested may be of poor quality. Should you have questions or concerns, please go to https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/contact#/comments. Thank you.
2 votesHello,
We are currently working on this update.
Thank you for your contribution!Please note that requests for updates can be submitted via a Support Case.
Best,
Rael -
Availability of SJR in EJP
BrowZine offers the SJR for each magazine. If that was an option in the EJP, we could let go of BrowZine and have students go straight to the EJP for everything full-text journal-related.
1 voteAdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
responded
Hello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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adam matthew
Add Adam Matthew Collection to CZ/CDI: Sex and Sexuality (Modules I & II): https://www.amdigital.co.uk/support/marc-records
1 voteAdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
responded
Hello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Request for being included in Summons
This is Emma Westwick the editorial assistant from Horizon Research Publishing, USA.
Horizon Research Publishing(HRPUB) is an open access publisher serving the academic research and scientific communities by focusing on peer reviewed journals with high quality. We aim to provide researchers, writers, academic professors and students the most advanced research achievements in a broad range of areas, and to facilitate the academic exchange between them.
We hope our journals can be included in your database and would like to know how to submit the coverage applications.
1 voteAdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
responded
Hello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Collection & portfolios needed for SpringerLink eBooks collection Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry
The SpringerLink eBooks collection Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry and its portfolios aren't currently available to activate in the Alma CZ. Please can you add these as it is part of our subscribed content. I think it may be new. There are currently 12 titles included and there is more information at https://link.springer.com/bookseries/16490
1 voteAdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
responded
Hello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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