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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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  1. 11 votes
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  2. Create a way to distinguish volumes for a single title

    There is a title in Gale resources, Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history : the Black experience in the Americas, that has several portfolios available. Each portfolio links to a different volume in Gale. Each portfolio has unique linking but if you see the title in Primo, you will see only the title listed, many times. I had to add a volume note to each portfolio so users could tell each title apart. This was not the only title I've found that is like this. Ex Libris stated there is no way to add the volume to the title. It…

    10 votes
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    Hello,

    This will require some development, since currently there is no automated way to identify the relevant information and add it to the portfolios.

    We will look into the development options we have, and will update once we have a timeline.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  3. Add CDI for Gideon content

    We already have the e-books activated but would like CDI added for the database content.
    https://www.gideononline.com/

    10 votes
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  4. Add BIOSIS Previews (Thomson Reuters) to Primo Central/PCI

    We would like to see the BIOSIS Previews database added to Primo Central/PCI.

    For more information, see: http://www.ovid.com/site/catalog/databases/26.jsp

    10 votes
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  5. Add Arte Video Campus

    Arte Video Campus

    Arte Campus is ARTE's online educational resource for higher education and adult training.
    The corpus comprises around 2,000 videos (as of January 2024), available and transcribed in 5 languages, in the form of feature-length documentaries, documentary magazines, short fiction films, and recordings of plays, ballets and operas. Fields represented include the arts, literature, languages, social sciences, economics and politics, technology and health.

    Bibliographic records for the corpus can be obtained from the SUDOC. A systematic reporting campaign exists in the French network

    Contact : https://artecampus.zendesk.com/hc/fr/requests/new

    9 votes
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  6. New Database Request: Archives of Sexuality and Gender (Part 6)

    Please add a new collection to the client center for Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Part 6, Community and Identity in North America from Gale. The starting URL is https://link.gale.com/apps/AHSI?u=[LOCATION_ID].

    Thank you!

    8 votes
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    Hello,

    We are checking with Gale regarding the metadata for

    Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Community and Identity in North America Digital Archive (is this what you are referring to as part 6?)

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  7. CDI collection for Elsevier Open Access articles

    Could you please add a CDI database only collection with links in record for Elsevier open access articles?

    There is no longer an Elsevier open access knowledge base collection https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/574345-content/suggestions/43048611-add-elsevier-open-access-collection-to-alma-cz

    And I think this would work better as a CDI collection given how many OA articles there are in hybrid journals.

    For example, 76,000 archival articles were made open as the result of a large United States Library consortia agreement:
    https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2022/03/16/retroactively-open-elsevier-backflips-for-nerl-agreement/

    And these OA articles should be more easily discoverable via a dedicated CDI link in record collection.

    8 votes
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  8. Add Taiwan Open Access Journals(TOAJ) into Alma CZ & CDI

    We would like to add Taiwan Open Access Journals (TOAJ) into ALMA CZ and CDI. TOAJ is a significant open access platform in Taiwan, and it is highly requested by many Taiwan Alma users.
    URL: https://toaj.stpi.narl.org.tw/index?lang2=E

    8 votes
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    Hello,

    We will reach out to this provider and check if they can send us metadata that we can use.

    Please be advised, that although this is Open Access, we will need to confirm with our legal department that the metadata can be used.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  9. Knowledge Unlatched 2024 collections

    Dear Support,

    Can I request to add these collections to ALMA KB?

    KU Select 2024 SDG Books full package
    Latest Thinking on the Climate Action SDG 2024
    IWA Publishing Books Frontlist 2024-2026

    Thank you,
    Mariyam

    6 votes
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  10. Eurostat (FMK)

    Hi,

    We have activated the database Eurostat (FMK), but we can not find any records in Summon from the database. Please check this.

    Kind regards
    Carl

    6 votes
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  11. KU Select 2025-2027 SDG Full Collection

    Dear ExLibris Support,

    We just pledged to these collections. May we request to add these to ALMA KB? We wanted to put it out there.

    Thank you,
    Mariyam

    6 votes
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  12. helsinki university press

    Please add Helsinki university press

    Helsinki University Press (HUP) is a fully open access University Press, publishing high-quality scholarly literature. We publish peer reviewed books and journals from all academic fields. We are open for submissions by academics globally.

    https://hup.fi/site/

    Contact: https://hup.fi/site/team-contact/#contact-us

    6 votes
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    Hello,

    This request has been selected as part of the 2025 CERV votes.

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

    If you can share a designated contact person with this provider, that would be much appreciated.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  13. Open Research Europe

    Please add Open Research Europe to intota/Summon.

    Open Research Europe is an open access publishing platform for the publication of research stemming from Horizon 2020 funding. All researchers funded by a Horizon 2020 grant can publish original research related to their project at no cost to them.

    https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/

    6 votes
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    Hello,

    This request has been selected as part of the 2025 CERV votes.

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

    If you can share a designated contact person with this provider, that would be much appreciated.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  14. 6 votes
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  15. Add New Gale Archives collections to CZ and CDI

    Add New Gale Archives collections:

    6 votes
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    Hi,

    Food History: Printed and Manuscript Recipe Books; 1669-1990 is already available:

    Collection ID 614920000000005958


    Regarding Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Community and Identity in North America Digital Archive, we will contact Gale and ask for the metadata of the collection.


    All the best,

    Rachel

    Senior Content Support Analyst

  16. EM Premium (Elsevier)

    Please add EM Premium to the Knowledge Bases (KBs - Alma CZ, SFX, 360) and Discovery services (CDI - Central Discovery Index).
    The Couperin consortium already has its collection : "Bacon Elsevier Couperin Empremium" (615300000000001213)

    About: https://www.elsevier.com/fr-fr/promotions/em-premium
    Access URL: http://www.em-premium.com/
    Title List URL: https://www.em-premium.com/em/pdf/20190215_Liste_titres_EM_PREMIUM.pdf
    Contact: https://fr.service.elsevier.com/app/contact/supporthub/empremium/

    6 votes
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  17. Kanopy Base Collection

    Hello,
    Recently we've had 15 member libraries purchase the new "Kanopy Base Collection". In addition CARLI staff know of at least four other I-Share Alma libraries with significant Kanopy streaming video purchases.

    Here's a quick description of the newly offered "Kanopy Base Collection" with a link to an example title list. https://www.lyrasis.org/content/Pages/product-details.aspx?pid=3747DED9-9754-ED11-80FE-00155D0A2732

    I've checked the content road map and release notes, however, I found nothing from Kanopy "coming soon" beyond the "database" type e-collections in the Community Zone.

    Please consider adding a selective package or aggregator for the Kanopy Base collection.

    Thank you,
    Denise Green, CARLI

    6 votes
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  18. Oxford Scholarship Online Yearly subject specific collections for years prior to 2022

    Most of the Oxford Scholarship Online subject specific collections only have yearly collections that go back to 2022 (for example Classical Studies has a 2022 and 2023 collection). Could yearly collections for the years prior to 2022 be added to the Alma CZ? We are particularly interested in yearly subject specific collections for the following subjects:

    Political Science
    Literature
    Business & Management
    Classical Studies
    Economics and Finance
    History
    Linguistics
    Neuroscience
    Philosophy
    Psychology
    Public Health and Epidemiology
    Religion
    Social Work

    Thank you!

    6 votes
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  19. Target/Collection: ASTM journals hosted on ASME platform

    ASTM (American Society of Testing and Materials) is in the process of moving their journals from their ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library database to another society's (ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)) platform, see https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/astm-journals .

    There are portfolios for the ASTM journals set up under the ASME Digital Collection Journals collection (Collection ID: 611000000000000172). I've activated a second version of that collection, given it the 'ASTM Digital Library Journals' public name and activated the ASTM journal portfolios under that collection. Since the ASTM journals are purchased separately, it seems to me that they should be under a separate…

    6 votes
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  20. 5 votes
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