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  1. Proceedings of the British Academy

    Please add this as an electronic collection. Volumes 51-111 is an open access collection of titles:

    https://www.britac.ac.uk/pubs/proc/volumes/index.html

    58 votes
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    Closed  ·  AdminRael Elstein (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    We have been unable to establish contact with this provider, and therefore unfortunately need to close this request.

    Should we be able to establish contact in the future, we can consider renewing this activity.

    Thank you,
    Rael

  2. Swisslex

    Would you please add Swisslex
    https://www.swisslex.ch/Home/Welcome?SP=null to the SFX Knowledge Base?
    Swisslex is a Swiss platform for legal publications. We are especially interested in the e-journals. (German: Zeitschriften)

    56 votes
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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, the provider is not producing metadata and are not planning to do so in the future.

    Therefore we will not be able to add this collection.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  3. juris - Das Rechtsportal

    Hello,
    Please add the collection "Juris – Das Rechtsportal" with its journals and e-books to the Knowledge Bases and CDI.

    URL: https://www.juris.de
    contact: technik@juris.de
    title list: see attachment

    53 votes
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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    The provider will not send us metadata so unfortunately we will not be able to add Juris to the Knowledgebases and CDI.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  4. Añadir los paquetes "VLEX Global" y "Vlex Premiun" en la CZ de ALMA

    En la CZ de Alma hay dos bases de datos del editor Vlex: Vlex Books y Vlex Journals. Sin embargo este editor no comercializa de esta manera sus paquetes. Es posible suscribir Vlex Global (donde hay libros y revistas) y Vlex Premiun (donde también hay libros y revistas). Si un cliente suscribe Vlex Global debe dar de alta una colección local de libros, otra local de revistas y no seleccionar títulos del paquete de revistas y del paquete de libros que hay en la CZ.

    ¿Sería posible que se reunieran con el editor para que las colecciones de Vlex que…

    52 votes
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    Closed  ·  AdminRael Elstein (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello, 


    Following a discussion with the provider they have confirmed that they do not supply title lists that represent "Global" and "Premium" title lists, nor are they planning to create these at this time. 

    Therefore we are closing this request. 


    Best, 

    Rael 

  5. Lexbase

    Base de données en droit français et communautaire proposant un accès aux sources officielles (législation, jurisprudence), à un quotidien, à des hebdomadaires d’actualité juridique. Contient 6 revues thématiques et 33 encyclopédies.

    51 votes
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  6. NERS 2021 - Portico Post-cancellation/perpetual access

    In 360 KB and SFX (maybe in Alma as well) there exist several databases for Portico - triggered Content.

    But Portico has a supplementary offer that is called "Portico - Post-cancellation/perpetual access". This offer contains journals from various publishers where the post-cancellation access is partly not through the platform of the publisher but through Portico.

    You find some information about this offer here: https://www.portico.org/for-participants/#pca

    The title lists for this database can be found here: https://www.portico.org/coverage/titles/ - it includes e-journals and e-books.

    I ask you to add this database to SFX and 360 KB (and Alma if it doesn't exist there…

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    Closed  ·  AdminRael Elstein (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello all,

    We have been in touch with Portico and they have been engaged and responsive.
    At this time they are unable to supply an "all titles" list (not institution-specific), so unfortunately we cannot currently support this request.

    That said, Portico have taken this feedback and will be considering internally how to address this request.
    Whenever such a possibility will arise, we will gladly re-engage with Portico to create a title list as suggested here.

    Best,
    Rael

  7. Bloomberg Law

    Bloomberg Law (https://www.bloomberglaw.com) is a major platform for American legal content, including books, journals, news channels, and other sources. Please add an Alma CZ collection covering the Bloomberg Law content made available by subscription to academic law libraries.

    Please also explore the possibility of using Bloomberg Law MARC records to enrich the CZ records: https://www.bna.com/marc-records-bloomberg-m17179934017 Without enriched CZ records, libraries that are currently loading vendor records for this collection are likely to continue doing so rather than use a CZ collection.

    Also, the linking and title lists of the following BNA e-collections are outdated. Bloomberg has shut down…

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  8. Add DigiZeitschriften to PCI / CDI

    We would like to see the journal platform DigiZeitschriften added to PCI / CDI.

    For more information, see: https://www.digizeitschriften.de/en/

    In Alma there are already 3 Electronic Collections:
    - DigiZeitschriften Open Access
    - DigiZeitschriften Subscription
    - DigiZeitschriften Journals

    Please keep this subdivision in PCI / CDI.

    Since this source contains many old journals without ISSN, it would probably be better if the links to the full text came directly from DigiZeitschriften (Primo Link section) to avoid problems with the link resolver (Alma ViewIt).

    Thanks in advance!

    48 votes
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  9. Add books from Proquest's Oasis database to PCI

    We are recommending Primo to our users as the route to suggest new books for purchase. However, PCI is not great for books, unless they are part of a publisher's e-book collection.

    Proquest have their own database of books in print via Oasis - this would be a fantastic addition to PCI and would greatly facilitate purchase requests or resource sharing requests via Primo.

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  10. Add the Bridget Williams Books collections to Primo Central Index

    As a student and researcher of New Zealand materials I would like the books published by Bridget Williams Books to be indexed in Primo Central Index.

    Background: Currently the content of these collections is not discoverable in Primo. This makes it harder to discover key New Zealand content and impacts the efficiency of my study and research capabilities.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, we were not able to receive the metadata from the provider.

    Therefore, we will not be able to add the collection to CDI.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  11. ETH Zurich Research Collection

    We are proposing to add the content of ETH Zurich's repository for publications and research data to the SFX Global Knowledge Base.

    The content can be harvested from http://research-collection.ethz.ch/oai/request?

    Further information about this interface is available at https://documentation.library.ethz.ch/x/-YCM

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    Closed  ·  AdminRael Elstein (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello all,

    Following analysis and discussions with ETH we have mutually reached the conclusion that this content is not suitable for ingestion into the Ex Libris Delivery products.

    Best,
    Rael

  12. add the content of edoc-server from Humboldt-University Berlin (Germany)

    Please add the content of the
    edoc-server - open access publication server from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany) to the primo central collection.

    Michael Vosss (HU Berlin/Germany)

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  13. New LexisNexis / Nexis Uni linking solution

    It feels like a very small minority of links to Nexis Uni content resolve successfully. I've opened a number of support tickets without much progress, only to be told that LexisNexis/Nexis Uni simply doesn't work well with the OpenURL resolver. I'd like more development work to go into this connection as it renders a large amount of content in a very popular database inaccessible.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    As of August 2022 the article level linking was removed from Nexis Uni as we could not support it with the currently available metadata.

    https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Content/Knowledge_Articles/Alma/Knowledge_Articles/Alma%3A_LexisNexis_-_removal_of_article-level_linking_for_some_collections

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  14. Classiques Sciences Sociales Free

    Classiques Sciences Sociales Free collection is composed of more than 4,300 portfolios. Most of the records are very poor: only the title, one author, and the eISBN. The publication date in 008/7-10 is usually incorrect.
    Full Marc records exist for these items and are available under certain conditions (for libraries) at http://classiques.uqac.ca/inter/telechargement_notices.php?lang=en
    Note also that Les Classiques des sciences sociales actually contain more than 6,500 free works http://classiques.uqac.ca . A general update of this collection would be welcome.

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  15. Add full MARC records to CZ for OverDrive and Kanopy

    OverDrive and Kanopy collections have recently been added to the Alma Community Zone. We're thrilled at this possibility, as it should help consortium members manage their collections better. However, the brief MARC records are wholly unexpected given that the company provides MARC records to subscribers.

    If it is contractually possible, please add the company's MARC records to the CZ for corresponding portfolios, as this will aid in discovery and efficiency for both the consortium and member libraries.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    The OverDrive Ebooks and Audiobooks (Collection ID: 61499649300000041) has a Bib rank of 77, which is currently the best we can get.

    Kanopy currently does not provide MARC records. However, we have communicated to them that there is significant interest from the community in obtaining better records and we hope they will be able to provide these in the future.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  16. 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 Methods

    Some of the portfolios exist also as standalone databases in Alma; this should be maintained as it is.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    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

  17. Change the 'Citation Online' feature for the content type=Report for ASFA records when full text is available

    I would like to propose that the content type=Report for Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) records are changed so that ASFA records with Full text links can be shown instead of 'Citation Online' which is misleading to the client. We have inputted thousands of government document records in ASFA which have a full text link but these links are not currently displayed in the Summon Brief results. ASFA is no longer just an abstract and indexing database as it now includes links to full text publications and grey literature. This should be changed as it can impact all users…

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    As there was no response, I am closing this idea.

    Please reach out to me directly if you would like to discuss further tamar.ganor@clarivate.com, or create a new idea.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  18. Add Urbadoc database to Primo Central index

    Urbadoc bibliographic database indexes european architectural journals and can enrich PCI with unique references.
    It would be very useful to have this database searchable in Primo Central Index.
    Urbadoc is an OAI-PMH data provider. More info at: http://www.cnba.it/2017/09/28/novita-urbadoc/
    Urbadoc URL: http://www.urbadoc.com

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, Urbandata Association were not responsive so we will not be able to add their metadata to CDI.

    If you can share a responsive contact person, please reach out to me directly with their details:

    tamar.ganor@clarivate.com

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  19. Target/Collection: Vakmedianet Databases (PRVIAW)

    Please add to discovery the databases from provider Vakmedianet. These databases are very important for Dutch academic libraries, they contain information that is not available in scholarly databases. Vakmedianet provides 14 databases: cm:, FactoMedia-Base, Finance & ControlBase, KiZ - Kwaliteit in Zorg, M&O - Management en Organisatie, Kluwer Management Executive Base, Over Salarisadministratie, Sigma, Tijdschrift Administratie, Tijdschrift Controlling, Tijdschrift Begeleidingskunde

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  20. Box of Broadcasts

    Box of Broadcasts (BoB) already exists in the 360 KB (DBID: TS7) but it would be great if the content of this resource could be added to the Summon/Primo index

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