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  1. 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    Also, the linking and title lists of the following BNA e-collections are outdated.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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  2. 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.

    48 votes
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  3. 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

    46 votes
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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

  4. 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.

    44 votes
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  5. 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

  6. Add Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher (TOAEP) Open Access books to the KB

    Add this Open Access publisher to the Knowledge Base;
    https://toaep.org/ps/
    https://toaep.org/pbs/
    https://toaep.org/ops/
    https://toaep.org/lotfs/
    https://toaep.org/nas/

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, the provider has confirmed they are technically unable to send sustainable metadata for our Knowledge Bases and Discovery services.

    Therefore I am closing this idea as we are unable to process it.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  7. LLMC Digital (Law Library Microform Consortium)

    Please consider adding LLMC (Law Library Microform Consortium) Digital as a collection for Discovery and to the Knowledgebase>

    For more information, see:
    http://llmc.com/about.aspx

    Thanks!

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    At this time, LLMC will not produce a feed for discovery so we will not be able to add their package to CDI.

    We are unable to use the OCLC MARC records due to legal restrictions.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  8. add patent information to Primo Central

    At its core the Primo Central Index content is all about scientific publications. But since the integration of the ProQuest resources the resource type scope became much wider
    https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/@api/deki/files/42859/Primo_Central_Index_Resource_Types.pdf
    Patents applications are published by the national patent offices and they are publicly available. For a science and technology audience it would be very beneficial to search patent publications and literature publications in one index. First choice would be the publications from patent offices. Second best would be data from commercial aggregators.

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

    Hello all,

    Our goal in providing content for our customers is to ensure that it is as optimally searchable and discoverable as possible.
    The search requirements for patents are not the same as the standard academic search parameters and fields, nor are the display needs and usage methods.
    In order to support these, an optimized Primo user interface would be required, as was developed for newspapers.
    Therefore we believe that ingesting patent content at this time would not promote better discoverability or usage.

    Such an Idea could be suggested on the Primo Idea Exchange Forum, and would need to be assessed accordingly.

    Best,
    Rael

  9. adapt DOI Registration Agencies

    There are several kinds of DOI Registration Agencies.
    https://www.doi.org/registration_agencies.html
    But 360 Link only work with DOI of CrossRef.
    Please adapt 360Link to not only CrossRef but these of DOI Registration Agencies.

    34 votes
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    Closed  ·  Dana Sharvit responded

    The suggested idea is less about content and more about 360Link functionality.
    As such the suggested idea will not be handled as part of the content forum but the enhancement request was communicated to 360Lnk Product manager who will consider the enhancement.

  10. Add a new collection from the Universität Heidelberg

    Please add the collection Propylaeum-eBooks to the CZ.

    Universität Heidelberg is an excisting provider, see Collection: "Open Journal System Heidelberg", Collection-ID: 614330000000001224.

    Further information for data interface: https://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/helios/kataloge/datenschnittstellen.html

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, the provider is unable to provide metadata for this collection.

    They will let us know once they are capable of sustainably sending us their metadata.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  11. Add "subscribe by email" and other ways to monitor CKB release notes

    It is crucial for us to monitor CKB release notes to ensure that collection activations are appropriately revised in response to changes. At present, the only way to monitor the notes is by RSS feed, which is cumbersome -- it is very easy to miss changes with only RSS feed updates. Please add other means of monitoring these changes, such as subscribing to the release notes by email.

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

    Hello,

    Thank you for this suggestion.
    I will forward this request to our IT group to see if it is possible to add this functionality to the Knowledge Center platform.

    We cannot track this request here, so I am closing this out.

    Thank you,
    Rael

  12. Missing target "Ubidictionary"

    I kindly ask you to create a new target for the databases "Lo Zingarelli", "Dizionario della lingua Italiana", "Grande enciclopedia La Zanichelli"we have on the plattform Ubidictionary.
    Please check out: https://u.ubidictionary.com/dashboard/#/index

    Thank you for considering my request and kind regards
    Marianne / Zentralbibliothek Zürich

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Due to insufficient context, we are unable to complete this request as posted.

    If this request is still relevant, please post a new idea with the relevant information for this resource.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  13. Missing Target: OTTO_SAGNER_DIGITAL_OPEN_ACCESS_BOOKS

    Dear support

    Referring to the closed Salesforce Case # 00347610, I kindly ask you to create a target named "OTTOSAGNERDIGITALOPENACCESS_BOOKS".

    Thank you.

    Kind regards,
    Stefan / Zentralbibliothek Zürich

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

    Hello all,

    Following an announcement from the provider, Kubon & Sagner GmbH, this collection has been retired and removed from our Delivery systems.

    If you have any further information on parallel collections, please feel free to submit a new Idea to the system.

    Best,
    Rael

  14. Target: Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

    Please add the collection
    {KBI Migration}

    21 votes
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  15. Update Kluwer navigator EZ7

    Kluwer Nederland has the intention to exchange their metadata of the database Kluwer navigator EZ7 with ExLibris. In the past they were committed to OCLC - now they want to start with other discover tools.
    The content of EZ7 is increased - an update is necessary

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately the provider has a policy that does not allow Ex Libris to receive metadata on document level for their complete content. 

    Therefore we will close this idea.

    Thanks for your support,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  16. PsycCRITIQUES (EBSCOhost)

    Create EBSCOhost version of PsycCRITIQUES.
    There is an e-collection for the APA version but we subscribe to EBSCOhost's version. I had to convert the APA e-collection to use the EBSCO parser and parse param.

    -Contemporary Psychology: APA Review Of Books
    Bibliographic Records:1956 - 2004
    Full Text:1956 - 2004

    -PsycCRITIQUES
    Bibliographic Records:1956 - Current
    Full Text:1956 - Current

    PsycCRITIQUES (EBSCO)
    Reviews are the focus of this full-text database from the American Psychological Association (APA). The majority of reviews are of scholarly and professional books in psychology. In addition, there are psychology-based reviews of popular films and trade books. Coverage ranges from…

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

    Hello, 


    Following a discussion with EBSCO, they have supplied the below response: 

    --- 

    This product was removed from EBSCOhost and EBSCO Discovery Service in 2018. The APA provides archival access.

    --- 


    Best, 

    Rael 

  17. Add South Asia Open Archives

    CRL and JSTOR have partnered to create the South Asia Open Archives. This content is freely available on the JSTOR platform and is accessible by visiting saoa.crl.edu.

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

    Hello,

    We have previously discussed this collection with the provider, but there is currently no available title list that can be used to ingest in our Delivery products.
    At this time we will close this request, but should a title list become available we can reconsider this request.

    Best,
    Rael

  18. Add CultureGrams for activations in Primo

    Please add Culturegrams to the PCI

    24 votes
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  19. Add Swank film database to Summon

    Swank is in the Knowledge Base but not available to track in Summon. Can we make it available to track?

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    There are three Swank collections in the Knowledgebases:

    SWANK_DIGITAL_CAMPUS_TOP_1000_VIDEOS
    SWANK_DIGITAL_CAMPUS_TOP_1500_COLLECTION
    SWANK_DIGITAL_CAMPUS_TOP_500_VIDEOS

    However, it is not possible for Swank to send metadata for discovery as their agreements do not allow sharing that level of metadata.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  20. Add "RVM - le Répertoire de vedettes-matière" to Alma CZ

    We suggest the addition of University Laval's RVM subject authorities to the Alma CZ:

    https://rvmweb.bibl.ulaval.ca/rvmweb/contenu/contenu.do?chemin=/a-propos

    We are a large bilingual (English-French) academic library, with more than 35% of our collection consisting of French materials. We create French cataloguing records, including French subject headings, for all titles in French that we hold.

    Alma currently provides access to over 50 authorities in several languages, unfortunately RVM is not one of them. Consequently, our cataloguing process for French materials is much slower than the process for materials in other languages as we need to consult RVM website every time when searching for French…

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, Ex Libris will not be able to include RVM in Alma CZ due to contractual disagreements which cannot be resolved.

    RVM is available for local management for subscribing institutions.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

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