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  1. Add: West African Magazines, part of Africa Commons from Coherent Digital

    Related to: https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/574345-content/suggestions/46772746-add-africa-commons-from-coherent-digital

    West African Magazines is an additional module we would like to activate from within the Community Zone.

    17 votes
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  2. KL Hatke

    Please consider adding the online publication KL Hatke to the community zone. KL Hatke is a media platform that produces articles written by women in rural India. The content is mainly articles. It would be great to have this added as a portfolio or database so that the CDI might create article records for discovery.

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  3. Swiss e-Newspaper

    Adding swiss e-Newspaper Archive.
    The collection is not available in Alma CZ yet, it's free and contains 200 historical newspapers from Switzerland dating back to the 18th century.
    Publisher: Bibliothèque nationale suisse
    Technical support: https://veridiansoftware.com/
    URL: https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/
    Language: french, german, italian
    content: about 200 newspapers
    Contact: info@nb.admin.ch

    16 votes
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  4. Add Trove: Pictures, Photos, Objects to Discovery

    The 'Pictures' zone of the National Library of Australia's Trove service serves descriptions and (where possible) thumbnail images of pictures and objects held in Australian libraries and museums, as well as curated images of Australian history and life from Flickr. This would be incredibly valuable to Australian Ex Libris subscribers as well as anyone studying Australian history and culture, and would complement the New Zealand image collection that is currently indexed.

    http://trove.nla.gov.au/picture?q=

    Trove staff seem to be happy to work with other institutions to expose Australian material to a wider audience. Trove metadata is set up to be able to…

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    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

  5. New electronic collections Noormags and Noorlib

    Hello,

    Please add the following two electronic collections to Alma:

    Noormags: Noor Specialized journals Website is a text-image information bank which is assigned to collect and supply specialized journals on Islamic and social sciences and the humanities https://www.noormags.ir/view/en/default

    Noorlib: https://noorlib.ir/en/: Noor Digital Library is a website affiliated to Computer Research Center of Islamic Sciences. It duty is identifying and offering digital books of humanities and Islamic knowledge.

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    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

  6. Add the provider, Austrian Academy of Sciences, and its Open Access titles

    Add the provider, Austrian Academy of Sciences, and its Open Access titles to the 360 KB and Alma CZ.

    Austrian Academy of Sciences
    https://epub.oeaw.ac.at/oa

    We are particularly interested in having the following journal title added to 360 and Alma:

    Geistes-, sozial- und kulturwissenschaftlicher Anzeiger
    ISSN: 2413-5569 Online Edition
    https://www.austriaca.at/anzeiger_collection?frames=yes

    Thank you!
    Barbara Dietsch

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    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

  7. Dalhousie University Libraries Journal Hosting Service

    Please add Dalhousie University Libraries Journal Hosting Service to the Knowledge Bases (KBs - Alma CZ, SFX, 360) and Discovery services (CDI - Central Discovery Index).
    About: https://ojs.library.dal.ca/
    Contact: https://ojs.library.dal.ca/index/about
    Best regards,
    Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Fribourg (Switzerland)

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    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

  8. Vita e Pensiero Riviste (Journals)

    Please add Vita e Pensiero Riviste (Journals) to the Knowledge Bases (KBs - Alma CZ, SFX, 360) and Discovery services (CDI - Central Discovery Index).
    About: https://www.vitaepensiero.it/riviste.html
    Contact: https://www.vitaepensiero.it/contattaci.html
    Best regards,
    Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Fribourg (Switzerland)

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    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

  9. Add Faculti to 360/Alma/SFX knowledge bases and Central Discovery Index

    Please consider adding Faculti https://faculti.net/ to 360/Alma/SFX knowledge bases and Central Discovery Index.

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    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

  10. Suggest: Add content related to Bible characters

    I'm a Bible researcher, and I found many Bible characters at https://biblecharacters.top. BibleCharacters.top is an innovative platform featuring over 3,000 bible characters, offering a user-friendly way to explore their lives, stories, and genealogies. With an intuitive A-Z index and unique affiliations section (e.g., Tribe of Levi, Genealogy of Jesus), the site helps users uncover connections and context. Detailed profiles include interactive timelines, relationship charts, and scripture references, perfect for researchers, Bible study groups, students, pastors, and casual readers. Built on open data and completely free, it inspires through stories of wisdom and faith. I hope you'll add content…

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  11. Add Inlibra as Provider

    Hello, we received a notice that all titles in the Nomos eLibrary, the Beck eLibrary, and the VDI Verlag-eLibrary are moving to a new platform: Inlibra (https://www.inlibra.com/de/). Can you please add this provider and its collections to the CZ?

    Thanks,

    Kevin

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  12. BoardGameGeek data

    BoardGameGeek is a repository of all board games and many video games (this section is slowly growing) that have been published and released, and many of these are available in many of our libraries. This site has cover images, details about publication dates, etc, and sometimes even instruction manuals.

    An API is available here for the "things" (what they call the games/etc)

    https://boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/BGG_XML_API2

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  13. Add David Publishing journals OA content

    Add David Publishing Company journals OA content
    https://www.davidpublisher.com/
    academic STEM titles

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    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

  14. Add Kortext as an e-book provider

    Please could content from Kortext (https://www.kortext.com/) be added to the KB?

    They are an e-book provider - we currently have a collection of books from them that are only in Summon via a LSH and would love the user experience / discoverability for these books to be the same as that for other e-book providers.

    Thank you!

    Joanna Shepherd
    University of Chester

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    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

  15. Women Writers Project

    Please add Women Writers Project texts to CDI:
    https://www.wwp.northeastern.edu/

    The Women Writers Project is a long-term research project devoted to early modern women's writing and electronic text encoding. Our goal is to bring texts by pre-Victorian women writers out of the archive and make them accessible to a wide audience of teachers, students, scholars, and the general reader. We support research on women's writing, text encoding, and the role of electronic texts in teaching and scholarship.

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    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

  16. New Play Exchange

    Please add the New Play Exchange database to the Community Zone

    https://newplayexchange.org

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    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

  17. Add ICES as a new provider

    We would like to have ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) added to CDI and 360 KB as a new provider.

    The library of ICES documents is available at: https://ices-library.figshare.com/

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  18. Add C-SPAN content to CDI

    Purdue has worked with C-SPAN on adding a harvestable OAI-feed to the C-SPAN system. We have since added the content locally: https://purdue.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,PURDUE_CSPAN&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01PURDUE_PUWL:PURDUE&offset=0

    There maybe an interest to have C-SPAN loaded at the CDI level now that an OAI_PMH feed is available?

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    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

  19. Please add Logos eLibrary to the Knowledge Bases (KBs - Alma CZ)

    Please add Logos eLibrary to the Knowledge Bases (KBs - Alma CZ).
    About: https://www.logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/mylibrary?lng=eng
    Access: https://www.logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/mylibrary
    Contact: https://www.logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/engtransid?page=/englisch/engkontakt.html&lng=eng&id=
    Language of the content: German
    Best regards.

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    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

  20. Southeast Asia Digital Library (SEADL)

    Please add the following OA resource to the Alma CZ:

    Southeast Asia Digital Library (SEADL)
    Access URL: https://sea.lib.niu.edu/
    New provider: Southeast Asian Digital Library
    Contact: https://sea.lib.niu.edu/contact

    The Southeast Asia Digital Library (SEADL) is a growing repository of resources from and about the region of Southeast Asia. SEADL is a multi-institutional project and our digital collections come from libraries and archives around the world. SEADL supports research and education in Southeast Asian Studies by making these unique digitized materials freely accessible in one website.

    Thanks!
    Amelia Rodarte
    Duke University

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