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  1. add ACM open access backfile

    Can you make this new collection selectable in 360? Lots of new OA content is now available but the current ACM:Digital Library: OA collection only has 4 titles.

    ACM Opens First 50 Years Backfile

    April 7, 2022
    ACM has opened the articles published during the first 50 years of its publishing program. These articles, published between 1951 and the end of 2000, are now open and freely available to view and download via the ACM Digital Library.
    ACM’s first 50 years backfile contains more than 117,500 articles on a wide range of computing topics. In addition to articles published between…

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  2. Add KB Collection for Hirzel Verlag Journals

    Please add a KB collection for Hirzel Verlag journals on the Biblioscout platform.

    It appears they only publish one journal:
    ZfdA Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und deutsche Literatur
    https://biblioscout.net/journal/zfda
    Start coverage year is 2005 and ISSN is 0044-2518.

    There's already a Community Zone collection named "Biblioscout - S. Hirzel Verlag Elibrary" (collection ID 616200000000000030) but Content Support clarified that it's only for ebooks and that a journal portfolio cannot be added to it.

    Thanks.

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  3. ASM Technical Books

    Please create a CZ collection for ASM Technical Books.
    https://dl.asminternational.org/technical-books

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  4. "Database for Research Thesis Catalog of Japanese Literature" for discovery

    "Database for Research Thesis Catalog of Japanese Literature（国文学論文目録データベース）" is a union catalog database of research papers on Japanese literature.

    https://ronbun.nijl.ac.jp/kokubun

    This database includes information on research papers on Japanese literature, Japanese language studies, and Japanese language education.

    It would be helpful for researchers if Ex Libris discovery included this database as a search target.

    Provider: National Institute of Japanese Literature
    Code: OFN

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    Under Review  ·  AdminAnonymous (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hi,

    We will reach out to the National Institute of Japanese Literature and ask for the records metadata for this collection.

    Regards,


    Rachel

    Senior Content Support Analyst


  5. Add collections scholars-e-library / ...

    The collections

    "scholars-e-library / Sprachwissenschaft/Spracherwerb"

    "scholars-e-library / Germanistik 2020_1"

    "scholars-e-library / Germanistik 2020_2"

    "scholars-e-library / Geschichte 2020_1"

    "scholars-e-library / Literaturwissenschaft/Anglistik 2020_1"

    "scholars-e-library / Sprachwissenschaft/Anglistik 2020_1"

    "scholars-e-library / Medien & Kommunikation 2020_1"

    "scholars-e-library / Medien & Kommunikation 2020_2"

    "scholars-e-library / Philosophie 2020_1"

    "scholars-e-library / Politikwissenschaft 2020_2"

    "scholars-e-library / Religion/Theologie - Exegese 2020_2"

    "scholars-e-library / Religion/Theologie - Kirchengeschichte 2020_2"

    "scholars-e-library / Religion/Theologie - Religionswissenschaft 2020_2"

    "scholars-e-library / Romanistik/Hispanistik 2020_1"

    "scholars-e-library / Psychotherapie 2020_2"

    "scholars-e-library / Sonderpädagogik 2020_1"

    "scholars-e-library / Sonderpädagogik 2020_2"

    from provider "UTB Scholars" was purchased by libraries in North Rhine-Westphalia. Please add the ebook collections to the Alma CZ.

    For…

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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    The only two collections that are missing completely are 

    1. scholars-e-library / Sprachwissenschaft/Anglistik 2020_1
    2. scholars-e-library / Religion/Theologie - Religionswissenschaft 2020_2

    Please confirm if others are represented properly in the KBs (instead of 2020 in two parts 1/2 as mentioned in this list, we received annual 2020 collections from the provider with no breakdown).

    We will reach out to the provider to confirm the two missing collections.

    Thanks,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager


  6. 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

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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    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

  7. The Pragda Complete Film Collection Life of File - Canada

    The following collection is missing in the CZ.

    The Pragda Complete Film Collection Life of File - Canada

    We hope that it would become available soon.

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    Under Review  ·  AdminAnonymous (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hi,


    Thank you for the additional information,

    We will reach out to Docuseek and ask for the metadata for this collection.


    Regards,

    Rachel

    Senior Content Support Analyst

     

  8. 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

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  9. Add Archives Unbound constituent collections to Alma

    The Archives Unbound database is link in record. There are more than 200 collections within the database and we own only some of them. We have not enabled CDI for Archives Unbound because there would be too many false positives in Primo search results. As it stands, content in Archives Unbound is not discoverable for our users in Primo.
    Can you add the constituent collections as separate databases or as portfolios in the Archives Unbound collection? That way, we would be able to activate them for CDI and our users could discover them in Primo. Note that something similar has…

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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    It appears we are still missing two collections:

    • Archives of the Work Projects Administration and Predecessors, 1933-1943
    • Food History: Printed and Manuscript Recipe Books, 1669-1990

    We are working with Gale to add these missing databases.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  10. Please add Oxford Encyclopedia of EU Law (OEEUL) to 360KB

    We haven't found Oxford Encyclopedia of EU Law on 360KB.

    It is an OUP product, it currently contains 141 items. We haven't found it neither as a database, nor as a book. It is on the Oxford Public International Law (OPIL) platform. Please advise how we can track it.

    https://opil.ouplaw.com/home/OEEUL

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  11. Il diritto degli affari

    We noticed that the articles in the open access journal 'Il diritto degli affari', ISSN 2281-4531, included in DOAJ, are not indexed in the CDI. Is it possible to have this content searchable?
    Kind regards.
    Carla

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  12. Improve the metadata of Scholarvox Université (Cyberlibris) collections

    The quality of the metadata for the Scholarvox in the CZ is often extremely poor (only title, print ISBN and language is specified as English but the ebooks are in French).

    In other electronic collections , we find records with only electronic ISBN. So it is confusing.

    Find here the Scholarvox Université Collections :

    • ScholarVox Université Arts
    Collection ID : 614920000000003777

    • ScholarVox Université Emploi, métiers et formation
    Collection ID : 614920000000003778

    • ScholarVox Université Géographie
    Collection ID : 614920000000003779

    • ScholarVox Université Histoire
    Collection ID : 614920000000003780

    • ScholarVox Université Informatique
    Collection ID : 614900000000001697

    • ScholarVox Université…

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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    We will check with ScholarVox/Cyberlibris if they can send us MARC records in a sustainable feed.

    If you have a contact person we can reach out to, that would be very helpful.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  13. 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

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  14. Digitale SAP Bibliothek / Espresso Tutorials

    Hello,

    please add this collection to the ALMA CZ and SFX CKB.

    The database contains over 250 e-books and learning videos in German and English on various business topics and IT issues related to SAP.
    As SAP is the leading developer of software for handling all business processes of a company such as accounting, controlling, sales, purchasing, production, warehousing, transport and human resources, it is a valueable resource for users and learners.

    See: https://et.training/
    Thank you,
    Bärbel

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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This idea has been chosen by the new provider NERS voting round for 2024.
    We will reach out to Digitale SAP Bibliothek / Espresso Tutorials and ask for the metadata for this collection.

    If you can provide a direct contact, that would be very helpful.
    Thanks,
    Tamar Ganor
    Content Product Manager

  15. new Sage 2024 collections

    Can you please add these new Sage collections that we purchased in early 2024? I am not seeing them in Alma.

    • Sage Business Skills 2
    • SRM Video: Quantitative & Mixed Methods Collection
    • Sage Business Data Decisions
    • Social Justice Collection
    • Sage Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonizing Research

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    Under Review  ·  AdminAnonymous (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hi,


    The collection "Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonizing Research" will be available in Alma by the end of May 2024.


    Regarding the other collections you mentioned, we will reach out to Sage and ask for the metadata for those collections.


    Regards,

    Rachel

    Senior Content Support Analyst


  16. De Gruyter ACUP (Association of Canadian University Presses)

    We purchased, and content is available at degruyter.com for the 2020-2023 De Gruyter ACUP eBook packages. Can you please look into loading these into the community zone?

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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,
    We will reach out to De Gruyter and ask for the metadata of the Association of Canadian University Presses collections.
    Thanks,
    Tamar Ganor
    Content Product Manager

  17. Add Emerald 2023 eBook Collections

    Add the 2023 Yearly Ebook Collections as separate 360KB Databases from Emerald listed in the Book collections ZIP files here - https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/how-to/librarians/toolkit/content-cataloguing-and-discovery/kbart-records

    Also if these collections could be automated to be added every year that would be even more helpful

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  18. Add Early American Imprints, Series II: Supplement 3 from the American Antiquarian Society To Community Zone

    Please add the Readex/Newsbank Early American Imprints, Series II: Supplement 3 from the American Antiquarian Society To Alma Community Zone.

    https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/readex/?p=SHAW5

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  19. Add WIT Press eLibrary

    Hello,

    Please consider contacting WIT Press in order to add the WIT Press eLibrary to the Alma CZ and CDI for indexing.

    The WIT Press eLibrary is a fully open access collection of scholarly content on sustainable engineering and environmental engineering.

    https://www.witpress.com/elibrary

    It contains journals and transactions that are all registered with CrossRef (meaning that they have DOIs).

    The transactions are monograph series (have both ISSNs and ISBNs).

    Thanks for considering.

    If you do add this collection, please also incorporate the open access MARC notation for the bibliographic records if you add them to the Alma CZ:

    506 0#$fUnrestricted online…

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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This idea has been selected in the NERS voting process to be pursued as a new content provider. 

    We will check with WIT Press eLibrary if they can provide us with metadata for the Knowledgebases and CDI.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  20. WARC Databases

    Please add the following databases from WARC.com
    - Strategy https://www.warc.com/strategy
    - Creative https://www.warc.com/creative
    - Media https://www.warc.com/media
    - Digital Commerce https://www.warc.com/about-digital-commerce/clients

    WARC offers marketing research, including branding, start-ups, consumer attention, neuromarketing, packaging, experiential marketing, cultural insights, global, non-profits, and more.

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