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  1. Make Article-level Linking Immune to Provider Changes in Consortia Collections

    At least in the German-speaking market (feel free to comment below if this is true for your country as well!) it is very common for consortia contracts on e-resource collections that the subscription for any title contained in the collection persists even if that title is subject to a provider change. So, typically, at the very beginning of the contract all titles of the particular collection are hosted by one and the same provider and over the time several titles get acquired by other providers without causing them to drop out of the collection - at least in terms of…

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

    Hello,

    We’re currently analyzing the various scenarios related to this request, and believe we can implement a solution that will preserve moved titles within collections, rather than removing them.

    This solution will be integrated into our collection addition and update workflows. When title lists are picked up by our automated cycle, any title with a URL that differs from the collection’s parser will be assigned a Bulk::BULKdoi parser to accommodate the change.

    Developing a separate process to dynamically match and override collection parsers with dedicated ones isn’t feasible at this time, as the complexity and volume of potential matches would require a significantly more advanced logic framework than we currently support.

    I will update this idea once I have a clear timeline.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager



  2. Curio.ca from CBC/Radio-Canada

    Please add this streaming video and audio collection for Discovery

    78 votes
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  3. EU Publications

    Please consider including the EU publications in the CDI. There are approximately 400,000 text resources published related to the European Union. All texts are open access.

    https://op.europa.eu/en/web/general-publications/publications
    https://op.europa.eu/en/web/librarians-corner/metadata-services
    Contact: OP-REC-EXPORT@publications.europa.eu

    68 votes
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  4. Retronews

    Retronews : Site dedicated to the old press, with more than 400 newspapers, magazines published between 1631 and 1945, 9 million digitized pages and editorial contents. For research teachers and students.
    A database produced by the National Library of France.
    Thank you to add Retronews to ALMA CZ and PCI.

    61 votes
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  5. Enrich Kanopy PDA collections

    Please work with Kanopy to enrich the records in the Kanopy PDA collections in the Alma CZ.

    e.g.
    Kanopy Europe Academic PDA Collection
    Collection ID: 61554803020000041

    55 votes
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  6. Add Médiathèque numérique Arte (VOD)

    Médiathèque numérique Arte
    https://vod.mediatheque-numerique.com

    Video on demand: over 5,000 films, documentaries and shows from Arte and UniversCiné.
    Videos are in French or subtitled in French language.
    For Alma only.
    An API is already available : https://mednumv3-backapi.lab.arte.tv/docs/v3/api-docs/simpleCatalog

    Contacts : Lauriane Sudol, l-sudol@artefrance.fr

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  7. UNESDOC Digital Library Open Access Resources

    UNESDOC Digital Library offers approximately 6,600 Open Access resources concerning UNESCO publications. The resources are found at https://unesdoc.unesco.org/home under Collections - Open Access resources. Please index in Primo central.

    Regards,

    Mari Lundevall and Marte B. Deichman-Sørensen

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  8. Add Lamyline

    Lamyline
    https://www.lamyline.fr

    This is a duplicate and enriched idea from : https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/574345-content/suggestions/33007996-lamyline which has been closed in 2021.

    Access to the continuously updated Lamy publisher documentary collection: the official collection (national and EU official texts, treaties, private law case law, public law case law, European case law, administrative authorities), Lamy books and journals in French.
    Lamy is a French publisher that doesn't exist in the KB; however, the company is now part of Kluwer: I hope this still makes it a new publisher for you.
    Ideally, for Alma and CDI.
    contacts : FR-contactlamyline@wolterskluwer.com

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  9. Suggestion for a Pearson eLibrary platform collection

    Unfortunately, there is no eCollection in ALMA yet for the Pearson eLibrary, which is operated by Pearson Germany for university libraries (https://elibrary.pearson.de). This new eBook platform contains important textbooks that we would like to make available to our students.

    Please add an eCollection for this Pearson eLibrary platform to our Discovery Indexes, KnowledgeBases and the Alma Community Zone.

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  10. Add Open Access eBooks from the Publisher Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen, Germany to the Knowledgebases

    The Wallstein Verlag has published a number of open access eBooks in the humanities, and the number is increasing.
    It would be fantastic if these OA eBooks could be made available as an eCollection in ALMA.
    https://www.wallstein-verlag.de/open-access-books.html
    Thanks so much
    Best Matthias

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  11. Add Pidgeon Digital Portfolios and Marc Records to CZ & PCI

    Pidgeon Digital
    https://www.pidgeondigital.com/

    There is a collection record in CZ but we need the portfolio list and Marc records added to both the CZ & PCI

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  12. Add a new content Provider in KBC : Biblioondemand

    BiblioonDemand provide access to 3 million electronic books in French and foreign languages.
    It is also a platform for French libraries to access digital lending .
    Contact : conseil@biblioondemand.com

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  13. Please add Arthistoricum.net

    Please add Arthistoricum.net with portfolios to the ckb.
    https://books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/arthistoricum/catalog

    Thank you and kind regards

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

    Hello,

    We will contact this provider to request the metadata for both collections.

    It would be helpful if you could reach out to them as well, and express your interest, as they were unable to provide us with title lists in the past.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  14. Pearson EBS

    Pearson has three new EBS packages, a German one, an English one and a combined one. Pearson was not added in the past because ExLibris couldn't get title lists. There are title lists for the EBS packages (see attached). So far there is not a single Pearson collection in the CZ. Please add at least one.

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  15. Add the Thesaurus for Graphic Materials to the CZ

    Please consider adding this authority vocabulary to the CZ as it is used to enhance records of graphic materials such as photographs, drawings, and other visual works.
    https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm2/downloadtgm2.html

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  16. the atlantic

    Could you please create a database collection for The Atlantic in Alma?

    Provider: The Atlantic Monthly
    Title: The Atlantic
    URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/

    Thanks,
    Zhaneille Green
    Duke University Libraries

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

    Hello,

    The Atlantic is a magazine with an ISSN, and it is more suitably represented as a portfolio.

    There is one available for activation in Miscellaneous Ejournals, Collection ID: 61111016833201000 (Portfolio ID: 531000000000708627).

    If you could please add in a comment what is the use case of having this title represented as a database, that would be very helpful.

    Thanks,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  17. Make individual collections of some of the titles in Gale Directory Library

    We would like to request that the following collections be created from some of the titles within the Gale Directory Library collection (Collection ID: 613800000000000330):

    • Brands and their companies.
    • Directory of special libraries and information centers.
    • Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State and Local Organizations
    • Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations
    • Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S.
    • Gale directory of publications and broadcast media.
    • Government research directory.
    • International research centers directory.
    • Publishers directory.
    • Research centers directory.
    • Scholarships, fellowships, and loans.
    • The National faculty directory.

    These are series and…

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  18. Stem Mucchi editore - OA content

    Mucchi Editore publishes open access ebooks and it would be very useful to make them discoverable via Primo VE. Information about the e-books available at:https://mucchieditore.it/catalogo/open-access
    Thank you

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

    Hello,

    This idea has been chosen in the CERV enhancement round for 2025.

    We will reach out to this provider, and ask for the metadata for their collection.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  19. 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

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  20. Aerospace Medical Association (ASMA)

    The Aerospace Medical Association is moving their content from Ingenta to KGL Meridian: https://asma.kglmeridian.com/. Once the content is pulled from Ingenta (originally scheduled for removal on 1/1/2025), we want to ensure users can still locate journal articles.

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