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  1. Kaunas University of Technology Press OA Journal Collection

    Please add the collection of open-access journals published by Kaunas University of Technology Press.
    Most of the articles are written in English, and some are in Lithuanian. There are currently 14 journals in total. The Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform is used.
    Link to the website: https://journals.ktu.edu.
    For more detailed information, please contact by e-mail linas.salelionis@library.lt.

    53 votes
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    Hello,

    The collection Kaunas University of Technology Press Journals, Collection ID: 61707906810000041 has been added to the Knowledgebases.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  2. American Mathematical Society collections 2023

    Please add 2023 American Mathematical Society collections:

    Contemporary Mathematics 2023
    Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society - 2023

    1 vote
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    Hello,

    Apologies for not updating for a long time.

    Chest American Mathematical Society 2023 and Chest American Mathematical Society 2024 are available for activation in the Knowledgebases.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  3. Add HeinOnline Collection to Alma CZ

    Add HeinOnline Collection Military Legal Resources

    22 votes
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  4. Add zero title database for Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary

    Can you please add a new zero title database for the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary? The vendor is League for Yiddish and the starting URL is:
    https://englishyiddishdictionary.com/

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    Hello,

    The following resource has been added to the Knowledgebases:

    Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Collection ID: 615450000000005534.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  5. Add zero title database under provider Global Water Intelligence

    Can you please add a zero title database under the provider Global Water Intelligence for DesalData? The starting URL is:
    https://www.desaldata.com/

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  6. Add Lived Places Publishing ebook collection to Community Zone

    We have recently purchased the ebook frontlist from a new publisher, Lived Places Publishing. So that we can quickly provide access to these books, we want them to be loaded into Alma's Community Zone. The publisher has begun this process with Ex Libris but I would like to express interest in seeing this collection be expedited.

    9 votes
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    Hello,

    The collection

    2023_LIVED_PLACES_PUBLISHING_LIBRARY_COLLECTION

    Collection ID 614920000000005775 has been added to the Knowledgebases.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  7. Add Thoth Open Access collection as a Community Zone

    This is a request to add the collection of Diamond OA publications in Thoth (http://www.thoth.pub/) as a Community Zone collection.

    Thoth contains a steadily growing collection of OA publications from scholar-led publishers such as punctum books, Open Book Publishers, meson press, mediastudies.press, and African Minds, and we have been working with UC Santa Barbara Library to make it more accessible to libraries worldwide.

    Creating a dedicated Community Zone would substantially increase access to these OA publishers.

    92 votes
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  8. IGI global

    Please consider adding a collection to the 360 KB for the IGI Global EBA for the Carolina Consortium.
    Thank you!

    4 votes
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  9. Add AIATSIS thesauri to the CZ subject authority files

    As a cataloguer, I would like to see the AIATSIS thesauri made available in the Community Zone authority files for 6XX subject fields.

    BENEFITS

    • Make it easier for cataloguers to validate AIATSIS subject headings
    • Enable routine review and updates of AIATSIS subject headings through the Authority Control Task List
    • Enrich Primo searches for end users, using non-preferred terms (especially synonyms for people and language groups)
    • Promote AIATSIS thesauri to Australian libraries

    While specific libraries can import and manage AIATSIS subject headings as local authorities, I think this vocabulary should be made available in the CZ authority records, since it is…

    189 votes
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    17 comments  ·  other  ·  Admin →
  10. Cairn sciences

    Please add the new platform Cairn sciences to Alma.
    This platform contains over 1000 Ebooks from all areas of formal and natural sciences in French.
    URL: https://www.cairn-sciences.info/
    Best,
    Igor Hammer

    42 votes
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    Hello,

    This collection has been added to the Alma CZ:

    Cairn Global Ouvrages Sciences et Techniques; collection ID 614920000000006000

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  11. Add UpToDate to CDI

    Make UpToDate resources discoverable in Primo (CDI)

    20 votes
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  12. Add Reveal Digital American Prison Newspapers & Student Activism

    More information available at: https://www.jstor.org/site/reveal-digital/. Apparently these resources are available on all other discovery platforms, except Primo.

    31 votes
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    1 comment  ·  Admin →
  13. Wundmaterialkompendium

    Hello,
    Please add the database "Wundmaterialkompendium"
    URL https://wundmaterialkompendium.ch/
    to the Community Zone.
    This is a Reference database of wound care products used in Switzerland to support wound care professionals in medical school, nursing education, hospitals and pharmacies.

    54 votes
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  14. 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…

    3 votes
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  15. Post collection ID in the CKB update.

    In the CKB update, sometimes we found statements like collection ABC is replaced by collection ABC, or with a similar name. Since some CZ collections share the same name or similar name with one another, please add collection ID next to the collections/Databases that are to be removed in the coming weeks. Collection ID is an identifier that would help people to identify the exact collection.

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    Completed  ·  0 comments  ·  other  ·  Admin →
  16. 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

    21 votes
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    1 comment  ·  other  ·  Admin →

    Hello,

    Two TGM vocabularies have been added:

    1. TGM physical format of an image (GMGPC)
    2. TGM subject (LCTGM)

    For more details, please refer to the Vocabularies Knowledge Article:

    https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/Metadata_Management/060Working_with_Authority_Records

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  17. Ghent University open journals

    Ghent University is hosting almost 30 open access journals on https://openjournals.ugent.be. The KBART file is located at https://openjournals.ugent.be/api/kbart. This is the current list of journals:

    Handelingen - Koninklijke Zuidnederlandse maatschappij voor taal- en letterkunde en geschiedenis
    Brood & Rozen
    Ghendtsche Tydinghen
    Relaties en Nieuwe Gezinnen
    Van Mensen en Dingen: tijdschrift voor volkscultuur in Vlaanderen
    Authorship
    Radices
    Journal for Digital Legal History
    Handelingen van het Genootschap voor Geschiedenis
    Res Publica
    Journal of European Periodical Studies
    International Journal of Sustainable Construction and Design
    DiGeSt - Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies
    AMSAB Tijdingen
    Proceedings of the 19th World Textile Conference…

    3 votes
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    Completed  ·  1 comment  ·  Admin →
  18. start enrichment process for Hogrefe eBooks (Hogrefe eLibrary)

    ExLibris created an automation for updates that will run on a weekly basis and will check for any changes made to the title list by Hogrefe Verlag. However, the metadata are rudimentary. We are missing author or editor, place of publication and publisher in the metadata. This makes it difficult to find out the ebooks in Primo VE.

    Hence: could you please start an enrichment process with Hogrefe for their eLibrary eBooks titles?

    117 votes
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    Hello,

    The Ex Libris cataloging team manually improved the records from Hogrefe, and performed enrichment for 1,411 records.

    This cannot be automated due to insufficient quality of records, so it is considered as a one-time enrichment effort.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  19. Ball State University Open Journals

    The Ball State University Libraries publish nine Open Access journals covering a range of disciplines, including biological sciences, humanities, education, social work, counseling psychology, literature, and philosophy. We recommend these for inclusion in all ExLibris discovery platforms (Summon, Primo) and knowledge bases (360/Intota, Alma, SFX).

    The journals include well-established titles such as Teaching History and The Journal for Social Action in Counseling & Psychology, as well as new titles such as The Journal of Special Education Preparation and Sport Social Work, launched in 2022.

    The current full journal list is:
    • Burkhardt Review, https://doi.org/10.33043/BR
    • Bulletin of the International Association…

    21 votes
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    1 comment  ·  New provider  ·  Admin →

    Hello,

    BALL_STATE_OPEN_ACCESS_JOURNALS has been added to the Knowledgebases.

    This change will be part of the 5th December Content Update 20235300 that will be released on Dec 31st, 2023.

    Best,

    Tamar

  20. Add the ScholarVox Collection (Cyberlibris) - Philosophie

    Add the collection in philosophy, to enhance the Cyberlibris/Scholarvox resources in Alma

    18 votes
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