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  1. Making the peer reviewed icon more accurate

    Articles and journals are marked with the peer reviewed icon in Primo based on information extracted from Ulrichsweb (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Ulrich%27s/Product_Documentation/Searching/Ulrichsweb%3A_Peer-Reviewed_Refereed_Journals_and_Academic_Scholarly_Journals).
    The Peer Review indicator can only be set at the journal level at the moment. If a journal is identified as peer reviewed, or refereed in Ulrichsweb, all articles from this journal will be shown with the peer reviewed icon in Primo.
    However, not all articles in such journals are peer reviewed, meaning the icon sends the wrong information to user, and that this label is not reliable. It can further cause users to lose confidence in the system.…

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  2. 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…

    187 votes
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  3. Add VitalSource book collection

    We would like to add VitalSource book collection to ALMA CZ and CDI.
    This is an important platform of text books collection.

    https://www.vitalsource.com/

    Best Regards,
    Svetlana.

    The Neiman Library of Exact Sciences & Engineering | Tel Aviv University | Israel

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

    Hello,

    Thanks for bringing this missing resource to our attention.

    We are reaching out to the provider.

    If any of the supporters can share a contact person's information in the comments, it will be much appreciated.

    Thanks,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  4. 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?

    119 votes
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  5. Add the URLs to the US Government Documents--they are available every month.

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  6. Add Overdrive to 360 KB and Summon

    Many academic libraries are using this product. It would be good to have integrated into discovery systems.

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    Under Review  ·  AdminRael Elstein (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello all, 


    While we are still working to reach a legal agreement with OverDrive to enable us to index their content in our CDI, we will be adding the OverDrive Magazine collections to our Knowledgebases. 


    Best, 

    Rael 

  7. Kanopy Streaming PDA

    Please add connections for the Kanopy streaming video database for Discovery (Summon) and the Knowledgebase (360 KB).

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

    Hello,

    I am glad to inform that we are communicating with Kanopy to explore ways in obtaining metadata for their collection.

    I will update this idea as we make progress.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  8. NERS 2021 - Pressbooks Directory

    The Pressbooks Directory (https://pressbooks.directory/) indexes over 2000 open access books created by educational institutions. As many of these are not indexed separately, it would be great if the contents of the directory could be included in the Alma Community Zone and/or the Central Discovery Index.

    NERS 2021 Request ID: 7539

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

    Hello,

    After discussing with the provider, adding Pressbook content to CDI looks like the most suitable solution to best represent Pressbook's  network.

    I reopened this idea and changed it's status to "Under Review".

    Thanks for your patience and support.

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  9. Austlit - Australian Literature Resource

    Add Austlit to Primo Central Index.
    A premier resource for research on Australian literature. A searchable, scholarly source of authoritative biographical, bibliographic, critical, and production information about Australian writers and writing. Includes full text of 200 works of Australian fiction and poetry, selections of children's literature, anthology of criticism, critical articles, review and surveys, and 300 items of early science fiction.

    https://www.austlit.edu.au/
    Info on full text: https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/5961938
    Publisher: AustLit
    Contact: info-austlit@austlit.edu.au
    NERS Request ID: 3506

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  10. Improve the metadata of Dalloz Bibliothèque in CZ and CDI

    • Dalloz Bibliothèque
    • Collection ID : 613680000000000037
    • CDI Collection ID (DB ID): O7M
    • Material type : books (currently : 2576)

    The quality of the metadata for Dalloz Bibliothèque in the CZ and CDI is extremely poor (sometimes only one title). Please, consider enriching the metadata with those coming from the SUDOC (more complete and of better quality). Enrichment could perhaps be based on the PPN (SUDOC identifier) that you have already injected into the CZ records?

    88 votes
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  11. Add Urbadoc database to Primo Central index

    Urbadoc bibliographic database indexes european architectural journals and can enrich PCI with unique references.
    It would be very useful to have this database searchable in Primo Central Index.
    Urbadoc has an OAI-PMH data provider. More info at: http://www.cnba.it/2017/09/28/novita-urbadoc/
    Urbadoc URL: http://www.urbadoc.com

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  12. Vilnius University Press OA Journal Collection

    Please add the collection of open-access journals published by Vilnius University Press.
    Most of the articles are written in English and Lithuanian. There are currently 46 journals in total. The Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform is used.
    Link to the website: https://www.journals.vu.lt.
    For more detailed information, please contact by e-mail linas.salelionis@library.lt.

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  13. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Press eBooks Collection

    Please add the collection of ebooks published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Press.
    eBooks (study books, textbooks, monographs, and Ph.D. dissertations) are written in Lithuanian and English. Some of them are open access. There are currently over 1000 ebooks in total. iPublishCentral platform is used.
    Link to the website: https://ebooks.vilniustech.lt.
    For more detailed information, please contact by e-mail linas.salelionis@library.lt.

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  14. Indexing Bibliotek.dk

    Please index national database of Denmark, bibliotek.dk.

    Database is already in Intota (Bibliotek.dk (FDS)) and in Alma (Alma Collection ID: 6114022520000041

    DBC recommend us to get the data via DBC OAI repo https://www.dbc.dk/produkter-services/webservices

    DBC OAI Repo
    OAI-service gives access to harvest bibliographic data.
    Documentation: https://github.com/DBCDK/rr-oai/wiki/DBC-OAI-Repo
    The national bibliographic data are freely available and doesn’t need to be authorized. There is a limit of how many records can be harvested at a time, but you can set a script to harvest continuously.

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

    Unfortunately we cannot establish a relationship with the provider.

    If a responsive contact can be shared in the comments, we can reach out again.

    Thanks,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  16. Add the Bridget Williams Books collections to Primo Central Index

    As a student and researcher of New Zealand materials I would like the books published by Bridget Williams Books to be indexed in Primo Central Index.

    Background: Currently the content of these collections is not discoverable in Primo. This makes it harder to discover key New Zealand content and impacts the efficiency of my study and research capabilities.

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

    Hello,

    We will check if we can establish a feed for this content to be available in our Discovery services.

    Thanks for posting this idea and for all the votes,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  17. 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.

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  18. Add Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) to the Summon Index

    The DPLA is listed in the Data Management tool, but does not appear to have been indexed in Summon. Could it be added?

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  19. Think Tank Repository

    The Think Tank Repository of the Library of Council of the European Union monitors worldwide the publications of 250 Think Tanks on EU affairs. It is a precious and useful ressource of literature.
    http://ec.europa.eu/eclas/F/?func=find-a-0&local_base=TTR

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  20. Add DigiZeitschriften to PCI / CDI

    We would like to see the journal platform DigiZeitschriften added to PCI / CDI.

    For more information, see: https://www.digizeitschriften.de/en/

    In Alma there are already 3 Electronic Collections:
    - DigiZeitschriften Open Access
    - DigiZeitschriften Subscription
    - DigiZeitschriften Journals

    Please keep this subdivision in PCI / CDI.

    Since this source contains many old journals without ISSN, it would probably be better if the links to the full text came directly from DigiZeitschriften (Primo Link section) to avoid problems with the link resolver (Alma ViewIt).

    Thanks in advance!

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