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  1. Academic e-books from Norwegian publishers via Allvit / Bokbasen

    The Norwegian academic publishers will be making a large selection of their academic books and publications available as e-books in 2019. This is part of a national effort to strengthen the position of Norwegian as a language used in academic and research publications as well as in bachelor- and master-level studies in Norway.

    Bokbasen (https://www.bokbasen.no) is developing an online solution for purchasing and administration of library licenses for these academic e-books from Norwegian publishers, and we would like to have this collection included in Alma ‘s Community Zone.

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    under review  ·  AdminRael Elstein (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello all,

    We have been in touch with the provider, Bokbasen, and are currently discussing how best to represent their content in our Delivery systems.
    We are therefore still in preliminary talks, but the provider is receptive.

    Best,
    Rael

  2. Atekst (http://www.retriever-info.com/no/) for Discovery

    Atekst is a newspaper aggreagator that provides access to almost all of the Norwegian newspapers indexed on article level. Please index in Summon and Primo Central.

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    2 comments  ·  New Collection  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminRael Elstein (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This content was also raised as part of the NERS voting cycle and is currently under review.
    Based on past responsiveness from this provider, we will reach out again in the hopes of establishing a working agreement, in 2019.

    Thank you,
    Rael

  3. Norwegian OA collection within humanities and social sciences

    Unit – The Norwegian Directorate for ICT and Joint Services in Higher Education and Research are administering an Open Access collection with journals within the humanities and social sciences. We would like this collection to be included in
    Alma's Community Zone.

    Name of the collection: 'Norske OA humsam-tidsskrift'

    258 votes
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  4. La Mia Biblioteca

    Dear all,

    could you please create, in SFX, a new target MIA_BIBLIOTECA_WOLTERS_KLUWER_EBOOKS , target service getFullTxt, for the italian ebook platform named La Mia Biblioteca < https://www.lamiabiblioteca.com/home> and add all the objects here attached?

    La Mia biblioteca is a one of the more comprehensive and extensive italian ebook collection about law and the related subject. The collection includes more than 4000 ebook title.

    Furthermore, could you please add the category Law and subcategory General and Others to each object?

    Regards,
    Elisa Minardi

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  5. Biblioteca volumi Giuffre

    Dear all,

    could you please create, in SFX, a new target BIBLIOTECA_GIUFFRE_VOLUMI_EBOOKS, target service getFullTxt, for the italian ebook platform named Biblioteca Volumi < https://www.iusexplorer.it/Volumi> and add all the objects here attached?

    Biblioteca Volumi - Giuffrè is a one of the more comprehensive and extensive italian ebook collection about law and the related subject. The collection includes more than 14.000 ebook title published by Giuffre since 2001 until today and, furthermore, a broad selection of out of print books since 1931 to 2000 .

    Furthermore, could you please add the category Law and subcategory General and Others to each…

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  6. Knowledge Unlatched KU Select 2017

    Dear support

    Since the contents of Knowledge Unlatched until KU Select 2016 successfully received a target, I hereby like to request a target for KU Select 2017 as well.

    Concerning the information flow, the provider recommends Ex Libris to use the XML feed available in the KU platform (tailored for sharing metadata with distribution partners). This way Ex Libris can rest assured that they always include the latest Open Access books and future Open Access collections. Furthermore, the provider would be thankful to have a contact person at Ex Libris in order to make the inclusion of new content within…

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  7. ETH Zurich Research Collection

    We are proposing to add the content of ETH Zurich's repository for publications and research data to the SFX Global Knowledge Base.

    The content can be harvested from http://research-collection.ethz.ch/oai/request?

    Further information about this interface is available at https://documentation.library.ethz.ch/x/-YCM

    46 votes
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  8. Update lynda.com collection

    Alma Lynda.com collection was last updated on November 27, 2016. We would like to see this collection updated.

    95 votes
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  9. Provide a seamless, timely and automatic workflow for ingesting Jisc KB+ data into the Alma Community Zone.

    We subscribe to the majority of our eresource content via nationally negotiated eresource deals (Jisc Collections, WHEEL). Jisc’s KB+ product (https://www.kbplus.ac.uk/kbplus/) maintains a knowledgebase which includes comprehensive title and package information for these EResources.

    We would like ExLibris to harvest the KB+ title lists from the KB+ publicly accessible export page (https://www.kbplus.ac.uk/kbplus/publicExport) on a daily basis to ensure that all new and updated title lists in the Alma Community Zone are identical to the title lists in KB+.

    We would like ExLibris to identify the KB+ title lists in the Alma Community Zone with a KB+…

    163 votes
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  10. MARCIVE GPO Database

    We would love to see MARCIVE's GPO database added to the PCI.

    For more details, see:
    http://home.marcive.com/gpo

    61 votes
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  11. Brepolis Databases

    Brepols Publishers is an international academic publisher of works in the humanities. The focus of its publications lies in "source-works" from Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. By this is meant critical editions of original texts and documents in their original language, reference works such as encyclopaedias, handbooks and bibliographies, as well as monograph studies and cutting-edge research.

    The following Brepolis databases (online encyclopedias, handbooks and bibliographies) would significantly enrich the indexes if there were added to Primo Central and Summon:
    - L'Année Philologique
    - Bibliography of British and Irish History
    - International Medieval Bibliography
    - Bibliographie…

    142 votes
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    0 comments  ·  New Collection  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  Dana Sharvit responded

    After reviewing this idea, we decided to update our plans to include this suggested change.
    We will be contacting the provider.
    Thank you for your contribution

  12. Possible to index NewsBank's Access World News?

    Hello,

    Here at Philadelphia University, we subscribe to a database called Access World News, a product of NewsBank. However, Access World News is not indexed by Summon, which creates a substantial deficit for our patrons who seek to canvass all of our resources using Summon.

    I am writing to ask if it would be possible for you to index this database.

    Please let me know, and thank you for your consideration.

    Cheers,

    damien.

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  13. E-Book target for SFX

    Dear support

    In the attachment I send you a list with open access titles of the publisher Nomos, which should therefore have an appropriate target attached to them. May I kindly ask you to create a target named " NOMOS_ELIBRARY_OPEN_ACCESS_EBOOKS" and attach it to the titles in the attachment?

    Many thanks and best wishes
    Bruno Tresch / Zentralbibliothek Zürich

    55 votes
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  14. Lynda.com

    Please add Lynda.com videos to Summon.

    41 votes
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    7 comments  ·  New Collection  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminRael Elstein (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    As you may be aware via another Lynda.com request on the Idea Exchange, we have been unable to get in touch with the vendor.

    If the community could reach out to facilitate communication, we would be more than willing to process this request and negotiate an agreement with Lynda.com.
    Until then, we cannot move forward here.

    Thank you,
    Rael

  15. Digitale Bibliothek des Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum

    Munich DigitiZation Center (MDZ) handles the digitization and online publication of the cultural heritage preserved by the Bavarian State Library and by other institutions. It provides one of the largest and fastest growing digital collections in Germany, now comprising more than 1,200,000 titles available online. Access is free of charge!

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  16. Add the URLs to the US Government Documents--they are available every month.

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    2 comments  ·  New Community Zone Enrichment of bibliographic records  ·  Admin →

  17. Classiques Sciences Sociales Free

    Classiques Sciences Sociales Free collection is composed of more than 4,300 portfolios. Most of the records are very poor: only the title, one author, and the eISBN. The publication date in 008/7-10 is usually incorrect.
    Full Marc records exist for these items and are available under certain conditions (for libraries) at http://classiques.uqac.ca/inter/telechargement_notices.php?lang=en
    Note also that Les Classiques des sciences sociales actually contain more than 6,500 free works http://classiques.uqac.ca . A general update of this collection would be welcome.

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    3 comments  ·  New Community Zone Enrichment of bibliographic records  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminRael Elstein (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello all,

    Unfortunately, we have not been successful in contacting this vendor.
    Before closing this Idea, I would like to reach out to you to inquire if you have a contact person that we could reach out to once again, in the hopes of promoting this Idea.

    Please kindly comment here or feel free to send me contact details directly.

    Thank you,
    Rael

  18. Target: House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Provider: Chadwyck

    Please add the collection
    {KBI Migration}

    35 votes
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  19. Add Ebooks Minnesota collection to Alma CZ and Primo Central

    Please add the Ebooks Minnesota collection to both the Alma CZ and the Primo Central Index. This collection is freely accessible to all people located in the state of Minnesota and is therefore used by every Minnesota library (public, K12, higher ed, etc.). The MARC records are available from Minitex: https://mndigital.org/projects/ebooks-minnesota/faq#marc

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  20. Missing subtarget FIAF_INTERNATIONAL_INDEX_TO_FILM_PERIODICALS_JOURNALS (publisher OVID)

    Dear support

    Referring to Salesforce case 00552970, I like to ask you to create a subtarget FIAF_INTERNATIONAL_INDEX_TO_FILM_PERIODICALS_JOURNALS and attach the target "OVID" to it. The URL is http://ovidsp.uk.ovid.com/sp-3.30.0b/ovidweb.cgi, the content equals the one available on FIAF via EBSCO.

    Can you contact the provider OVID, so that he can allow his version of FIAF to be added to the SFX KB?

    Thank you.

    Kind regards,
    Stefan / Zentralbibliothek Zürich

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