Skip to content

Content

← Have an idea for Ex Libris?

We welcome your ideas for new content (metadata) to add to the Knowledge Bases (KBs - Alma CZ, SFX, 360) and Discovery services (CDI - Central Discovery Index whose data supports Primo and Summon).


How to increase your idea's visibility and get more votes:
  1. Check if your idea has already been posted and vote for it before posting a new idea.
  2. Choose the right category: "New Provider" for content from a provider that has no available content in the KBs or CDI, or "Existing Provider" for content from a provider that already has content available in the KBs or CDI.
  3. Add a direct link to the provider/resource you suggest, and a contact person if possible.
  4. For enrichment requests add the relevant collection ID(s). 
  5. Make sure you mention any specific added value your idea has to the community such as language or supporting diversity.
  6. Did you find errors in an existing collection? please open a case.
  7. A new year has begun but no corresponding annual collection? post an idea in Idea Exchange, make sure to mention if it is an existing provider.


The categories for new content ideas are:
  1. Existing Provider - if your idea is for a new collection from a provider that already has content available in the KBs and CDI or enriching records for an existing collection, use this category. No voting is necessary, ideas for existing providers will be handled regardless of voting.
  2. New Providers - if your idea is for content from a provider that does not have any content available in the KBs and CDI, choose this category.
  3. Other - for non provider specific ideas

If you want to add an institutional repository, please open a case and follow the documentation here:

**Please be aware that ideas with no comments or votes for the past three years, and have less than 30 votes, will be closed. The closed ideas will still be available for review, and the votes will be freed up for supporting other content ideas.

**If you are a content provider, please review the submission guides for more information on how to reach out

How can we improve Content?

You've used all your votes and won't be able to post a new idea, but you can still search and comment on existing ideas.

There are two ways to get more votes:

  • When an admin closes an idea you've voted on, you'll get your votes back from that idea.
  • You can remove your votes from an open idea you support.
  • To see ideas you have already voted on, select the "My feedback" filter and select "My open ideas".
(thinking…)

Enter your idea and we'll search to see if someone has already suggested it.

If a similar idea already exists, you can support and comment on it.

If it doesn't exist, you can post your idea so others can support it.

Enter your idea and we'll search to see if someone has already suggested it.

83 results found

  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…

    208 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    6 comments  ·  other  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    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. Please add 3 Brill book series collections:

    Avant Garde critical studies
    https://brill.com/display/serial/AGCS
    European Studies
    https://brill.com/display/serial/YES
    Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik
    https://brill.com/display/serial/ABNG

    3 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close

  3. New Database - IGI Global Computer Science and Information Technology e-Book Collection - Copyright 2025

    Please add a new database to the client center for IGI Global Computer Science and Information Technology eBook Collection - Copyright 2025. This is a growing collection.

    1 vote
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close

  4. KU Focus Collection: Economics: Sustainability and Circularity 2025-2027

    Hello,

    We pledged to all four of the KU Focus 2025 - 2027 collections. May we please request that the packages are added to the Alma KB as e-collections?

    Thanks!
    Shannon

    3 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    We will reach out to Knowledge Unlatched, and ask for the metadata for this collection.

    Next time, feel free to post all collections together in the same idea.

    Thanks,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  5. KU Focus Collection: Public Opinion and Elections 2025-2027

    Hello,

    We pledged to all four of the KU Focus 2025 - 2027 collections. May we please request that the packages are added to the Alma KB as e-collections?

    Thank you!
    Shannon

    3 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    We will reach out to Knowledge Unlatched, and ask for the metadata for this collection.

    Next time, feel free to post all collections together in the same idea.

    Thanks,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  6. KU Focus Collection: Regional Studies: Conflict, War and Peace 2025-2027

    Hello,

    We pledged to all four of the KU Focus 2025 - 2027 collections. May we please request that the packages are added to the Alma KB as e-collections?

    Thank you,
    Shannon

    3 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    We will reach out to Knowledge Unlatched, and ask for the metadata for this collection.

    Next time, feel free to post all collections together in the same idea.

    Thanks,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  7. New Database Request: Global Press Archive Daily Times Digital Archive

    Please add a new database to the client center for Global Press Archive Daily Times Digital Archive, from East View Information Services.

    The starting URL is https://gpa.eastview.com/dtng/

    1 vote
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close

  8. New Database Request: Cuban Culture and Cultural Relations, 1959-, Part 5: Politics and History

    Please add a new database to the client center for Cuban Culture and Cultural Relations, 1959-, Part 5: Politics and History, from Brill.
    The starting URL is https://primarysources.brillonline.com/browse/cuban-culture-and-cultural-relations-part-5
    Thanks.

    1 vote
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close

  9. Convert al-Ahram Zero Title Database to a collection with a service and portfolio.

    Please convert East View Al-Ahram Digital Archive (DA-ALA) Collection ID: 615300000000001181 from a Zero Title Database to a collection with a service and a portfolio.
    See also Kenyon Stuart's idea posted Aug 24, 2023. He followed up on August 29, 2023 to clarify this he understood a zero title database collection existed but he wanted a collection with a portfolio.

    3 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close

  10. Manchester University Press Journals

    Please add a separate CZ collection for Manchester University Press journals. Currently, journals and books are mixed in the Manchester Hive CZ collection.

    There's already a CZ collections for their OA journals - Manchester University Press Journals - Open Access.

    2 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    1 comment  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close

  11. Manchester Medieval Studies Collection - All Titles

    We have recently purchased a significant number of ebooks from Manchesterhive's Medieval Studies collection (https://www.manchesterhive.com/collection/medieval-studies-collection) that spans across multiple years. However, the content we have access to is spread across multiple CZ collections, and we don't have access to all of the portfolios in any one collection.

    Two of the collections we have the most availability in are "Manchester Medieval Studies" and "Manchester Medieval Sources Online (MMSO)", but there are several titles in the other yearly "MMSO" collections as well.

    In order to minimize how many collections we have to activate, can an "All title" selective collection be…

    5 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close

  12. Oxford Scholarship Online 2025 subject collections

    Could you please add 2025 subject specific collections to the Alma CZ for Oxford Scholarship Online, including for the following subjects:
    Oxford Scholarship Online Classical Studies Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Economics and Finance Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online History Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Linguistics Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Literature Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Business and Management Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Neuroscience Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Philosophy Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Political Science Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Psychology Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Public Health and Epidemiology Collection 2025
    Oxford Scholarship Online Religion…

    1 vote
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    We are working with Oxford to obtain title lists for these collections.

    Unfortunately, we don't have a timeline for that.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  13. Numilog database

    Please add Numilog to the Knowledge Bases (KBs - Alma CZ, SFX, 360) and Discovery services (CDI - Central Discovery Index).
    It is one of our leading suppliers of e-books.
    https://www.numilogpro.com/
    https://catalogue.biblioaccess.com/

    1 vote
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  New provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close

  14. ASME Conference Proceedings Archive 2008-2012

    Can you please add ASME Conference Proceedings Archive 2008-2012 to the CZ? It is available to purchase as a separate product.

    1 vote
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close

  15. Improve metadata for ProQuest Historical Annual Reports

    Please improve the metadata for the (ProQuest) Historical Annual Reports - Collection ID: 613800000000000384. Average bib rank for this collection is quite low (26.22). Most just have a title. I asked my cataloger what she'd like to see on this records, and she sent the attached. Whatever you can provide would be helpful. Thank you!

    1 vote
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This material type usually does not have robust records, but we will confirm with Proquest if there's anything we can do to improve the record quality.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  16. 2 new 360 KB - East View Databases

    Please add the following databases for East View Information Services (0 title for ERM purposes is fine):

    Global Geography Library: Thematic, Reference, Commercial, Educational - https://dlib.eastview.com/browse/books/5970

    Global Geography Library: Topographic - https://dlib.eastview.com/browse/books/6010

    Thank you.

    3 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close

  17. ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions 2025--add to CZ with CDI link in record records

    ProQuest offers annual modules of ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions. Those created through 2024 are in the CZ with CDI link in record records. For example:

    ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions 2022, 614940000000000294
    ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions 2023, 615500000000000168
    ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions 2024, 614940000000000399

    Could Ex Libris please work with ProQuest to add the 2025 collection to the CZ, making sure to load it (like the others) with CDI link in record records? The collection should be titled:

    ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions 2025

    1 vote
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    The collection ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions 2025, Collection ID: 61680791580000041 is available for activation.

    We will work on adding CDI link in records for them.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  18. ProQuest Legislative Insight 2024 & ProQuest Legislative Insight 2025--Add to CZ with CDI link in record records

    ProQuest offers annual modules on the ProQuest Legislative Insight platform, and several are already in the CZ as database collections with CDI link in record records. For example:

    ProQuest Legislative Insight 2020, 614940000000000105
    ProQuest Legislative Insight 2021, 614940000000000227
    ProQuest Legislative Insight 2022, 614940000000000302
    ProQuest Legislative Insight 2023, 615500000000000169

    However, there are no single year-specific collections for 2024 and 2025. There is a CZ collection for ProQuest Legislative Insight 2024-forward (614940000000000401), but we don't want to activate that one, as we haven't purchased an ongoing subscription (i.e. all content going forward). We purchased 2024 and 2025 as discrete years, and we…

    1 vote
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    Under Review  ·  0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close

  19. Leningradskaia Pravda Digital Archive

    Hello,
    We have recently purchased Leningradskaia Pravda Digital Archive. The provider is East View. URL for access: https://gpa.eastview.com/lgpv/
    Please consider adding to the CZ.
    Thank you!

    3 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    1 comment  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close

  20. 2025 Sage Backfile Collections

    Please add the Sage Backfile Collection below to the Client Center.

    D024UPDL Shallow Backfile Upgrd (D025UPDLSC)
    BUPG25 BF Purch Upgrade 2025 (BUPG25-PC)

    2 votes
    Vote

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    How important is this to you?

    We're glad you're here

    Please sign in to leave feedback
    Signed in as (Sign out)
    Close
    Close
← Previous 1 3 4 5
  • Don't see your idea?

Content

Categories

Feedback and Knowledge Base

(thinking…)