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  1. Global Census Archive: Ukraine

    Please add the following database to the 360 KB. 0-title for ERM purposes is fine.

    Provider: East View Information Services
    Database Name: Global Census Archive: Ukraine
    Database URL: https://gca.eastview.com/ukr

    6 votes
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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →

  2. New database for SciX / Science Explorer

    See https://scixplorer.org/
    SciX will replace Astrophysics Data System, Collection ID: 61110974885340603. There is a statement on the ADS landing page at https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/, "SciX will be the next generation ADS interface..." It is not clear when the ADS site will be retired so please create an entirely new database.

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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →

  3. 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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    10 comments  ·  other  ·  Admin →
    Planned  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    We are planning to roll out the development during December.

    We will reach out to Dr. Kratzer and test several collections before marking this as complete.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  4. Add 日本透析医学会 抄録アーカイブ to KBs

    This one is archival database for programs and abstracts of Japanese Society of Dialysis Therapy(JSDT) annual meeting from 2011 to current one.

    URL is below.
    https://www.micenavi-archives.jp/jsdt/

    JSDT meeting abstracts is currently published as supplemental 1 of 日本透析医学会雑誌, Journal of Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, and has same ISSN number, 13403451.

    However, it is only available via archival database not journal website https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jsdt/list/-char/en .

    It would be helpful for researchers and clinicians to access abstracts through KBs from 医中誌Web(ichushi web).

    3 votes
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  5. Add 日本癌治療学会 学術集会抄録アーカイブサイト on KBs

    This one is archival database for programs and abstracts of Japanese Society of Clinical Oncology (JSCO) annual meeting from 2013 to current one.

    URL is below.
    https://www.micenavi-archives.jp/jsco/

    It would be helpful for researchers and clinicians to access abstracts through KBs from 医中誌Web(ichushi web).

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  6. Add Arte Video Campus

    Arte Video Campus

    Arte Campus is ARTE's online educational resource for higher education and adult training.
    The corpus comprises around 2,000 videos (as of January 2024), available and transcribed in 5 languages, in the form of feature-length documentaries, documentary magazines, short fiction films, and recordings of plays, ballets and operas. Fields represented include the arts, literature, languages, social sciences, economics and politics, technology and health.

    Bibliographic records for the corpus can be obtained from the SUDOC. A systematic reporting campaign exists in the French network

    Contact : https://artecampus.zendesk.com/hc/fr/requests/new

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    0 comments  ·  New provider  ·  Admin →

  7. CZ: Keep contributions from Community to bibliographic records, where possible

    The Community Zone is open for contributions by editing bibliographic records in the Community. However, as soon as Ex Libris uploads the same bibliographic records again from the provider, the contributions by the community are overwritten, if the provider sends an identical field. In some cases this is OK (if the providers version is better) in others it is not (when the contributed field was more complete).
    I propose therefore, that the rules for importing updated bibliographic records into the Community Zone by Ex Libris are changed in the following points:
    • If not present, 040 field is added with…

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    Planned  ·  5 comments  ·  other  ·  Admin →

  8. Policy Commons

    Please ingest as a CDI "link in record" database the various Policy Commons modules on this page: https://policycommons.net/modules/

    We are particularly interested in "Global Think Tanks", but all should be added.

    Also note that while I expect this would be a new provider, there is already an idea with a status of "planned" for Africa Commons, from the same provider, Coherent Digital.

    Thank you!

    Matthew

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    6 comments  ·  New provider  ·  Admin →
    Planned  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    The Policy Commons collection from Coherent Digital will be added to CDI by end of March 2025.

    I will confirm a timeline about the Global Think Tanks.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  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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    8 comments  ·  Admin →
    Planned  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    I am excited to announce that we will be adding Austlit to CDI by end of April 2025.

    We appreciate your patience, and we are excited to add this significant resource to CDI.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

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