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  1. Add OA indicator to CDI for Morgan & Claypool Portico collections

    Please add the Open Access indicator to the CDI records for these 4 CZ collections, which are all open access at Portico:

    Morgan & Claypool Colloquium Collection 1, CZ Collection ID: 612610000000000058
    Morgan & Claypool Colloquium Collection 2, CZ Collection ID: 613240000000000096
    Morgan & Claypool Colloquium Collection 3, CZ Collection ID: 614340000000000215
    Morgan & Claypool Colloquium Collection 4, CZ Collection ID: 614340000000000216

    These collections were triggered as OA at Portico in 2022: https://www.portico.org/news/portico-access-alert-13-morgan-claypool-ebook-series/

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    1 comment  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, Portico does not maintain metadata for discovery services.

    Therefore there is no way to add the OA indicator for their CDI records.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  2. Sage Democracy and Elections 2024

    https://group.sagepub.com/democracy-and-elections-2024

    Sage is currently providing a curated collection of freely available content related to the 2024 election. It would be helpful if we could make this content discoverable in an Alma collection.

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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, Sage does not have metadata for this collection so we will not be able to create it in the Knowledgebases.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  3. Please consider adding MARC records in Alma Community Zone for H.W. Wilson's The Reference Shelf.

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  4. c.l.vivian@swansea.ac.uk

    Please could someone check the content of IEEE Xplore SAE eBooks 2024 collection in the CZ? This collections shows only 6 e-portfolios. The title list provided by Content Online (attached) shows 18 titles.

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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Issues with existing collections should be reported through support cases, so they can be handled efficiently with the appropriate teams.

    Please open a support ticket in SalesForce, I apologize for the inconvenience.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  5. c.l.vivian@swansea.ac.uk

    Could someone review the IEEE Xplore River Publishers ebooks 2024 collection in the CZ? There are 27 portfolios showing in this collection but the title list given to me by Content Online had 60 titles listed. I attach the title list I was given in January 2024

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Issues with existing collections should be handled through support cases, so they can be handled efficiently with the appropriate teams.

    Please open a support ticket in SalesForce, I apologize for the inconvenience.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  6. Springer Nature - Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection

    This is a request to add further collections
    - Springer Nature - Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2004
    - Springer Nature - Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2003
    - Springer Nature - Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2002
    - Springer Nature - Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2001
    - Springer Nature - Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000
    because there is a German National License comprising the publication years from 2000 until 2013.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Springer will not provide us with these title lists, since these collections are no longer available as individual annual collections.

    The content can be selected within the target created from
    Springer Nature - Palgrave Book Archive - Springer Economics and Finance Collection (613810000000000407) under the Palgrave Archive eBook Collections.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  7. elsevier

    Please enrich the new bibliographic records that are added to theElsevier ClinicalKey Student Foundation Nursing English Language packages as they are being added with very basic details, such as a title only.

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  8. Update OAPEN

    Could you, please, update the OAPEN collections. More than 34,000 titles now available for OAPEN Open (613450000000000043).

    https://oapen.org/librarians/15635975-metadata

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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    We are having issues with the feed from the provider, which contains selected Open Access titles as well as book chapter metadata instead of only title level metadata.

    This is tracked in the Known Issues page:

    https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Content/Knowledge_Articles/Provider_Known_Issues/Ex_Libris_Content_Issues_In_Progress

    There is no timeline for resolving this, so we cannot update the collection.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  9. Music & Performing Arts

    The 0-title database "Music & Performing Arts" is included in the 360KB but not in Alma. Could you please add it to Alma CZ?

    Title: Music & Performing Arts
    Provider: Alexander Street
    URL: https://search.alexanderstreet.com/music-performing-arts
    360KB code: ZZ-

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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    According to Alexander Street, "Music & Performing Arts" is a sales package/bundle which are not represent in the KBs. Please activate all the individual products in the sales package.

    Please contact me directly for any follow up on this topic

    tamar.ganor@clarivate.com

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  10. Political Extremism and Radicalism, Part 3

    This is a Gale collection. It was added as a zero title database. However, the other 2 parts are in Alma as Aggregator packages with portfolios. can part 3 have portfolios as well?

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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminAnonymous (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hi,


    We got a response from the provider and currently, there is no available title list for this collection, once it is available it will be updated in the KBs.


    Regards,

    Rachel

    Senior Content Support Analyst




  11. Science Signaling - Editor's Choice section labels

    Direct Link: https://www.science.org/journal/signaling
    Collection ID: 611000000000000017
    Portfolio ID: 531000000000893509
    Primo permalink to example: https://unr.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UNR_INST/adtd5q/cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_3040321938

    "Review" would be more accurate for items that are part of the Editor's Choice section of each issue of the Science Signaling journal. According to their website, the Editor's Choice section is editorial commentary on research. Can the articles from this section of the Science Signaling journal be relabeled as "review" to increase clarity?
    Source: https://www.science.org/content/page/science-signaling-information

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  12. Add HeinOnline Law Journal Library to CDI

    Our Law Library is convinced that this collection used to be indexed in Primo at the article level, but it doesn't show as being available for any CDI indexing now.

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  13. Emerald Ejournals Premier

    Please add Emerald Ejournals Premier for 2024 to Intota.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Emerald confirmed they are not producing metadata for an annual version of Emerald Ejournals Premier.

    Please activate either:

    Emerald Current eJournals Premier Collection; collection ID 614970000000000944

    or

    Emerald eJournals Backfiles Premier; collection ID 614900000000002791

    Depending on your subscription.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  14. NewspaperARCHIVE.com

    Direct Link: https://access.newspaperarchive.com/publication/
    CZ Collection ID: 613780000000001293

    The attached spreadsheet has a list of newspapers that are available on the NewspaperARCHIVE platform, but do not have a portfolio in the CZ collection. This list contains 107 newspapers from CA and 31 from NV. Completing the coverage of NV and CA newspapers in the CZ collection will increase access and usage of these publications for these two states.

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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    NewspaperARCHIVE.com Collection ID: 613780000000001293 is a community managed collection and as such it is maintained by community members who can add titles when necessary.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager


  15. CHEMnetBASE titles

    The database CHEMnetBASE has a number of titles attached to it that are currently not in Alma.
    Please add these missing titles:
    Combined Chemical Dictionary:  https://ccd.chemnetbase.com
    Dictionary of Drugs:  https://dod.chemnetbase.com
    Dictionary of Natural Products: https://dnp.chemnetbase.com

    Dictionary of Organic Compounds: https://doc.chemnetbase.com

    Dictionary of Food Compounds: https://dfc.chemnetbase.com

    Dictionary of Marine Natural Products: https://dmnp.chemnetbase.com

    Handbook of Chemistry and Physics: https://hbcp.chemnetbase.com

    Polymers: A Property Database: https://poly.chemnetbase.com

    Properties of Organic Compounds: https://poc.chemnetbase.com

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    The provider responded that there are no associated ISBNs with the collections, so they cannot make it into a title list. 

    They suggested you should send feedback to T&F to address the discovery issue.

    As a result, we will have to keep it as a zero-title database.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  16. Newsbank San Francisco Chronicle Historical Archive 1869-1984

    Can you please add this missing collection to alma from Newsbank? San Francisco Chronicle Historical Archive 1869-1984
    We just purchased it.
    Thanks!

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    We discussed this with the provider, and Newsbank's sales model does not allow to sustainably monitor and track such a request.

    Each customer has different holdings and interfaces, making a single collection unsuitable for all.

    You can use NEWSBANK_SINGLE_TITLES_ARCHIVE_COLLECTION which allows you to choose your own archive and modify coverage dates according to your agreement with Newsbank.

    Collection ID: 615410000000003199

    Kind regards,

    Tamar 

  17. Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics - 2020

    I see these yearly collections in Alma, but 2020 is missing. It should have 2 portfolios, Vol. 103-104

    Can you please add this missing collection for AMS, American Mathematical Society?

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    Closed  ·  AdminAnonymous (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hi,


    The provider has confirmed that the missing annual collection you requested does not exist as part of their products, therefore we are not able to add it.


    If you have information from the provider that suggests otherwise, please forward it to tamar.ganor@clarivate.com.


    Regards,

    Rachel

    Senior Content Support Analyst



  18. OECD iLibrary going Open Access

    I sent this to the Content email listserv. And reply from Elizabeth York.

    Thanks for consideration.

    Hi Denise,

    Thanks for reminding us of OECD's switch to OA! If OECD wants to provide entirely new collection files to KB vendors, they could, and Ex Libris could load them, but based on the information provided by OECD, I am not sure whether that's necessary; it sounds like the content is not changing, but it is switching to OA. Assuming all the OECD content continues to be available at the same links, we could possibly simply remove our authentication methods (service-level proxying, in…

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Because this request is to adjust existing collections, please open a support ticket as this requires a different workflow.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  19. Add Elsevier ScienceDirect eBook - Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine collections

    Please create Alma CZ collections for:
    Elsevier ScienceDirect eBook - Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006
    NOTE: "Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine" was a distinct collection from "Veterinary Medicine"

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  20. Chronicle of Higher Education Trends Report

    Please add the Trends Reports to the Chronicle of Higher Education collection.
    Here is a link to the most recent report
    https://www.chronicle.com/the-higher-education-trends-report-2024/

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    Closed  ·  AdminAnonymous (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hi,

    Any issues with updates of existing collections should be addressed via a support ticket in Salesforce.


    There is a collection called "Chronicle of Higher Education" (DBID: DBV) and this request should be regarding adding a new portfolio to an existing collection.


    I apologize for this inconvenience, but opening a case would be the best way to investigate the delayed update to this collection.


    Kind regards,

    Rachel

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