Content
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).
- Check if your idea has already been posted and vote for it before posting a new idea.
- 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.
- Add a direct link to the provider/resource you suggest, and a contact person if possible.
- For enrichment requests add the relevant collection ID(s).
- Make sure you mention any specific added value your idea has to the community such as language or supporting diversity.
- Did you find errors in an existing collection? please open a case.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Other - for non provider specific ideas
214 results found
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JMIR Publications
Please add JMIR Publications to the KB's. An Open Access publisher in the medical field.
https://jmirpublications.com/
It would be helpful to have the 30 + journals in it's own collection.
Contact email: support@jmir.org5 votes -
New Provider/Collection: Saarey Music
Provider: Saarey Music
Platform: Saarey Music
Resource: Saarey Music
Recommend addition to both CDI and CZDatabase of South Asian classical music
5 votes -
Add journal, Relational Child and Youth Care Practice to the CZ
Please add the journal, Relational Child and Youth Care Practice (RCYCP, ISSN: 2410-2954) to the CZ.
Vendor's site: https://www.rcycp.com/The open access journal from the same publisher (CYC-NET) is in the CZ but we aren't able to find RCYCP.
We see some CDI records for articles in the journal but aren't able to identify which portfolio/collection they're connected to.
For example: cdiproquestjournals_24342569725 votes -
Add Taiwan Open Access Journals(TOAJ) into Alma CZ & CDI
We would like to add Taiwan Open Access Journals (TOAJ) into ALMA CZ and CDI. TOAJ is a significant open access platform in Taiwan, and it is highly requested by many Taiwan Alma users.
URL: https://toaj.stpi.narl.org.tw/index?lang2=E4 votesHello,
We will reach out to this provider and check if they can send us metadata that we can use.
Please be advised, that although this is Open Access, we will need to confirm with our legal department that the metadata can be used.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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UMWELTdigital" (Erich Schmidt Publishers Ltd & Co)
We have acquired the full text database "UMWELTdigital" (Erich Schmidt Publishers Ltd & Co) for our library. The database is not yet indexed in Summon.
As a university library we would like our users to be able to retrieve contents from the UMWELTdigital" (Erich Schmidt Publishers Ltd & Co) while searching in the Summon Index. This would enrich my search results with relevant resources in the field of environment studies and also give me the possibility to get this database recommended. So, we kindly ask you to index this database in Summon.
UMWELTdigital" (Erich Schmidt Publishers Ltd & Co) is…
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National Service Center for Environmental Publications
It would be helpful to have the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (https://www.epa.gov/nscep) in the CDI, for access to US Environmental Protection Agency documents in full text.
4 votes -
Lloyd's List
We would like content from the Lloyd's List website (https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/) to be indexed in Alma CDI for discovery.
4 votes -
Projectr Edu
Please add Projectr Edu collection(s) to the knowledge bases as well as MARC records for the titles. Projectr Edu is a streaming video platform for libraries from Grasshopper Films. It contains close to 1,000 films. They're adding new titles very frequently so it would need to be updated regularly. Contact info: info@projectr.tv and Ryan Krivoshey ryan@grasshopperfilm.com There may need to be collection variations by geographic region due to rights restrictions.
4 votes -
Add winmo database to Alma
Please consider adding the Winmo database to the Alma CZ
Thanks!4 votes -
4 votes
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LandScan
Please add LandScan to the 360KB.
Provider: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
URL: https://landscan.ornl.gov/This is an open access resource. It turned OA in 2023.
These population datasets are valuable for GIS researchers and are intended to aid in emergency preparedness, readiness, response, and recovery missions; risk assessments; site suitability studies; and a full range of other applications that depend on accurate population data.
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Add "新建築データ(SHINKENCHIKU DATA)" to Central Discovery Index and 360KB
"新建築データ(SHINKENCHIKU DATA)" is an online database of Japanese biggest journal of architecture.
Both paper version of this journal and this database are widely subscribed in many universities in Japan.
Please consider adding "新建築データ" in the Central Discovery Index and KB.
■"新建築データ"
https://data.shinkenchiku.online/en?
Provider: Shinkenchiku-Sha Co., Ltd
Code: N/AThank you.
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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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Digitale SAP Bibliothek / Espresso Tutorials
Hello,
please add this collection to the ALMA CZ and SFX CKB.
The database contains over 250 e-books and learning videos in German and English on various business topics and IT issues related to SAP.
As SAP is the leading developer of software for handling all business processes of a company such as accounting, controlling, sales, purchasing, production, warehousing, transport and human resources, it is a valueable resource for users and learners.See: https://et.training/
Thank you,
Bärbel3 votesHello,
This idea has been chosen by the new provider NERS voting round for 2024.
We will reach out to Digitale SAP Bibliothek / Espresso Tutorials and ask for the metadata for this collection.If you can provide a direct contact, that would be very helpful.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager -
Add WIT Press eLibrary
Hello,
Please consider contacting WIT Press in order to add the WIT Press eLibrary to the Alma CZ and CDI for indexing.
The WIT Press eLibrary is a fully open access collection of scholarly content on sustainable engineering and environmental engineering.
https://www.witpress.com/elibrary
It contains journals and transactions that are all registered with CrossRef (meaning that they have DOIs).
The transactions are monograph series (have both ISSNs and ISBNs).
Thanks for considering.
If you do add this collection, please also incorporate the open access MARC notation for the bibliographic records if you add them to the Alma CZ:
506 0#$fUnrestricted online…
3 votesHello,
This idea has been selected in the NERS voting process to be pursued as a new content provider.
We will check with WIT Press eLibrary if they can provide us with metadata for the Knowledgebases and CDI.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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index content from Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge
Please could you consider indexing the content from Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge (ISSN 2942-7517). This journal is on DROPS database. Database code in 360KB is .YL
https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/journal/TGDKThankyou
3 votesAdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) respondedHello,
We currently don't have a metadata feed for DROPS, so this will be managed as a request for a "new provider".
This will be evaluated with the Content Working Group, and decided upon next NERS round.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Lamyline
In 360 Core, Lamyline.fr exists since 18/10/2016 but has not been updated since 21/06/2018. And only 32% of the content is indexed in the CDI.
Could you update this resource in 360 Core and the CDI ?contacts : FR-contactlamyline@wolterskluwer.com
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Aquatic Commons
Add content from The Aquatic Commons repository:
The Aquatic Commons is a thematic digital repository covering the natural marine, estuarine /brackish and fresh water environments3 votes -
Add Coachlink (O.I) to the index
Please index this Dutch e-book collection for Summon.
3 votes -
Create new entry for Nursing Times
Please add a new entry for Nursing Times with the URL https://www.nursingtimes.net/
The Miscellaneous Ejournals entry for Nursing Times doesn't link at article level, which we need.3 votes
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