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.
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- 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. The ideas for new providers will be annually prioritized via the CERV process.
- Other - for non provider specific ideas
292 results found
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Rich Data Services (Statistics Canada)
Please add a collection for Rich Data Services (Statistics Canada).
Description: Rich Data Services (RDS) is Statistics Canada’s analytical platform for Public Use Microdata files (PUMFs) and their metadata. The RDS Explorer and Tabulation Engine's user-friendly interfaces allow users to browse, interact, and download data and metadata for online or offline analysis. The platform includes the RDS Explorer to browse the data records, create custom extracts by filtering records and selecting variables, and produce personalized open data packages for download, and the Tabulation Engine to o aggregate data across various dimensions to rapidly create analytical tables.
Access URL: https://rich-data-services.statcan.gc.ca/rds/en/
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Sidestone Press : Open Access and freely available E-Books
The books from the publisher Sidestone Press can be read on its website for free immediately upon publication. Furthermore according to their Open Access model, the publisher makes their books available for free download 4 years after publication.
Their catalogue contains ca. 450 titles and 40-60 new books are published each year.Based on a request from a reference librarian, I ask you to get in contact with Sidestone press and check whether these freely and Open Access titles can be added as a collection in the CZ.
https://www.sidestone.com/contact/
https://www.sidestone.com/publishing/open-access-policy37 votes -
Business of Fashion
Please create a collection for Business of Fashion. Access URL: https://www.businessoffashion.com
6 votes -
BoardGameGeek data
BoardGameGeek is a repository of all board games and many video games (this section is slowly growing) that have been published and released, and many of these are available in many of our libraries. This site has cover images, details about publication dates, etc, and sometimes even instruction manuals.
An API is available here for the "things" (what they call the games/etc)
15 votes -
VideoShelf Master Academic Collection
Please add a VideoShelf Master Academic Collection. Access URL: https://a2.videoshelf.com/ez/
4 votes -
MTM Reports (CBC/Radio Canada)
Please add MTM Reports from CBC/Radio Canada to the CZ. Access URL: https://mtm-otm.ca/en/access/
5 votes -
Pharmacy Technician's Letter Canada
Please add Pharmacy Technician's Letter Canada from Therapeutic Research Center.
https://ca-pharmacytech.therapeuticresearch.com/Home/PTLC4 votes -
Ed.Flicks from Exchange Press
Please add the Ed.Flicks Collection from Exchange Press to the CZ. https://hub.exchangepress.com/videos/
6 votes -
New Provider: Collecto
Please create the following Collecto Collections in the CZ:
Références économiques (CRAAQ)
Vidéos (CRAAQ)
PDF (CRAAQ)
Corps Humain Virtuel
Encyclopédies de Poche (CAIRN)
Érudit
Eureka
Le Grand Robert & Collins
Le Petit Robert
Le Petit Robert Intégral
Magazines restreint (CAIRN)
Multidictionnaire
Ouvrages de Recherche (CAIRN)
Revues (CAIRN)Some of these collections require site specific URLs, so linking parameters will be required in the collections.
8 votes -
Skift Research
Please create a collection for Skift Research. Access URL: https://myproxy.skift.com/proxy-gateway
5 votes -
Fashion and Race Database (Artis Solomon LLC)
Please add a collection for the Fashion and Race Database from Artis Solomon LLC. The access URL contains site specific information, so linking parameters will be required. https://fashionandrace.org/database/register/XXXX
5 votes -
Phlebotomy Channel from Center for Phlebotomy Education
Please add a collection for the Phlebotomy Channel product from the Center for Phlebotomy Education. The access URL is site specific, so please add linking parameters to the collection. https://www.phlebotomy.com/PCTV/login.php?uid=XXXXX
5 votes -
EU Farmbook
Please consider adding EU FarmBook (https://eufarmbook.eu/search
) to the Summon index.EU FarmBook is an open-access platform that collects and shares practical knowledge, research outputs, and best practices from EU agricultural and rural development projects.
37 votes -
How to Troubleshoot QuickBooks Install Error 1904?
In this article, we are going to provide tested solutions for QuickBooks error 1904 that usually appears when installing the software.
Read More: https://qbsenterprisesupport.com/quickbooks-error-1904/
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KL Hatke
Please consider adding the online publication KL Hatke to the community zone. KL Hatke is a media platform that produces articles written by women in rural India. The content is mainly articles. It would be great to have this added as a portfolio or database so that the CDI might create article records for discovery.
17 votes -
Add journal 'Art + Auction' from Ebsco
The journal 'Art + Auction' is part of Ebsco's Art and Architecture Source, but because it's changed title and ISSN in the past, there is quite a bit of coverage that is not indexed in Primo, even though it's available on the platform.
ExLibris explained as follows:
"Art & Auction (ISSN 0197-1093) - covered up to 2013.
Blouin Art + Auction (ISSN 2331-5342) - started from 2014 onwards.
In Alma, and particularly in the Community Zone, it's common that the provider (EBSCO in this case) combines coverage for both ISSNs into a single title or portfolio, especially if the publisher…4 votes
AdminTamar Ganor
(Admin, Ex Libris)
responded
Hello,
We do not receive discovery metadata from Ebsco.
In order to obtain such metadata, we will need to establish a workflow with a new provider - the publisher of Art + Auction.
Since the process for new providers is going through CERV, I have changed the status of this request and it will be prioritized by the Content Working Group.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Do solar panels work in cloudy weather?
Yes, solar panels can still produce electricity on cloudy days. Though their output is reduced, they generate power from diffused sunlight. Eastman Solar explains how panel efficiency varies with weather and what systems work best in different climates.
Read More: https://www.sigmapowertech.com/service/Solar-and-Biogas-System
1 vote -
Add FilmBankMedia to the Knowledge Base
Please add FilmBankMedia to the Community Zone Knowledge Base. This is a video streaming service now selling to academic libraries
1 vote -
Add World Politics Review to CDI
World Politics Review is a title that sells subscriptions to libraries. See https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/about/ Please see if you can add its articles to CDI, with link-in-record links.
7 votes -
Create a CZ Collection for Audio Cine Films (ACF)
Please add a CZ collection for Audio Cine Films (ACF) in Alma. Almost half of the IZ's in our consortia subscribe to this resource.
https://www.acf-film.com/en/index.php
From the vendor: Audio Cine Films Inc. is one of the largest non-theatrical (markets outside commercial theatres) film rights representative in Canada, with exclusive rights to one of the largest film libraries available. We manage copyrights related to the public presentation of films produced by the studios we exclusively represent in Canada and issue copyright licenses that allow all types of organisations to present films within a public performance environment without infringing upon the Canadian…
9 votes
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