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  1. Add BibliU, the etextbook and monograph provider

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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    The content provider has paused the production of the metadata feed, we will reach out to them again in Q3 of 2024.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  2. Vilnius University Press OA Journal Collection

    Please add the collection of open-access journals published by Vilnius University Press.
    Most of the articles are written in English and Lithuanian. There are currently 46 journals in total. The Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform is used.
    Link to the website: https://www.journals.vu.lt.
    For more detailed information, please contact by e-mail linas.salelionis@library.lt.

    79 votes
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  3. Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Press eBooks Collection

    Please add the collection of ebooks published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Press.
    eBooks (study books, textbooks, monographs, and Ph.D. dissertations) are written in Lithuanian and English. Some of them are open access. There are currently over 1000 ebooks in total. iPublishCentral platform is used.
    Link to the website: https://ebooks.vilniustech.lt.
    For more detailed information, please contact by e-mail linas.salelionis@library.lt.

    70 votes
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  4. Kaunas University of Technology Press eBooks Collection

    Please add the collection of ebooks published by Kaunas University of Technology Press.
    eBooks (study books, textbooks, monographs, research papers, and conference proceedings) are written in Lithuanian and English. Some of them are open access. There are currently over 1000 ebooks in total. iPublishCentral platform is used.
    Link to the website: https://ebooks.ktu.edu.
    For more detailed information, please contact by e-mail linas.salelionis@library.lt.

    59 votes
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  5. Kaunas University of Technology Press OA Journal Collection

    Please add the collection of open-access journals published by Kaunas University of Technology Press.
    Most of the articles are written in English, and some are in Lithuanian. There are currently 14 journals in total. The Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform is used.
    Link to the website: https://journals.ktu.edu.
    For more detailed information, please contact by e-mail linas.salelionis@library.lt.

    53 votes
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  6. Add DigiZeitschriften to PCI / CDI

    We would like to see the journal platform DigiZeitschriften added to PCI / CDI.

    For more information, see: https://www.digizeitschriften.de/en/

    In Alma there are already 3 Electronic Collections:
    - DigiZeitschriften Open Access
    - DigiZeitschriften Subscription
    - DigiZeitschriften Journals

    Please keep this subdivision in PCI / CDI.

    Since this source contains many old journals without ISSN, it would probably be better if the links to the full text came directly from DigiZeitschriften (Primo Link section) to avoid problems with the link resolver (Alma ViewIt).

    Thanks in advance!

    48 votes
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  7. Add Commons Open Repository Exchange (CORE) from Humanities Commons

    We would like to request that the Commons Open Repository Exchange (CORE) from Humanities Commons be added as a collection in the CZ, with records/portfolios for the individual titles. CORE is "A nonprofit, interdisciplinary, broad-ranging alternative to commercial networks" and includes freely accessible open access works, including articles, monographs, course materials, white papers, conference papers, code, and digital projects. Additional information about CORE is available at https://hcommons.org/core/ with content at https://hcommons.org/deposits/

    30 votes
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  8. Bookport Digital library

    Bookport is one of the most important sources of Czech e-books (mostly) for libraries across all types and collections.
    The content can be used by municipal, school, university, scientific or national libraries.
    Please add and index this database to Primo Central, SFX KB and Alma CZ. Thanks.

    20 votes
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  9. Academic Studies Press - BiblioRossica

    Please add Academic Studies Press - BiblioRossica to the Knowledge Bases (KBs - Alma CZ, SFX, 360) and Discovery services (CDI - Central Discovery Index).
    About: https://www.bibliorossica.com/
    Contact: https://www.bibliorossica.com/contact.html?ln=en
    Best regards,
    Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Fribourg (Switzerland)

    15 votes
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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This idea has been selected in the NERS voting process to be pursued as a new content provider. 

    We will check with Academic Studies Press - BiblioRossica if they can provide us with metadata for the Knowledgebases and CDI.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  10. Connect database (Editions Diamond)

    Please add the Connect (Editions Diamond) database to the Knowledge Bases (KBs - Alma CZ, SFX, 360) and Discovery services (Primo CDI).

    About: https://connect.ed-diamond.com/a-propos-connect
    Access URL: https://connect.ed-diamond.com/
    Language of the content: French
    Contact: https://connect.ed-diamond.com/contact

    14 votes
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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This idea has been selected in the NERS voting process to be pursued as a new content provider.

    We will check with Editions Diamond if they can provide us with metadata for the Knowledgebases and CDI.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  11. Add Edilex - Finnish Content

    Request by Finnish community to add Edilex content:
    Lakikirjasto
    Säädökset
    Oikeuskäyntäntö

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    Under Review  ·  AdminRael Elstein (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    We have been attempting to contact this provider for some time.
    In the event that we are unable to establish contact with this provider we will not be able to proceed with ingesting this content.

    Thank you,
    Rael

  12. New Provider/Collection: African Books Collective Ltd

    Provider: African Books Collective Ltd
    Platform: African Books Collective
    Resource: African Books Collective Digital Library
    Recommend addition to both CDI and CZ

    African Books Collective is an "an African-owned mission-based distribution outlet for books published independently in Africa. The publishers from across the continent who are part of the collective have over its 30 year history contributed some 3000 titles, which continue to be available in print. Over 2000 of these are available digitally on this platform and new titles will be added regularly."

    https://www.africanbookscollective.com/about-us
    https://ebooks.africanbookscollective.com/

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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    We are in contact with African Books.

    They are currently going under a platform change, and once it will be over they will work on sending us metadata for their collection.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  13. Publicera

    Please add Publicera to the KB's. Publicera is the national platform for publishing Swedish scholarly journals with immediate open access.
    https://publicera.kb.se/
    Contact Email publicera@kb.se

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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    This idea has been selected in the NERS voting process to be pursued as a new content provider.

    We will check with Kungl Biblioteket - Publicera if they can provide us with metadata for the Knowledgebases and CDI.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager


  14. 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=E

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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    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

  15. 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,
    Bärbel

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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    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

  16. 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…

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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    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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