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  1. ETV

    "ETV is the largest online video platform for educators in Aotearoa New Zealand with over 150,000 videos". These include:
    * the TV Recordings collection - programmes recorded from broadcast television channels
    * the Online Collections catalogue - videos downloaded from internet channels
    The collections support teaching and learning in all subject areas and are especially valuable to support Māori and Pasifika studies as well as other New Zealand-specific subjects.

    URL: https://www.etv.org.nz

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

    Hello,

    We will reach out to ETV, and ask for the metadata for this collection.

    If you could add a direct contact person, that would be very helpful.

    Thanks,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  2. Add IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library and ChoralWiki/Choral Public Domain Library to CDI

    Please add the contents of the free music score libraries, IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library (https://imslp.org/), and ChoralWiki/Choral Public Domain Library (https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) to the CDI. Thanks!

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  3. Add LexNow

    LexNow confirmed on the agreement to develop a gateway from LexNow.io to the Alma Library Management System (Ex Libris). (CZ & CDI)

    As for timing, LexNow made commitments to our clients regarding developments, and they intend to honour them. LexNow is looking at the first half of 2026.

    In the meantime, LexNow will of course continue to provide you with regular Ms Excel exports of our titles (books and journals) to feed into your digital catalogues.

    The goal for LexNow.io is to remain a solution for all legal professionals. This requires the daily efforts of all 18 publishing partners associated…

    3 votes
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  4. Add ISLaS+ database to Alma

    ISLaS+ is a consortial ILS shared by most of Greek universities. In order to benefit from their metadata, it would be a great asset to integrate its database to the external ressources harvested by Alma. This would be especially useful for libraries with Moder Greek collections.

    Search interface: https://ilsas-opac.seab.gr/
    Project page: https://ilsas.alis.uniwa.gr/

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

    Hello,

    We will reach out and ask for the metadata for this collection.

    If you could share a direct contact person with this project that would be very helpful.

    Thanks,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  5. Add Zhejiang University Journal Resource Repository to the Alma Community Zone/SFXKB and 360KB

    AcadeMax is a journal publishing platform for the discovery of academic content published by Zhejiang University Press (ZJUP) and its publishing partners, currently more than 80 journals are now available. I wish Ex Libris would add AcadMax Resource Repository(https://www.academax.com) to the Alma Community Zone/SFXKB and 360KB.

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  6. OpenAlex

    OpenAlex is one of the largest OA databases available, and it would be valuable to have OpenAlex added.

    https://openalex.org/

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

    Hello,

    This request has been selected as part of the 2026 CERV votes.

    We will reach out to the content provider, and ask for the metadata for this collection.

    If you could share a contact person with OpenAlex, that would be very helpful.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  7. Add Pressbooks Directory records to the CKB as a portfolio collection

    Previously the Pressbooks Directory was added to the CDI: https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/574345-content/suggestions/42757319-ners-2021-pressbooks-directory

    That idea includes many community comments around a desire for a CKB collection instead, with significant benefits to this, such as adding metadata for discovery and to support OER initiatives by the library.

    There is good news starting in August, as Pressbooks has added an OPDS feed to their environment:
    https://pressbooks.directory/opds
    August 2025 update: https://youtu.be/45GPrE-l8Hg?si=8gPkGAKcdwueXZqd&t=718

    It would be great if Ex Libris could support Alma/Primo libraries globally to add these records as a portfolio based title level collection to the Alma Community Zone, as an Ex Libris managed collection.

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

    Hello,

    This request has been selected as part of the 2026 CERV votes.

    We will reach out to the content provider, and ask for the metadata for this collection.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  8. 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.

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

    Hello,

    This idea has been chosen in the CERV enhancement round for 2026.

    We will reach out to this provider, and ask for the metadata for their collection.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager


  9. Please add an Electronic Collection for Law.Com (URL is https://www.law.com/)

    Please add an Electronic Collection for Law.Com (URL is https://www.law.com/) and add 16 portfolios hosted on the site: Law.com Radar Federal cases only, American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, National Law Journal, Legal Tech News, New York Law Journal, The Legal Intelligencer, The Recorder, Connecticut Law, Tribune, Daily Business Review, Daily Report, Delaware Business Court Insider, New Jersey Law Journal, Texas Lawyer, Supreme Court Brief, Litigation Daily

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

    Hello,

    We will reach out to Law.com, and ask for the metadata for this collection.

    It would be very helpful if you could share a contact person with this provider.

    Thanks,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  10. Hagen University Press

    On the document server deposit_hagen of the FernUniversität in Hagen, qualified scientific publications by members of the FernUniversität as well as digital collections of the University Library Hagen are made available online to the worldwide specialist public free of charge and without access restrictions (Open Access).

    I would appreciate it if the content would be searchable in CDI.

    https://ub-deposit.fernuni-hagen.de/content/index.xml

    Contact: publizieren.ub@fernuni-hagen.de

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

    Hello,

    This request has been selected as part of the 2026 CERV votes.

    We will reach out to the content provider, and ask for the metadata for this collection.

    If you could share a contact person with this provider, that would be very helpful.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor


  11. Add Open Access eBooks from the publisher intercom Verlag, Zürich to the Knowledgebases

    The young publishing house intercom Verlag at Zürich (Switzerland) is publishing Open Access ebooks in the Humanities.
    It would be great to add an eCollection of these ebooks to the Community Zone in Alma to make these fine books available.
    https://intercomverlag.ch/about/
    https://www.intercom-mono.com/
    Thanks a lot
    Best Matthias

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

    Hello,

    This request has been selected as part of the 2026 CERV votes.

    We will reach out to the content provider, and ask for the metadata for this collection.

    If you could mention in the comments a name of a contact person at this provider, that would be very helpful.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  12. African Journals Initiative (AJI)

    Please could you add the African Journals Initiative (AJI) to the CZ?

    https://www.plutojournals.com/african-journals-initiative/

    Thanks

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

    Hello,

    This request has been selected as part of the 2026 CERV votes.

    We will reach out to the content provider, and ask for the metadata for this collection.

    If you could share a contact person with this provider, that would be very helpful.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor


  13. "Roper Center for Public Opinion Research" https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/

    Roper Center has an Alma Community collection records with no portfolios. Roper has their own catalog, with study-level metadata that can be crosswalked into Dublin Core if not fullblown MARC.
    Roper regularly add new studies to their collection, so dynamic feeds into Alma Community would be a great idea.

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  14. LIBRUMopen

    Please add the books from the platform LIBRUMopen (https://librum-publishers.com/librum-open/) to Alma. This is an open access publisher.
    Best,
    Igor Hammer

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  15. figshare

    Hi!

    Please add Figshare to Summon. It's important with open data.

    https://figshare.com/

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  16. EAI Educational Streaming Site

    Please add the collection/database: EAI Educational Streaming Site from Electronic Arts Intermix to Alma.
    https://eai.org/education

    21 votes
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  17. Platform nachschlage.net (Edition Text+Kritik)

    Please add the content of the platform nachschlage.net to the Community zone of Alma. It contains the databases
    - KLG Kritisches Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur
    - KLfG Kritisches Lexikon zur fremdsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur
    - KDG Komponisten der Gegenwart
    - LdI Lexikon der Illustration

    and several journals.

    URL: https://www.nachschlage.net/search/start.jsp

    e-mail: info@etk-muenchen.de

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  18. Vilnius Academy of Arts Press OA Journal Collection

    Please add the collection of open-access journals published by Vilnius Academy of Arts Press.
    The articles are written in English and Lithuanian. There is currently 1 journal. The Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform is used.
    Link to the website: https://aaav.vda.lt.
    For more detailed information, please contact by e-mail linas.salelionis@library.lt.

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  19. Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Press OA Journal Collection

    Please add the collection of open-access journals published by Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Press.
    Most of the articles are written in English, and some are in Lithuanian. There are currently 9 journals in total. The Open Journal System (OJS) platform is used.
    Link to the website: https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs.
    For more detailed information, please contact by e-mail linas.salelionis@library.lt.

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  20. Mykolas Romeris University Press OA Journal Collection

    Please add the collection of open-access journals published by Mykolas Romeris University Press.
    Most of the articles are written in English, and some are in Lithuanian. There are currently 12 journals in total. The Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform is used.
    Link to the website: https://ojs.mruni.eu.
    For more detailed information, please contact by e-mail linas.salelionis@library.lt.

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