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  1. Westlaw topical texts and annotations

    We subscribe to one of Thomson Reuter's Westlaw Canada Topical Texts and Annotations collections, specifically the Environmental, Energy, and Aboriginal Collection. Could this package be added? There may be other related collections of interest to other libraries as well.

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  2. Add a CZ collection for "Lived Places Publishing" Open Access titles

    There are several "Lived Places Publishing" collections already in the CZ (and prior Idea Exchange submissions), but these are yearly based purchased collections.
    For example: "2024 Lived Places Publishing Library Collection".

    This submission is specifically for the Open Access titles by this publisher, and ideally this would be maintained ongoing rather than year based.

    The current title list: https://livedplacespublishing.com/open-access-titles/

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  3. Missing Hanser yearly collections

    Hanser used to have thematic yearly collections, but no longer does (e.g. Collection ID: 616180000000000008). The last ones were from 2022. They still sell yearly packages though. Why do they no longer exist and will they be added again?

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  4. ACM OA Basic Access

    Please add a new collection/database according to the basic access option: https://libraries.acm.org/digital-library/platform-and-features

    Best regards,
    Andreas

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

    Hello,

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

    Also, I have merged this idea with the one mentioned in the comments, thank you for your attention.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  5. Missing Oxford Handbooks Online 2025 Subject Collections

    Could the following 2025 Oxford Handbooks Online subject collections be added to the CZ:

    Oxford Handbooks Online Social Work and Social Policy 2025
    Oxford Handbooks Online Criminology and Criminal Justice 2025
    Oxford Handbooks Online Physical Science 2025

    Thank you!

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  6. Add SAE EDGE Research Reports - 2025

    The SAE EDGE Research Reports collections are available for Alma activation for publication years 2019 - 2024. Please, can you add the 2025 EDGE reports collection, as well?

    Thanks!

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  7. Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press

    Hello,

    We would appreciate if you could add The Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press to Alma. The collection is currently a University of Arizona collection with much need information regarding Mexican and Mexican American people.

    The Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press collection documents and showcases historic Mexican The Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press collection documents and showcases historic Mexican and Mexican American publications published in Tucson, El Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sonora, Mexico from the mid-1800s to the 1970s. The collection covers important periods in Mexican-American history, from the Mexican Revolution to the Bracero Program…

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  8. Add new GALE collections

    1. Global Development and Humanitarian Aid : The International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent, 1919-1994 collection https://link.gale.com/apps/GDHA?u
    2. Times Digital Archive 2020-2024 collection https://link.gale.com/apps/TTDA?u
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    Under Review  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    The first collection is available for activation:

    Gale Primary Sources Global Development and Humanitarian Aid: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 1919–1997, Collection ID: 61942092910000041

    We will reach out to Gale and ask for the metadata for the metadata forTimes Digital Archive 2020-2024.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  9. Enrichment of Community Zone bibliographic records for Pressreader

    Enrich and update Pressreader with bibliographic records in CZ.

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  10. Ovid Nursing Community College Essential Journal Collection 2019 (from 2015)

    Ovid Nursing Community College Essential Journal Collection 2019 (from 2015) doesn't have it's own collection in the CZ. More information is here: https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions/ovid/ovid-nursing-community-college-essential-journal-collection-14718.

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  11. Projectr Streaming Video MARC Enrichment

    Please try to obtain comprehensive MARC records from Projectr, a streaming video platform from Grasshopper Films. Some of their CZ collections have enriched records from Alexander Street but Alexander Street only hosts a subset of their platform.

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  12. Kanopy All Titles Collections

    Please add regional all titles collections for Kanopy which contain ALL titles accessible on the Kanopy platform regardless of purchase model.

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  13. ADD to CZ - RISE (RILM Index to Scores and Collected Editions)

    Please add an Elec Collection for the RISE (RILM Index to Scores and Collected Editions). This is a new product from RILM. https://www.rilm.org/rise/

    What is RISE?
    Building on the legacy of the Index to Printed Music, RISE is a comprehensive digital finding aid for locating musical works published within collections, sets, and series. It indexes individual pieces found in complete editions of composers’ works, anthologies of music, born-digital editions, and scholarly collections. Each record includes detailed descriptions: performing forces/instrumentation, language, genre, type of score, sources, and publication information. With more than 590,000 entries, RISE expands every year to include new…

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  14. Add University of Toronto Press eBook collection

    Hello, can you please work with the University of Toronto Press to add an eBook collection for the Press? There is an existing collection for "University of Toronto Press" (Collection ID: 611000000000001593), but it only contains journals. There are over 7,000 ebooks available on the platform, but I could not locate any titles in the CZ that direct to the platform.

    Thanks,

    Kevin

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  15. Add Educ'Arte Video

    Hello,

    could you add Educ'Arte Video as Campus Arte (https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/574345-content/suggestions/48797672-add-arte-video-campus) ?

    Many of the titles are similar to the Campus Arte collection, but some titles are only available to school audiences.

    https://supporteducarte.zendesk.com/hc/fr/requests/new
    https://educ.arte.tv/

    Kind regards,
    Mireille Pochon

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

    Hello,

    As this is a new provider, we are still working on onboarding their content to the Knowledgebases and CDI.

    We will add this collection to the list we are asking from them, and it would be helpful if you could also mention to the provider that you are interested in adding their metadata to Ex Libris products.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  16. ESV Open

    Please check with the provider 'Erich Schmidt Verlag GmbH & Co.', if a new collection 'ESV Open' can be added to the Community zone for all Open Access titles from Erich Schmidt Verlag.

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  17. ASM Digital Library Conference Proceedings

    Hello,

    We recently subscribed to the ASM Digital Library's All Access model. There is an Alma database available for this collection (ID: 61585093310000041), but there doesn't appear to be any content included. There are no portfolios attached, and the DBID yields zero results in the CDI.

    Would it be possible to update this collection to include CDI content? Alternatively, it would be helpful to have a collection available that includes the ASM conference proceedings:

    Heat Treating Conference and Exposition: https://dl.asminternational.org/heat-treating/
    International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis: https://dl.asminternational.org/ISTFA
    Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies Conference: https://dl.asminternational.org/shape-memory
    International Thermal Spray Conference: https://dl.asminternational.org/itsc/

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

    Hello,

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

    We will also review if we can create a collection for their proceedings.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  18. Cappelen Damm Open Access ebooks

    We request the creation of a separate e-collection in Alma CZ for open access ebooks from Cappelen Damm Forskning. This is the research publishing division of Cappelen Damm Akademisk.

    https://cdforskning.no/cdf/catalog/newReleases
    Via the link above, you can find their academic open access book releases. Many of these books are published in Norwegian, a language we naturally want to promote for our students and researchers.

    Please note that Cappelen Damm Forskning is already a content provider in Alma CZ. The records for their OA ebooks are available through the OAPEN (613450000000000043) and DOAB (613680000000000027) e-collections. Since these records already exist in CZ…

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  19. Knowledge Unlatched International Water Association Publishing Frontlist 2024-2026

    Can you please add this collection to Alma? I see 2021-2023, but 2024-2026 is not in the CZ:
    Knowledge Unlatched International Water Association Publishing Frontlist 2024-2026

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  20. Gale US Declassified Documents Online

    Hello, can Ex Libris please work with Gale to get this collection indexed in CDI? There are ten existing database collection in the CZ, but none have portfolios, and they don't have CDI access. Gale's page for the collection states that there are over 700,000 resources in the collection, so portfolio-level access doesn't seem realistic.

    Thanks,

    Kevin

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