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  1. Which software is best for removing unnecessary pages from a PDF?

    I’m facing difficulty removing unwanted pages from a PDF, making the file larger and harder to manage.

    3 votes
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  2. EBSCO's Vente et Gestion

    Please add a collection for EBSCO's Vente et Gestion

    1 vote
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  3. Improve metadata for ProQuest Historical Annual Reports

    Please improve the metadata for the (ProQuest) Historical Annual Reports - Collection ID: 613800000000000384. Average bib rank for this collection is quite low (26.22). Most just have a title. I asked my cataloger what she'd like to see on this records, and she sent the attached. Whatever you can provide would be helpful. Thank you!

    1 vote
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  4. Let users receive an email when there is a new notification in the 360 Client Center.

    Let users receive an email when there is a new notification in the 360 Client Center.

    1 vote
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  5. 2 new 360 KB - East View Databases

    Please add the following databases for East View Information Services (0 title for ERM purposes is fine):

    Global Geography Library: Thematic, Reference, Commercial, Educational - https://dlib.eastview.com/browse/books/5970

    Global Geography Library: Topographic - https://dlib.eastview.com/browse/books/6010

    Thank you.

    3 votes
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  6. ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions 2025--add to CZ with CDI link in record records

    ProQuest offers annual modules of ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions. Those created through 2024 are in the CZ with CDI link in record records. For example:

    ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions 2022, 614940000000000294
    ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions 2023, 615500000000000168
    ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions 2024, 614940000000000399

    Could Ex Libris please work with ProQuest to add the 2025 collection to the CZ, making sure to load it (like the others) with CDI link in record records? The collection should be titled:

    ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions 2025

    1 vote
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  7. ProQuest Legislative Insight 2024 & ProQuest Legislative Insight 2025--Add to CZ with CDI link in record records

    ProQuest offers annual modules on the ProQuest Legislative Insight platform, and several are already in the CZ as database collections with CDI link in record records. For example:

    ProQuest Legislative Insight 2020, 614940000000000105
    ProQuest Legislative Insight 2021, 614940000000000227
    ProQuest Legislative Insight 2022, 614940000000000302
    ProQuest Legislative Insight 2023, 615500000000000169

    However, there are no single year-specific collections for 2024 and 2025. There is a CZ collection for ProQuest Legislative Insight 2024-forward (614940000000000401), but we don't want to activate that one, as we haven't purchased an ongoing subscription (i.e. all content going forward). We purchased 2024 and 2025 as discrete years, and we…

    1 vote
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  8. ProQuest Legislative Insight 2024 & ProQuest Legislative Insight 2025

    ProQuest offers annual modules on the ProQuest Legislative Insight platform, and several are already in the CZ as database collections with CDI link in record records. For example:

    ProQuest Legislative Insight 2020, 614940000000000105
    ProQuest Legislative Insight 2021, 614940000000000227
    ProQuest Legislative Insight 2022, 614940000000000302
    ProQuest Legislative Insight 2023, 615500000000000169

    However, there are no year-specific CZ collections for 2024 and 2025. There is a CZ collection for ProQuest Legislative Insight 2024-forward (614940000000000401), but we don't want to activate that one, as we haven't purchased an ongoing subscription (i.e. all content going forward). We purchased 2024 and 2025 as discrete years and won't…

    1 vote
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  9. Leningradskaia Pravda Digital Archive

    Hello,
    We have recently purchased Leningradskaia Pravda Digital Archive. The provider is East View. URL for access: https://gpa.eastview.com/lgpv/
    Please consider adding to the CZ.
    Thank you!

    3 votes
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  10. 2025 Sage Backfile Collections

    Please add the Sage Backfile Collection below to the Client Center.

    D024UPDL Shallow Backfile Upgrd (D025UPDLSC)
    BUPG25 BF Purch Upgrade 2025 (BUPG25-PC)

    1 vote
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  11. New Adam Matthew Collections

    Please add the following collections from Adam Matthew to the CZ:

    China on Film: Twentieth Century Sources from the British Film Institute - https://www.chinaonfilm.amdigital.co.uk

    Apartheid South Africa 1948-1994 Section V: Negotiation, Liberation and Democracy (1989-1994) - https://www.apartheidsouthafrica.amdigital.co.uk

    1 vote
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  12. policy citation index

    Please add an ecollection for WOS - Policy Citation Index

    3 votes
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  13. new database request

    Please add De Gruyter AI & Data Science eBooks Library to the KB, https://innovate.ieee.org/degruyter-ebooks-library/

    1 vote
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  14. New Database Request: Nihon Shinrei Digital Archive, Bulletin of Spirit Society of Japan (1915–1939) (日本心霊デジタルアーカイブ)

    Please add a new database to the client center for Nihon Shinrei Digital Archive, Bulletin of Spirit Society of Japan (1915–1939) (日本心霊デジタルアーカイブ), from Japan Digital Archives Center (J-DAC), Tokyo.
    The starting URL is https://j-dac.jp/nihonshinrei/

    Thank you.

    2 votes
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  15. New Database Request: Yuho Collection Online (友邦文庫)

    Please add a new database to the client center for Yuho Collection Online (友邦文庫), from Japan Digital Archives Center (J-DAC), Tokyo.
    The starting URL is https://j-dac.jp/yuhobunko/index.html

    Thank you.

    2 votes
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  16. New Database Request: Fusae Ichikawa Papers Online 1905-1946 (市川房枝資料 1905-1946)

    Please add a new database to the client center for Fusae Ichikawa Papers Online 1905-1946 (市川房枝資料 1905-1946), from Japan Digital Archives Center (J-DAC), Tokyo.
    The starting URL is https://j-dac.jp/ichikawafusae/index.html

    Thank you.

    1 vote
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  17. Please add Scientific American Presents

    Please add Scientific American Presents (ISSN 2168-250X) to CDI.
    Thanks.

    1 vote
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  18. Change Library Stack to full title collection

    Please change the collection "Library Stack" from a zero-title database to a full title collection. We are subscribers to Library Stack and we would appreciate this change to fully benefit from this subscription.
    Collection ID: 6122238660000041
    Collection Name: Library Stack

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

    Hello,

    We are working with the provider to review our options, the Knowledgebases do not represent well some of the content types that are included in this collection.

    I will update this idea once we make progress.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  19. Add Content

    Please add the following content to the Knowledgebase so that it can be searchable in Summon and the ejournal portal ProQuest Congressional Hearings Digital Collection Part R (2025) and the ProQuest Congressional Research Digital Collection Part Q (2025)

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

    Hello,

    ProQuest Congressional Hearings Digital Collection: Part Q (2024), collection ID 614940000000000427 is available, should there also be one for 2025?

    We will work on adding ProQuest Congressional Hearings Digital Collection pare R.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  20. Please add umbrella collections for Adam Matthew AM collections with portfolios

    I appreciate that Adam Matthew collections are represented with portfolios in the CZ! But when we subscribed to AM Explorer I had to manually activate 140+ collections. It would be helpful if in addition to the individual collections, there were umbrella collections with portfolios for the packages of category collections Adam Matthew provides, e.g., AM Primary collections, AM Archives Direct collections, AM Scholar collections, and AM Research Skills collections. Also including a portfolio for each container collection would be ideal.
    The collections are listed at https://www.amdigital.co.uk/support/collections/marc-records
    For brevity, I will give an example of AM Scholar:
    Create a collection with…

    3 votes
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