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  1. Hein state Pennsylvania

    Add HeinOnline U.S. State - Pennsylvania

    Please add HeinOnline:
    U.S. State - Pennsylvania - Attorney General Opinions
    U.S. State - Pennsylvania - Political & Legal History
    U.S. State - Pennsylvania - Session Laws
    U.S. State - Pennsylvania - State Statutes
    U.S. State - Pennsylvania - State Reports
    State Constitutions - Pennsylvania

    3 votes
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  2. Add Datasets from Biodiversity Heritage Library to CDI

    Biodiversity Heritage Library now offers freely accessible data sets - please see recent announcement here: https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2024/11/bhl-datasets-now-openly-accessible-on-aws-cloud.html

    Could these be added to the CDI if they are not already there?

    The DBID is 79B. Not sure if they should be a separate CDI collection or added to the existing one?

    Thanks.

    1 vote
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  3. bloomsbury open front list collections

    We are supporting 3 Bloomsbury open collections via Lyrasis. I see one is in Alma but the other two are not. Can these please be added?

    Bloomsbury Open: Gender and Sexuality Frontlist
    Bloomsbury Open: Environment and Climate Change Frontlist

    Bloomsbury Open: African Studies and International Development Frontlist (this one is in the CZ, thank you!)

    1 vote
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  4. Add open access e-book from Harrassowitz Verlag, Early South-South Links in the History of World Christianity (16th – Early 19th Century)

    Please add this open access title to 360 KB etc.

    https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/ddo/artikel/86985/978-3-447-12224-5_Free%20Open%20Access%20Download.pdf

    https://oa-fund.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/1207/2/978-3-447-12224-5_Kostenloser_Open_Access-Download.pdf

    https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/title_7502.ahtml

    Early South-South Links in the History of World Christianity (16th – Early 19th Century)
    Edited by Klaus Koschorke, Ciprian Burlăcioiu and Philipp Kuster
    editor(s): Koschorke, Klaus / Burlăcioiu, Ciprian / Kuster, Philipp
    series:
    Studies in the History of Christianity in the Non-Western World
    volume: 38
    pages/dimensions: 272 pages, 24 ill.
    language: English

    4 votes
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  5. EM Premium (Elsevier)

    Please add EM Premium to the Knowledge Bases (KBs - Alma CZ, SFX, 360) and Discovery services (CDI - Central Discovery Index).
    The Couperin consortium already has its collection : "Bacon Elsevier Couperin Empremium" (615300000000001213)

    About: https://www.elsevier.com/fr-fr/promotions/em-premium
    Access URL: http://www.em-premium.com/
    Title List URL: https://www.em-premium.com/em/pdf/20190215_Liste_titres_EM_PREMIUM.pdf
    Contact: https://fr.service.elsevier.com/app/contact/supporthub/empremium/

    6 votes
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  6. Automated holdings management for VLeBooks

    Could we please enable automated holdings management for:

    Database name: VLeBooks
    Database code: 38.
    Provider:Askews and Holts Library Services Ltd
    Default URL: http://www.vlebooks.com/

    I have had difficulty activating e-book titles for this provider in the 360 KB, due to metadata inconsistencies.

    ProQuset and Ex Libris Support suggested that the content team and developers are looking for opportunities to extend the support for the "Automated Holdings Updates" process that is now set up for PQ Ebook Central.

    Since there are now similar processes available for Taylor & Francis books and Springer Nature content, would it be possible to enable this process…

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

    Hello,

    VLeBooks is on our list for adding as an autoholdings collection in the next year.

    I will update this idea as we reach progress.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  7. KU Focus Collection: Global Warming and Responses 2025-2027

    Dear ExLibris Support,

    We just pledged to these collections. May we request to add these to ALMA KB? We wanted to put it out there.

    Thank you,
    Mariyam

    3 votes
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  8. KU Select 2025-2027 SDG Full Collection

    Dear ExLibris Support,

    We just pledged to these collections. May we request to add these to ALMA KB? We wanted to put it out there.

    Thank you,
    Mariyam

    9 votes
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  9. Please add collection for Refugees, Relief, and Resettlement: The Early Cold War and Decolonization (Gale)

    5 votes
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  10. EIU Viewpoint - Add content to CDI

    There is an EIU Viewpoint database in Alma. Can you ask EIU for metadata to add reports, forecasts, etc. to CDI? Or add portfolios to the collection?

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

    Hello,

    We will check with EIU regarding metadata for CDI or to add portfolios for a full text collection.

    For CDI metadata we may need to setup an agreement, which can take time. And for a full text collection the records may not have enough metadata to be properly presented in the Knowledgebases.

    I will update the idea once I have some information to share.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  11. Add CDI metadata to CZ records for Mintel collections

    Community zone collections from Mintel are odd. All have CZ records, but only a few have corresponding CDI records. The CDI records duplicate the CZ records but with better metadata. An example is "Mintel Beauty and Personal Care: China" (ID: 613860000000000186; DBID:ACFGR) The CDI records are labeled "market research" and have a full description. The CZ records only contain a title. Mintel recently released Shibboleth functionality (and the CZ collections were updated accordingly), so I need to use the CZ records so the linking works. The CDI records are all "link in record," which only works with a proxy. So,…

    3 votes
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    AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    The metadata Mintel provides is more suitable for CDI only, and although in previous years we have created collections with titles in the Kowledgebases, going forward we will only have the metadata presented in CDI.

    Please let me know which collections do not have metadata in CDI either in a comment to this idea, or directly to me

    tamar.ganor@clarivate.com.

    Regarding the authentication issue, I will consult with our support analysts on the best way to address this challenge.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  12. Target/Collection: ASTM journals hosted on ASME platform

    ASTM (American Society of Testing and Materials) is in the process of moving their journals from their ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library database to another society's (ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)) platform, see https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/astm-journals .

    There are portfolios for the ASTM journals set up under the ASME Digital Collection Journals collection (Collection ID: 611000000000000172). I've activated a second version of that collection, given it the 'ASTM Digital Library Journals' public name and activated the ASTM journal portfolios under that collection. Since the ASTM journals are purchased separately, it seems to me that they should be under a separate…

    7 votes
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  13. Add CDI for Gideon content

    We already have the e-books activated but would like CDI added for the database content.
    https://www.gideononline.com/

    10 votes
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  14. Add CDI link-in record records for 3 JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments collections

    JoVE, an existing provider partner of Ex Libris, has contributed many video collections to the CZ. Most of the collections have CDI link in record records we can activate. The MARCs and portfolios for JoVE are very poor (because these are video collections, so it's not possible to generate good data from the KBART files loaded to produce the portfolios and bibs), so it is very important that there be link in record records we can activate instead. However, for 3 JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments collections, there are portfolios and bibs but no link in record records. Could Ex Libris…

    1 vote
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  15. POWER TO THE PEOPLE: Counterculture, Social Movements, and the Alternative Press, Nineteenth to Twenty-first Century (Gale Primary Sources)

    Hello, can you please add this Gale collection?

    Collection is described here: https://www.gale.com/c/power-to-the-people-counterculture-social-movements-and-the-alternative-press

    6 votes
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  16. History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century (Gale Primary Sources)

    Hello, can you please add this Gale collection to the CZ?

    The collection is described here: https://www.gale.com/primary-sources/history-of-disabilities

    4 votes
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  17. IOP eBooks AAS-IOP Astronomy 2024 Collection

    Please add "IOP eBooks AAS-IOP Astronomy 2024 Collection" as a new CZ collection from this existing provider. There are already annual collections for previous years, but not 2024. Thank you!

    5 votes
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  18. Oxford Scholarship Online Yearly subject specific collections for years prior to 2022

    Most of the Oxford Scholarship Online subject specific collections only have yearly collections that go back to 2022 (for example Classical Studies has a 2022 and 2023 collection). Could yearly collections for the years prior to 2022 be added to the Alma CZ? We are particularly interested in yearly subject specific collections for the following subjects:

    Political Science
    Literature
    Business & Management
    Classical Studies
    Economics and Finance
    History
    Linguistics
    Neuroscience
    Philosophy
    Psychology
    Public Health and Epidemiology
    Religion
    Social Work

    Thank you!

    9 votes
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  19. New Database Request: Archives of Sexuality and Gender (Part 6)

    Please add a new collection to the client center for Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Part 6, Community and Identity in North America from Gale. The starting URL is https://link.gale.com/apps/AHSI?u=[LOCATION_ID].

    Thank you!

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

    Hello,

    We are checking with Gale regarding the metadata for

    Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Community and Identity in North America Digital Archive (is this what you are referring to as part 6?)

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  20. Add New Gale Archives collections to CZ and CDI

    Add New Gale Archives collections:

    6 votes
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    Under Review  ·  AdminAnonymous (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hi,

    Food History: Printed and Manuscript Recipe Books; 1669-1990 is already available:

    Collection ID 614920000000005958


    Regarding Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Community and Identity in North America Digital Archive, we will contact Gale and ask for the metadata of the collection.


    All the best,

    Rachel

    Senior Content Support Analyst

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