Content
We welcome your ideas for new content (metadata) to add to the Knowledge Bases (KBs - Alma CZ, SFX, 360) and Discovery services (CDI - Central Discovery Index whose data supports Primo and Summon).
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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 -
Add SAGE Backfiles to 360 KB
Please consider adding SAGE (7000049205) Deep Backfile Upgrade 2025, Shallow Backfile (7000051789) and Shallow Backfile 2 (700051797) to the KB
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New Database Request: World Events and the Media (Text)
Please add the text content for the Alexander Street Press database World Events and the Media (Text).
The URL is https://search.alexanderstreet.com/medi
Thank you.
1 voteAdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded
Hello,
Is this a different collection than
World Events and the Media, Collection ID: 614940000000000530?
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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New Database Request: ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S.: 2013-Present
Please add a new CZ e-collection (Database) for ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S.: 2013-Present from ProQuest.
The 360KB has an equivalent (DB ID: AUOQU)The starting URL is https://statabs.proquest.com/sa
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DBX to PST Migration: Making the Transition Smooth
Shoviv DBX to PST Converter Tool is a software designed to convert multiple.dbx files into a PST file format, allowing users to export data to various targets like Live Exchange and Office 365. The tool uses advanced algorithms to process an unlimited number of.dbx files without size or number limitations, ensuring efficient data conversion. It also allows users to export data into other formats like MSG and EML, and migrate.dbx files to Office 365 mailboxes with ease. The utility supports ANSI and Unicode PST file types, ensuring compatibility with the mail client. Users can check data before exporting to ensure…
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EBSCO ebooks German
Please create a new CZ e-collection for EBSCO eBooks German collection (https://research.ebsco.com/c/h32dqq?db=e085tww). Title list (September 2024) attached, current data can be obtained from EBSCO (Katharina Bewer <kbewer(at)EBSCO.COM> )
3 votesHello,
We will reach out to Ebsco, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Mintel's Academic GNPD- All Regions- Food & Drink
We just added on this Mintel collection, but we don't see it in the Alma CZ. Can you add it? Mintel Global New Products Database Food and Drink global
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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
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Add East View Global Press Archive Area Studies Initiative 2025
https://www.eastview.com/resources/gpa/area-studies-initiative/
We already have East View Global Press Archive Area Studies Initiative for 2024 in the Alma CZ. Could 2025 be added please?
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Add ProQuest Art & Architecture Archive thematic collections
Please add the ProQuest Art & Architecture Archive Collection thematic collections to the CZ. We subscribe to only the Architecture & Design thematic collection in Art & Architecture Archive.
As a workaround to provide access to this collection, we have selectively activated only the Architecture & Design titles in Art & Architecture Archive Collection 1 and 2 (CID 61262944400007306, 61262944370007306). This workaround is not ideal for us because new titles added to or titles removed from the thematic collection will not be automatically updated for us, and we will have to maintain the title list ourselves.
Here is the vendor's…
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Please add the Baltimore Sun Digital Edition from the Baltimore Sun
Other entries in Alma are related to Proquest. This resource is directly from Baltimore Sun and provides digital access to their publications. The URL to the site is https://www.baltimoresun.com.
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Please add the Baltimore Sun Digital Edition from the Baltimore Sun
Other entries in Alma are related to Proquest. This resource is directly from Baltimore Sun and provides digital access to their publications. The URL to the site is https://www.baltimoresun.com.
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Add DergiPark Akademik, Turkish academic journal platform
https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/574345-content/suggestions/19443037-dergipark-akademik
In 2017, other user posted same request but unfortunately, closed. So I will try again.
DergiPark Akademik is journal platform from Turkey and includes English or Turkish written academic journals from Turkish Societies and institutions.
Journal lists are available below.
https://dergipark.org.tr/en/search?section=journal
I hope those journals will be included KB & CZ soon for better content accessibility.
Thank you.
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Add MJS(Medical Journals Sweden) Publishing journals on KB & CZ
MJS publishing launched in 2021 and publishes several medical society journals from Sweden.
You would find titles from MJS publishing below.
https://www.mjspublishing.se/journalsAll of them are Gold Open Access.
I hope those journals will be included KB & CZ soon for better content accessibility.
Thank you.
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add missing Gale collections to Alma
American Civil War: The International Context Digital Archive
American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society, Part VIII Digital Archive
British Library Newspapers Part 7: Southeast Asia, 1806-1980s Digital Archive
China and the Modern World: Regional China and the West Digital Archive
Latino Social and Political Culture and History: Perspectives on the Chicano Movement Digitall Archive
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection Part 2 Digital Archive
State Papers Online Colonial: Asia Part III: Malay States Digital Archive
Telegraph Historical Archive: 2017-2021 Supplement Digital Archive
The International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent, 1919-1994 Digital Archive1 voteHello,
We are working with Gale to add the metadata for these collections.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add missing gale archives unbound collections to Alma
AU: First U.S. Army Report of Operations, 20 October 1943-8 May 1945
AU: Ford Administration and Human Rights
AU: Papers of American Missionaries to Asia: Missionaries associated with the Philippines 1942-1965
AU: Papers of American Missionaries to Asia: Missionaries associated with China and India, 1818-1972
AU: Papers of American Missionaries to Asia: Missionaries associated with South and West Asia, 1914
AU: State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee and State-Army-Navy-Air Force Coordinating Committee Files
AU: United States and France: Correspondence Dealing with Economic Relations, 1811-19301 voteHello,
We are working with Gale to add the metadata for these collections.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Enrich Manchester University Press MARC Records with Provider Metadata
Hello,
Could Ex Libris please enrich Manchester University Press ebook records in the CZ with provider metadata?
CZ collection IDs are:
615490000000000250
61464937760000041
615490000000000251I've noticed many brief records in the open access collection (ID 615490000000000251)
1 voteHello Charlie,
We will reach out to Manchester UP, and ask for an ongoing enrichment feed.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Please add open access journals vendor eLife. https://elifesciences.org/
We would like to add journal provider eLife to CKB.
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Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II
Gale has now made available a "Part 2" to an existing collection, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection. It can be purchased separately from the original collection, so should be set up separately. See more information here:
https://www.gale.com/c/17th-and-18th-century-burney-newspapers-collection-part-ii
https://www.gale.com/primary-sources/historical-newspapers
https://www.gale.com/binaries/content/assets/gale-us-en/intl-assets/intl-assets-uk--europe/gale-primary-sources-assets/seventeenth-and-eighteenth-century-burney-newspapers-collection-part-ii---factsheet.pdfCan it please be added to the CKB?
4 votesHello,
We will reach out to Gale, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Naxos Sheet Music Library
Since Naxos Music Library is supported, can records for their Sheet Music Library be added into the CDI, please?
The content changes monthly, but the vendor told us they send updated lists (spreadsheets) to libraries upon request.
Vendor website: https://publishing.naxos.com/
1 voteHello,
We will reach out to Naxos, and ask for the metadata for this collection.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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