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).
- Check if your idea has already been posted and vote for it before posting a new idea.
- Choose the right category: "New Provider" for content from a provider that has no available content in the KBs or CDI, or "Existing Provider" for content from a provider that already has content available in the KBs or CDI.
- Add a direct link to the provider/resource you suggest, and a contact person if possible.
- For enrichment requests add the relevant collection ID(s).
- Make sure you mention any specific added value your idea has to the community such as language or supporting diversity.
- Did you find errors in an existing collection? please open a case.
- A new year has begun but no corresponding annual collection? post an idea in Idea Exchange, make sure to mention if it is an existing provider.
- Existing Provider - if your idea is for a new collection from a provider that already has content available in the KBs and CDI or enriching records for an existing collection, use this category. No voting is necessary, ideas for existing providers will be handled regardless of voting.
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- Other - for non provider specific ideas
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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 Illustrationand several journals.
URL: https://www.nachschlage.net/search/start.jsp
e-mail: info@etk-muenchen.de
54 votesAdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) respondedHello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Kaunas University of Technology Press OA Journal Collection
Please add the collection of open-access journals published by Kaunas University of Technology Press.
Most of the articles are written in English, and some are in Lithuanian. There are currently 14 journals in total. The Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform is used.
Link to the website: https://journals.ktu.edu.
For more detailed information, please contact by e-mail linas.salelionis@library.lt.53 votesHello Linas,
We will reach out to you shortly to discuss the delivery of the metadata.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add UCL Press books Open Access
This collection is missing in Alma CZ:
53 votesAdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) respondedHello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Indexing Bibliotek.dk
Please index national database of Denmark, bibliotek.dk.
Database is already in Intota (Bibliotek.dk (FDS)) and in Alma (Alma Collection ID: 6114022520000041
DBC recommend us to get the data via DBC OAI repo https://www.dbc.dk/produkter-services/webservices
DBC OAI Repo
OAI-service gives access to harvest bibliographic data.
Documentation: https://github.com/DBCDK/rr-oai/wiki/DBC-OAI-Repo
The national bibliographic data are freely available and doesn’t need to be authorized. There is a limit of how many records can be harvested at a time, but you can set a script to harvest continuously.53 votesHello,
We will review this request for indexing in CDI.
Thank you for your contribution!
Best,
Rael -
Add Africa Commons from Coherent Digital
Please add the Africa Commons collection, along with the modules listed below, to Alma's Community Zone. These collections directly support diversity by making available historically significant resources created by and for Black audiences.
Africa Commons: https://africacommons.net/
-History and Culture: https://africacommons.net/modules/history-and-culture/
-Black South African Magazines: https://africacommons.net/modules/black-south-african-magazines/
Southern African Films and Documentaries:https://africacommons.net/modules/southern-african-films-and-documentaries/Here is the general contact email: information@coherentdigital.net
Thank you!
50 votesHello,
We are planning to add the collections by end of May 2024.
There were a few changes to the feed so it takes longer than expected.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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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.49 votesAdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) respondedHello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add the Bridget Williams Books collections to Primo Central Index
As a student and researcher of New Zealand materials I would like the books published by Bridget Williams Books to be indexed in Primo Central Index.
Background: Currently the content of these collections is not discoverable in Primo. This makes it harder to discover key New Zealand content and impacts the efficiency of my study and research capabilities.
49 votesHello,
We will check if we can establish a feed for this content to be available in our Discovery services.
Thanks for posting this idea and for all the votes,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add DigiZeitschriften to PCI / CDI
We would like to see the journal platform DigiZeitschriften added to PCI / CDI.
For more information, see: https://www.digizeitschriften.de/en/
In Alma there are already 3 Electronic Collections:
- DigiZeitschriften Open Access
- DigiZeitschriften Subscription
- DigiZeitschriften JournalsPlease keep this subdivision in PCI / CDI.
Since this source contains many old journals without ISSN, it would probably be better if the links to the full text came directly from DigiZeitschriften (Primo Link section) to avoid problems with the link resolver (Alma ViewIt).
Thanks in advance!
48 votesHello,
We are checking if we can add the metadata for discovery as well.
Thank you for the idea, and for the votes.
Best,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add videos from "CBC Curio" to the knowledge base (https://curio.ca/en/)
The Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) is Canada's publicly-funded national media station, and almost every Canadian library subscribes to the Curio videostreaming service, so we would like to be able to track the content in Summon and 360 Link.
48 votesAdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) respondedHello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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UNESDOC Digital Library Open Access Resources
UNESDOC Digital Library offers approximately 6,600 Open Access resources concerning UNESCO publications. The resources are found at https://unesdoc.unesco.org/home under Collections - Open Access resources. Please index in Primo central.
Regards,
Mari Lundevall and Marte B. Deichman-Sørensen
45 votesHello,
We will review the option to add UNESDOC Digital Library to CDI.
Thanks for the idea, and for your votes.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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New LexisNexis / Nexis Uni linking solution
It feels like a very small minority of links to Nexis Uni content resolve successfully. I've opened a number of support tickets without much progress, only to be told that LexisNexis/Nexis Uni simply doesn't work well with the OpenURL resolver. I'd like more development work to go into this connection as it renders a large amount of content in a very popular database inaccessible.
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Add Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) to the Summon Index
The DPLA is listed in the Data Management tool, but does not appear to have been indexed in Summon. Could it be added?
44 votesHello,
The CDI feed for DPLA will be added by end of September 2024.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Change the 'Citation Online' feature for the content type=Report for ASFA records when full text is available
I would like to propose that the content type=Report for Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) records are changed so that ASFA records with Full text links can be shown instead of 'Citation Online' which is misleading to the client. We have inputted thousands of government document records in ASFA which have a full text link but these links are not currently displayed in the Summon Brief results. ASFA is no longer just an abstract and indexing database as it now includes links to full text publications and grey literature. This should be changed as it can impact all users…
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Add Urbadoc database to Primo Central index
Urbadoc bibliographic database indexes european architectural journals and can enrich PCI with unique references.
It would be very useful to have this database searchable in Primo Central Index.
Urbadoc is an OAI-PMH data provider. More info at: http://www.cnba.it/2017/09/28/novita-urbadoc/
Urbadoc URL: http://www.urbadoc.com43 votesAdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) respondedHello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Box of Broadcasts
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) already exists in the 360 KB (DBID: TS7) but it would be great if the content of this resource could be added to the Summon/Primo index
43 votesAdminAnonymous (Admin, Ex Libris) respondedHello,
It seems this provider has never provided us with metadata so I am changing this idea's category to "new provider".
Kind regards,
Rachel
Senior Content Support Analyst
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Target/Collection: Vakmedianet Databases (PRVIAW)
Please add to discovery the databases from provider Vakmedianet. These databases are very important for Dutch academic libraries, they contain information that is not available in scholarly databases. Vakmedianet provides 14 databases: cm:, FactoMedia-Base, Finance & ControlBase, KiZ - Kwaliteit in Zorg, M&O - Management en Organisatie, Kluwer Management Executive Base, Over Salarisadministratie, Sigma, Tijdschrift Administratie, Tijdschrift Controlling, Tijdschrift Begeleidingskunde
42 votesAdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) respondedHello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add eBooks from wbv Publikation to Knowledgebase
Please add content from wbv Publikation (https://www.wbv.de/shop/) to the Knowledgebase.
42 votesAdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) respondedHello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Retronews
Retronews : Site dedicated to the old press, with more than 400 newspapers, magazines published between 1631 and 1945, 9 million digitized pages and editorial contents. For research teachers and students.
A database produced by the National Library of France.
Thank you to add Retronews to ALMA CZ and PCI.41 votesAdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) respondedHello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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EU Publications
Please consider including the EU publications in the CDI. There are approximately 400,000 text resources published related to the European Union. All texts are open access.
https://op.europa.eu/en/web/general-publications/publications
https://op.europa.eu/en/web/librarians-corner/metadata-services
Contact: OP-REC-EXPORT@publications.europa.eu41 votesAdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) respondedHello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Welsh Newspapers Online / PCI
Let's add Welsh Newspapers Online to Primo Central Index.
The collection is available in the Alma CZ, but not currently tickable in PCI so the newspaper scope is not able to pick up this fundamental Welsh resource.40 votesAdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) respondedHello,
This idea has been closed by mistake, I apologize for the inconvenience.
It will be reviewed and addressed according to the regular workflow of content requests.
My sincere apologies.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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