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  1. Add Suhrkamp Collections

    Please add the following collection to the SFX KB:

    Suhrkamp Philosophie 01/2022-06/2022
    Suhrkamp Philosophie 07/2022-12/2022

    Thank you

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  2. Enrich Bibs in Brill's "Cuban Culture and Cultural Relations"

    Please enrich the bib records in the Brill collection "Cuban Culture and Cultural Relations." They are currently very brief.

    Thanks.

    Charlie

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  3. Cambridge World History of Food - Include in Bloomsbury Food Library

    The Cambridge World History of Food should be included in Bloomsbury Food Library collection but it is not, it is not discoverable in Primo: https://www.bloomsburyfoodlibrary.com/encyclopedia?docid=b-9781474208710

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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Single title requests within existing collections should be addressed by cases for better tracking and quicker response.

    I am closing this idea as I cannot handle this through the process of new collections request, please open a case for this.

    Thanks,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  4. Please add separate collections for OpenEdition eBooks

    Hello,
    Please add the following OpenEdition collections:
    OpenEdition European Studies
    Openedition French Studies Bundle
    We only see a large package of eBooks, but not these specific sets in Alma.

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    Closed  ·  2 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →

  5. add KU Language Science Press 2024-2026 to alma

    Hello,
    I see the older Knowledge Unlatched Language Science Press packages, but not this one to choose: KU Language Science Press 2024-2026. Can you please add this most recent one so we can activate it?
    Much appreciated!

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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, we were unable to obtain the title list from the provider.

    Therefor, we will not be able to create this collection in our Knowledgebases.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  6. Please add LexisNexis Matthew Bender Online to CDI.

    Hello,

    Please add LexisNexis Matthew Bender Online to CDI.

    Thanks,
    Dafna and Judith

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, the publisher will not be able to provide the relevant metadata due to internal issues.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  7. Add EBSCOhost Education Source Ultimate to Summon CDI

    Please add EBSCOhost Education Source Ultimate to Summon CDI.

    https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/education-source-ultimate

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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Ebsco does not send us metadata for their collections that we can use in CDI.

    We have alternative coverage for many of their collections, please review this knowledge article for more details.

    https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Content_Corner/Central_Discovery_Index/Documentation_and_Training/Documentation_and_Training_(English)/CDI_-_The_Central_Discovery_Index/040Alternative_Coverage_in_CDI

    Thanks,

    Tamar Ganor Content Product Manager

  8. Bloomsbury drama online complete

    Please add the Bloomsbury drama online complete collection to Alma. I am only seeing the Core collection, which is a subset of Complete.

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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Bloomsbury does not maintain a title list for an aggregated collection of all Bloomsbury drama online title lists.

    Therefor we will not be able to create such a collection in the Knowledge Bases.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  9. Begell digital library : update journals threshold. The package includes 58 journals which should extend to "Present", rather than - 2018

    Begell digital library : update journals threshold. The package includes 58 journals which should extend to "Present", rather than - 2018

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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Respectfully, please open a support ticket for this issue as this needs to go to a different team for analysis.

    Requests for new collections or enrichment should be posted in Idea Exchange, while fixing errors in existing metadata should be tracked via support cases.

    Thank you for understanding.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  10. Add chinese classification field in the electronic reousrces bib

    Now the classification in electronic reousrces bib is Dewey or LC，It cannot satisify the need of chinese library users of ALMA,espicially when we need to provide statistics of subject.The need is frequently and urgent in chinese libraries.We hope ALMA can collabrate to other organises to impove the function,which might help add the users of ALMA.

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  11. elinpalm@kth.se

    Please add the video collection from McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering to the Alma Community Zone. At the moment only the books are available for activation in the Alma Community zone.
    Link to the video collection: https://www.accessengineeringlibrary.com/search?query=&f%5B0%5D=content_type%3AVideos

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    3 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, we are unable to receive a title list for this collection from the provider.

    Therefore we cannot create this collection.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar 

  12. Please add Archaeopress journal bundle collection to ALMA community zone

    Ash-sharq: Bulletin of the Ancient Near East - Archaeological, Historical and Societal Studies
    ISSN 2513-8529; e-ISSN 2514-1732
    https://archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/ash-sharq

    Aramazd: Armenian Journal of Near Eastern Studies (AJNES)
    ISSN 1829-1376
    https://archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/aramazd

    KOINON: The International Journal of Classical Numismatic Studies
    ISSN 2631-5874
    https://archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/koinon

    Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies (PSAS)
    ISSN 0308-8421
    https://archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/PSAS

    Journal of Greek Archaeology
    ISSN 2059-4682
    https://archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/JGA

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    For updating existing collections with missing titles, please open a support case as it requires a different process of confirming an existing feed with the provider.

    For ASME digital collection journals, we are waiting for the provider to send us an updated title list.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  13. Add CDI Collection for Factiva Academic

    Could you please explore the possibility of creating a CDI collection for Factiva Academic with links in record (no portfolios)? Many publications in Factiva have "Selected coverage" and therefore are not available at the title level in the CZ collection (Collection ID: 61111037301464000). This means a significant amount of content is not being represented in the KB and I think moving this to a CDI collection would improve overall coverage as well as have more reliable full text linking.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hi Charlie,

    After reviewing the amount of metadata and its' potential, it will not be added to the CDI due to overlap and massive quantity.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  14. Please enrich records of "Exploring Race in Society" collection

    Thank you for adding the EBSCO Exploring Race in Society collection (616180000000000029) in CZ. However, the quality is not great. Out of 70 titles, 61 titles have brief level 3 and below. They are brief records with title and publisher only.

    Please work with the vendor to enrich the records.

    Thanks!

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, Ebsco provides us with KBART files only, and we will not be able to enrich this collection without their support of MARC records delivery to us.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

     

  15. Newsbank article level linking in CZ e-collections

    Please explore adding article level linking via the parser used by NewsBank CZ e-collections? Currently they offer only journal level linking.

    For example the linking for

    NewsBank (Newsbank Access World News Research Collection 2021 Edition)

    Type: Selective package
    Services: Full Text (Available)
    Interface name: Newsbank
    Linking Level: Journal

    LOCAL E-COLLECTION ID: 6131937990005877
    GLOBAL E-COLLECTION ID: 615410000000000481
    E-COLLECTION NAME: NEWSBANKACCESSWORLDNEWSRESEARCHCOLLECTION2021_EDITION

    is
    Parser Bulk::JKEY
    Parser parameters url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=

    Can the webhook and other NewsBank related information could assist your colleagues in writing a specific parser for NewsBank e-collections ? More info on webhook facilitated
    article level…

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    4 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    After thorough discussions we concluded there is no sustainable way to add article level linking in CDI for NewsBank.

    The Webhook solution would be the best way to retrieve these results.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar

  16. Add S2O years/volumes from Annual Reviews to the Annual Reviews Open Access Collection

    Annual Reviews Open Access Collection ID: 615300000000000045 has 9 active portfolios, however 29 titles are available open access for the year 2023 (with more to come). Could you please add these titles with Open Access beginning in 2023? The articles in these 29 titles for 2023 are open access now, and they will remain open access no matter whether the S2O goal is met for the 2024 volume. It is much more efficient for Ex Libris to do it than for individual libraries to add and edit the availability dates.
    Here is the list of titles with open access for…

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  17. Create collection for Nexis Uni Plus

    There's only one collection in the CZ for Nexis Uni (collection ID 613780000000001685) but there are two versions of this product available from the provider: Core and Plus.

    The Plus version includes extra content and, from my spot testing, it seems the current CZ collection is for the Core version.

    Please create a new collection for Nexis Uni Plus and rename the existing collection as Nexis Uni Core.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    According to the provider, there is no product they sell called Nexis Uni Plus.

    If you have any other information such as a URL to this product page, or any promotional material that details this specific product, please forward it directly to me

    tamar.ganor@clarivate.com.

    Thanks,

    Tamar

  18. Add a new collection from the Universität Heidelberg

    Please add the collection Propylaeum-eBooks to the CZ.

    Universität Heidelberg is an excisting provider, see Collection: "Open Journal System Heidelberg", Collection-ID: 614330000000001224.

    Further information for data interface: https://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/helios/kataloge/datenschnittstellen.html

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    0 comments  ·  Existing provider  ·  Admin →
    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Unfortunately, the provider is unable to provide metadata for this collection.

    They will let us know once they are capable of sustainably sending us their metadata.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

  19. Enrichment of records for Ibuk Libra collection in Community Zone

    I propose to enrich the MARC records in the Ibuk Libra collection with additional metadata (ex. author) in Community Zone. Currently, when we activate a local collection of books from Ibuk Libra in Alma (based on a purchased list of e-books), we see only basic metadata in Primo. As Ibuk Libra it is one of the largest and most frequently used databases of e-books in Polish and is often used by students, such supplementation of data will be very useful.

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  20. Next Expected Update date for collections

    Similar to the "Last Full Update" and "Last Partial Update" dates for collections, it could cut down on the volume of cases about new individual titles if the collections that get updated on a regular schedule also had "Next Expected Update" date to display.

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    Closed  ·  AdminTamar Ganor (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Hello,

    Expected update frequency is not part of any standardized metadata from content providers.

    Furthermore, update frequency depends on the content being updated on the platform and due to the nature of the publishing industry, it cannot be committed to in advance. Even regularly updated collections may skip an update cycle because there's no new content added to the collection.

    As a result, adding expected update frequency for book collections or journal collections can be misleading as it is hypothetical and may create false expectations.

    Therefore, I am closing this idea as 'expected update' cannot be accurately added to collections to create a useful and reliable indication.

    Kind regards,

    Tamar Ganor

    Content Product Manager

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