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.
- New Providers - if your idea is for content from a provider that does not have any content available in the KBs and CDI, choose this category. The ideas for new providers will be annually prioritized via the CERV process.
- Other - for non provider specific ideas
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Enrich Swank Records in Alma CZ
Please work with the provider to enrich the records in the following Swank collections in the Alma CZ. They're very brief records with only title and not much else.
Swank Digital Campus Top 1500 Collection
Collection ID: 615450000000003937Swank Digital Campus Top 500 Videos
Collection ID: 615450000000003936Swank Digital Campus Top 1000 Videos
Collection ID: 6154500000000039351 voteHi Charlie,
Unfortunately, Swank informed us they cannot provide us with enriched metadata at this time.
Therefore I am closing this idea.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add new Newsbank (existing provider) database Aeronautics and Space Flight to CDI
Please add Newsbank/Readex--Aeronautics and Space Flight: Global Origins of Modern Aviation and Rocketry--to CDI.
1 voteHello,
Unfortunately, Newsbank does not have CDI records for this collection.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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1 vote
Hello,
Please open a support ticket in SalesForce for this request, as this is for adding a title to an existing collection.
Please also mention the collection ID to make sure it is added to the appropriate collection.
Apologies for sending you to SF - Idea Exchange is for new collections, enrichment and authority vocabularies.
Thanks for your support,
Tamar Ganor
Content PM
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Add America History & Life and Historical Abstracts
These are both key history databases whose usage would no doubt improve if they were indexed within Summon
1 voteHello,
Unfortunately, Ebsco does not supply Ex Libris with CDI metadata.
However, these resources are aptly represented in CDI:
America History & Life has 92% alternative coverage for the content in that database, and Historical Abstracts has 98% alternative coverage.
You can find that information in the CDI list CKC page
More about Alternative coverage can be found here:
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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add missing alexander Street collection: Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online
Hello,
Please consider adding this collection to Alma CZ:Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online
https://search.alexanderstreet.com/lado1 voteHello,
Alexander Street is only able to provide MARC records for individual collections. For Alexander Street packages made up of multiple collections, such as Letters and Diaries Online, customers must activate all the individual Letters & Diaries CZ collections that comprise the package.
You can use the My Electronic Resources by Provider tool to automatically activate the collections.
Therefore this collection will not be added to the CZ.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add China Statistical Yearbooks Database to Alma CZ
Please consider adding the
China Statistical Yearbooks Database from East View Information Services to the Alma CZ.
This database has over 2,000 journal titles in Serial solutions (Code ~AN), but I am not finding a match in Alma.1 voteHello,
The metadata file we received from EastView is missing Traditional Chinese and Pinyin.
Therefore we cannot add it to automation in SFX/Alma.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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Add American Chemical Society : Advances in Chemistry Series to Alma CZ
Hello,
We have this database in Serials solutions 360, but I'm not finding it in Alma:
American Chemical Society :: Advances in Chemistry Series Code 3RK
It has 255 eBooks and 1 journal.
Thanks for considering adding it to Alma!1 voteHello,
There was a collection in Alma for Advances in Chemistry Series, but it was deleted in 2022.
We were informed by ACS that they no longer distinguishes their books as Advances in Chemistry and Symposium Series; all books are now under the ACS eBooks collection.
Since we do not receive a separate feed for Advances in Chemistry Series, we cannot maintain such a collection.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Create new database for Lawrence Wishart journal content
Please could you create a new database for Lawrence Wishart journal content (https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/ ), since we subscribe to some of their journals
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CDI records request for InteLex Past Masters collection
Our client University of Guelph has requested the CDI provide record coverage for the InteLex Past Masters CRKN collection (Collection ID: 615410000000002433)
MARC records for the titles included in InteLex Past Masters website directly: https://www.nlx.com/marc_records/4.
Please work with Dan Haig at InteLex to acquire data for the CDI to enrich user discovery for this collection.
Thank you!
5 votesHello,
After evaluating the MARC records, it is apparent that the identifiers are assigned in a way that would cause mismatches in CDI.
Therefore we will not add this resource to CDI.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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Add JSTOR Community College Collection
This is a new package that is being offered starting July 1 2023. See https://about.jstor.org/librarians/journals/jstor-community-colleges-collection/ -- while it comprises distinct collections that are probably already in the CKB, it will be much more convenient for us to order and maintain if it is a distinct CZ collection.
3 votesHello,
JSTOR confirmed that the requested collection JSTOR Community College Collection is in fact the same as the JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection.
Therefore I am closing this idea as this is already available.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Wiley EBA Target
We would like a Wiley EBA target similar to other EBA targets for other providers in SFX
3 votesHello,
Wiley will not send us updated metadata for such a collection, and we cannot create it without their support.
So unfortunately, I will have to close this idea as we are unable to fulfill it.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add UCL Press books Open Access
This collection is missing in Alma CZ:
62 votesHello,
We were unable to establish contact with this provider, and therefore cannot proceed with creating it in Alma CZ.
If you have a direct contact at the provider, please share their details with me.
Kind regards,
Tamar
tamar.ganor@clarivate.com
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Request the improvement of user experience for "lancet"
Currently, as per the design of 360 Link, the title is changed to "Lancet" and ISSN is removed if the title contains "lancet" and ISSN is 0099-5355 (for North America) or 0140-6736 (for British).
Because of this design, users need to select an exact title from a large number of suggested journal titles on the 360 Link from PubMed on their own.
This is because the setting to every related title of "lancet" is set "lancet " as the alternative title.
This design sometimes helps the user experience, but the negative impact is also huge for the user.So we…
7 votesHello,
As I did not receive a response, and it is unclear what kind of user experience is wanted, I am closing this idea.
If this is still relevant, please email me directly
tamar.ganor@clarivate.com
Thanks,
Tamar
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Create collection - MUSIC and Dance Online (KERIS) Provided by ProQuest
This collection has been included in the KERIS license DB for the university.
But it's not available even though Proquest provides it.3 votesHello,
"Music and Dance Online" is a sales package, not a specific product. It is comprised of multiple individual AS music and dance products, and you must activate all the relevant individual products.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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Please add collection for open access gaming journals
Many of the journals relating to the subject of "gaming" and "gaming production" are haphazardly categorized in multiple collections. Since this is an emerging field with a high percentage of Open Access titles, I was hoping that you could create a collection (similar to the "freely accessible xyz" collections already in existence) of free/open access gaming titles to collect them in one place. Attached is a list of suggestions
1 voteHello,
The freely accessible collections are not maintained by Ex Libris as there is no specific provider who takes ownership on these collections.
Similarly, we will not be able to aggregate and sustainably maintain a gaming specific collection since we rely on provider feeds and updates.
You are welcome to create such a collection and contribute it to the Community Zone for the benefit of other community members.
See more information here
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add chapter and contents information to book records
Chapter and contents information is extrememly useful to our users but is often missing from records. We'd like records to be enriched with this information where possible.
21 votesHello,
Some providers cannot send us granular metadata for book chapters and contents.
If you have a specific provider in mind, please post a new idea.
Thanks,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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historymakers
History Makers Digital Archive is currently available in the CZ as a database with 0 portfolios. The vendor has MARC records available for download, but this would require our small Technical Services team to download, add, and maintain over 3,000 records manually which is not feasible for us.
Is there a possibility for History Makers to be added as an electronic collection with its associated portfolios to Alma's CZ to improve discovery?
9 votesHello,
HistoryMakers cannot send us metadata appropriate for use in the KBs without risking mismatches.
Therefore we will display the available metadata only in CDI, and this idea will be closed.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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Add Swank Digital Campus streaming video collection and MARC records to Alma Community Zone (Knowledgebase)
Many college & university libraries lease streaming videos from Swank Digital Campus (https://www.swank.com/digital-campus/), which hosts over 30,000 streaming films, including feature films, documentaries, and TV shows. Because there is no Swank Digital Campus collection in the Alma Community Zone, libraries must create local portfolios and import local MARC records from Swank for all their Swank purchases. This is unnecessary duplicative effort across all Ex Libris libraries.
There should be a Swank Digital Campus collection in the Alma Community Zone with portfolios for all Swank Digital Campus films. Because libraries choose selectively which Swank films to lease, this new…
11 votesHello,
Unfortunately, Swank has limited the metadata they provide to 3 collections only that represent their top 1,500, top 1,000 and top 500 titles.
Also, they are not able to provide MARC records due to contractual constraints.
Kind regards,
Tamar Ganor
Content Product Manager
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WISO Videos Wirtschaftswissenschaften
WISO Videos Wirtschaftswissenschaften is already added as a (portfolio)- selective collection to the ALMA CZ.
Please also bring in the CDI functionality as well.
The databases from GBI GENIOS are a very valuable resoruce within the German scientific community.Provider: GBI-Genios Deutsche Wirtschaftsdatenbank GmbH
Freischützstr. 96
81927 München
wiso@genios.de
+49 (0) 89 99 28 79 - 0Thank you very much!
Best,
Bärbel4 votesHello,
Unfortunately, the provider is unable to send us metadata for this collection.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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Scifinder Discovery Platform
Please add the "Scifinder Discovery Platform" to Alma as a collection with the following 3 portfolios:
· CAS SciFinderⁿ
· CAS Formulus
· CAS Analytical MethodsSome of the portfolios exist also as standalone databases in Alma; this should be maintained as it is.
43 votesHello,
The provider is not interested in maintaining a feed for a collection with three portfolios as requested.
Therefore I am closing this idea as we will not be able to support it without the providers' feed.
Kind regards,
Tamar
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