Alma: What is Happening with the OverDrive Magazines Collection?

We have received several support tickets requesting an update for the OverDrive Magazines Collection (Collection ID: 614970000000000423, dbid GMYUL).
Following a thorough analysis of the collection's update status and discussions with the provider, we will announce this collection as "Not Maintained" in the Alma Community Zone.
The current MARC records for the magazine titles lack coverage dates information. Coverage dates are a mandatory requirement for validating any serial collection during ingestion into our knowledgebase. Without these dates, it is not possible to update or add any missing magazine titles.

Currently, the OverDrive magazine service provides a rolling three years of back issues for every publication. As such, the coverage dates are constantly changing. OverDrive continues to look for solutions so that accurate coverage dates can be supplied in MARC records. There is currently no timeline for implementing the reviewed changes.

Most links in the Magazines collection currently resolve as expected. Therefore, we have decided not to remove it from the knowledgebase, hoping to see a solution become available in the future.

• Article last edited: 29-MAY-2025