Leiden University

Scholarly Publications OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for Leiden University Scholarly Publications, the Islandora-based institutional repository holding PhD theses, articles, journals, book series and conference proceedings. Verified live: Identify returns repositoryName "Leiden University Scholary Publications" and adminEmail beheer@library.leidenuniv.nl; ListMetadataFormats advertises mods, nl_didl, oai_dc, oai_etdms and oai_openaire; ListSets returns Dissertations, E-depot, Leiden University Press, Scholarly Repository and open_access. The host resolves through p-lb-019369.infra.leidenuniv.nl to Leiden's own network — this is Leiden's endpoint, running open-source software Leiden itself hosts, not a vendor SaaS tenancy.

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Documentation
https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/about

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Conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/leiden/refs/heads/main/conformance/leiden-domain-standards.yml
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/leiden/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: leiden:scholarly-oai
name: Scholarly Publications OAI-PMH
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/leiden.png
x-operator: institution
description: 'OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for Leiden University Scholarly Publications, the
  Islandora-based institutional repository holding PhD theses, articles, journals, book series and conference
  proceedings. Verified live: Identify returns repositoryName "Leiden University Scholary Publications"
  and adminEmail beheer@library.leidenuniv.nl; ListMetadataFormats advertises mods, nl_didl, oai_dc, oai_etdms
  and oai_openaire; ListSets returns Dissertations, E-depot, Leiden University Press, Scholarly Repository
  and open_access. The host resolves through p-lb-019369.infra.leidenuniv.nl to Leiden''s own network
  — this is Leiden''s endpoint, running open-source software Leiden itself hosts, not a vendor SaaS tenancy.'
humanURL: https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/about
baseURL: https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/oai2
tags:
- OAI-PMH
- Open Access
- Repository
- Metadata
- Library
- Islandora
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/about
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/leiden-domain-standards.yml