Michigan State University

MSU Libraries Catalog OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting provider over the MSU Libraries catalog, on the university's own host. Verified live on 2026-08-30: verb=Identify returns repositoryName "Michigan State University Libraries Catalog", protocolVersion 2.0, adminEmail LIB.DL.pubcat@msu.edu, earliestDatestamp 2000-01-01; ListMetadataFormats advertises oai_dc and marc21. Unauthenticated. Protocol errors return HTTP 200 with an in-body , which is correct OAI-PMH behaviour, not a defect.

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Documentation
https://catalog.lib.msu.edu/OAI/Server?verb=Identify

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Conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/michigan-state-university/refs/heads/main/conformance/michigan-state-university-conformance.yml
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Errors
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/michigan-state-university/refs/heads/main/errors/michigan-state-university-errors.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: michigan-state-university:catalog-oai
name: MSU Libraries Catalog OAI-PMH
x-operator: institution
description: 'OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting provider over the MSU Libraries catalog, on the university''s
  own host. Verified live on 2026-08-30: verb=Identify returns repositoryName "Michigan State University
  Libraries Catalog", protocolVersion 2.0, adminEmail LIB.DL.pubcat@msu.edu, earliestDatestamp 2000-01-01;
  ListMetadataFormats advertises oai_dc and marc21. Unauthenticated. Protocol errors return HTTP 200 with
  an in-body <error code="badVerb">, which is correct OAI-PMH behaviour, not a defect.'
humanURL: https://catalog.lib.msu.edu/OAI/Server?verb=Identify
baseURL: https://catalog.lib.msu.edu/OAI/Server
tags:
- Library
- Metadata
- OAI-PMH
- Harvesting
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://catalog.lib.msu.edu/OAI/Server?verb=Identify
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/michigan-state-university-conformance.yml
- type: Errors
  url: errors/michigan-state-university-errors.yml