Ohio State University

Knowledge Bank DSpace REST API

REST API for the Knowledge Bank, Ohio State University Libraries' DSpace 7.6 institutional repository. Exposes communities, collections, items and bitstreams as HAL JSON. Verified live 2026-09-01 returning dspaceName "The Knowledge Bank". The DSpace contract is DSpace's and the hosting is Atmire's; no DSpace specification is saved under Ohio State's slug.

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https://library.osu.edu/kb

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GitHub

https://github.com/osulibraries/DSpaceOSUKB

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API entry from apis.yml

aid: ohio-state-university:kb-rest
name: Knowledge Bank DSpace REST API
x-operator: tenant
x-operator-basis: 'CNAME — kb.osu.edu resolves to osu-prod.cname.atmire.com, an Atmire-hosted DSpace tenancy.
  The hostname is Ohio State''s and the host rule reads it as institution-operated; the DNS chain says
  the software and the operations are Atmire''s. Recorded as a tenancy, not deleted: the repository, its
  20-plus years of content and its Ohio State branding are real.'
description: REST API for the Knowledge Bank, Ohio State University Libraries' DSpace 7.6 institutional
  repository. Exposes communities, collections, items and bitstreams as HAL JSON. Verified live 2026-09-01
  returning dspaceName "The Knowledge Bank". The DSpace contract is DSpace's and the hosting is Atmire's;
  no DSpace specification is saved under Ohio State's slug.
humanURL: https://library.osu.edu/kb
baseURL: https://kb.osu.edu/server/api
tags:
- Library
- Institutional Repository
- DSpace
- Open Access
- REST
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://library.osu.edu/kb
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/osulibraries/DSpaceOSUKB