Université de Montréal

Papyrus OAI-PMH Endpoint

OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for Papyrus, the UdeM institutional repository (a DSpace/Scholaris platform). Exposes open-access theses, dissertations, and scholarly output metadata for harvesting by service providers. Verified live returning a valid Identify response for "PAPYRUS - Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université de Montréal".

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https://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/

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https://github.com/bibudem

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: universite-de-montreal:papyrus-oai
name: Papyrus OAI-PMH Endpoint
description: OAI-PMH 2.0 metadata harvesting endpoint for Papyrus, the UdeM institutional repository (a
  DSpace/Scholaris platform). Exposes open-access theses, dissertations, and scholarly output metadata
  for harvesting by service providers. Verified live returning a valid Identify response for "PAPYRUS
  - Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université de Montréal".
humanURL: https://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/
baseURL: https://umontreal.scholaris.ca/server/oai/openaire4
tags:
- Library
- Institutional Repository
- OAI-PMH
- Metadata
- DSpace
- Open Access
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/bibudem