# UvA Central Catalogue OAI-PMH (Ex Libris Alma tenancy)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-amsterdam/oai-catalogue/  
**Provider:** University of Amsterdam — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-amsterdam/  
**Base URL:** https://uva.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/oai/31UKB_UAM1_INST/request  
**Documentation:** https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/data-sets-and-publication-channels/data-sets-and-publication-channels.html

UvA Central Catalogue OAI-PMH (Ex Libris Alma tenancy) is one of 9 APIs that [University of Amsterdam](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-amsterdam/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, Catalog, OAI-PMH, MARC, and Open Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The harvesting endpoint the university library documents for its central catalogue — roughly 2.5 million bibliographic records in MARC-XML and unqualified Dublin Core. It runs on the library's Ex Libris Alma tenancy and, as of 2026-08-19, returns HTTP 403 with Alma error code 21 ("Unauthorized access to the OAI services") to both scripted and browser user agents. The host is live; the documented public service is not. Bulk dumps of the same records remain downloadable from the library's own server, so the data is still open even though the interface is closed.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://uba.uva.nl/en/support/open-data/data-sets-and-publication-channels/data-sets-and-publication-channels.html

## Other University of Amsterdam APIs (8)

- [UvA/HvA AI Gateway](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-amsterdam/llm-gateway/)
- [UvA Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 / SURFconext)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-amsterdam/identity-federation/)
- [DataNose API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-amsterdam/datanose/)
- [UvA Library Linked Open Data (TriplyDB tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-amsterdam/lod-triply/)
- [UvA-DARE OAI-PMH and Pure Web Service (Elsevier Pure tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-amsterdam/oai-pure-dare/)
- [UvA Archives Collection Descriptions OAI-PMH (ArchivesSpace tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-amsterdam/oai-archives/)
- [UvA/HvA Research Data Repository (Figshare tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-amsterdam/research-data-figshare/)
- [UvA Timetable API (MyTimetable tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-amsterdam/timetable/)

## Tags

Library, Catalog, OAI-PMH, MARC, Open Data

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