University of Maryland College Park

UMD Libraries Digital Collections OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting endpoint over UMD Libraries' Fedora-backed digital collections. Identify reports repositoryName "UMD Libraries" and adminEmail lib-ssdr@umd.edu, with records back to 2014. ListSets returns named collections including Diamondback Photos, UMD Student Newspapers and the Gordon W. Prange collection. Keyless.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://opendata.lib.umd.edu/services/digital-collections/
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APIReference
https://api.fcrepo.lib.umd.edu/oai/api?verb=Identify

Other Resources

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Website
https://digital.lib.umd.edu
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GitHub
https://github.com/umd-lib/umd-fcrepo-solr

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-maryland-college-park:digital-collections-oai
name: UMD Libraries Digital Collections OAI-PMH
description: OAI-PMH 2.0 harvesting endpoint over UMD Libraries' Fedora-backed digital collections. Identify
  reports repositoryName "UMD Libraries" and adminEmail lib-ssdr@umd.edu, with records back to 2014. ListSets
  returns named collections including Diamondback Photos, UMD Student Newspapers and the Gordon W. Prange
  collection. Keyless.
humanURL: https://opendata.lib.umd.edu/services/digital-collections/
baseURL: https://api.fcrepo.lib.umd.edu/oai/api
x-operator: institution
x-operator-evidence: Host under umd.edu; Identify names UMD Libraries as the repository and a umd.edu
  administrative contact; the Fedora stack is UMD Libraries' own umd-fcrepo-* code.
tags:
- Digital Collections
- OAI-PMH
- Metadata Harvesting
- Library
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://opendata.lib.umd.edu/services/digital-collections/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://api.fcrepo.lib.umd.edu/oai/api?verb=Identify
- type: Website
  url: https://digital.lib.umd.edu
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/umd-lib/umd-fcrepo-solr