Harvesting Bibliographic Record Data with OAI-PMH

Polaris supports harvesting bibliographic record data using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). This makes it possible for your library to integrate with external applications or vendors that consume your library's bibliographic data.

To use OAI-PMH harvesting, you must enable the feature when you install Polaris. For more information, see the Polaris Installation Guide.

Your integration partners can use the following information for harvesting data:

• Server address —

  https://polaris.library.com/polaris.oaipmh.dataprovider/polaris/bibliographic

  Replace polaris.library.com with the fully-qualified domain name that matches your Polaris server address.

• Set name — Specify a set to determine the data to harvest. There are two default sets:

  • Brief — MARC bibliographic data, not including 852 tag item mapping data.

  • Full — MARC bibliographic data, including 852 tag item mapping data.

• Metadata type — Polaris supports the MARC21XML metadata type.

• Start date and end date — Specify an optional start date, end date, or date range to harvest only bibliographic records that were added or modified after, before, or between the dates you specify.

The records that are eligible to be harvested are determined by the C:\Program Files\Polaris\7.7\Polaris.OaiPmh.DataProvider\appsettings.json file. This file defines a base query and also defines sets. You can modify the base query and create custom sets. Contact Innovative if you need assistance modifying this file.