Digital Volcanoes and Data Flows Carol Hamilton 1VALA 2012
Database Services Team 2VALA 2012
Library 3VALA 2012
Digital Volcanoes VALA 20124
Data Flows VALA 20125
SRU Record UpdateOAI Harvest VALA 20126
SRU Record Update (SRU = Search and Retrieve by URL) VALA 20127
ILS Batch loading ILS SRU record update WorldCat 8VALA 2012
SRU Record Update between your library and Libraries Australia VALA ILS
What do you need to use SRU Record Update Compatible System SRU Client IT Support MARC Records Web Accessible Data VALA (MARC = Machine-Readable Cataloging)
How it works The SRU Client searches for new bibliographic records that have holdings. Once found these are pushed to Libraries Australia in real time. VALA
What SRU Record Update does Adds new bibliographic records with holdings May delete and update holdings Does not update bibliographic records or add bibliographic records without holdings VALA
What if your system doesn’t have a SRU Client? The Synchronization Gateway is a middleware widget obtainable from OCLC. It sits on your system. It is used to query your system to find, select and push new bibliographic records with holdings. VALA (OCLC = Online Computer Library Center)
SRU Record Update We have not moved this service to production but hope to do so soon. VALA ILS
OAI Harvest ( Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) VALA
How it works 1 From your library system via NLA Harvester To temporary database at NLA 2 From temporary database via Style Sheet To Libraries Australia FTP site 3 From FTP site via Record Import Service To Libraries Australia and Trove VALA (FTP = File Transfer Protocol)
What do you need to use OAI Harvest Compatible System Export Records in XML Unique Identifiers IT Support Consistent data Web Accessible Data VALA
What the OAI Harvest does Adds bibliographic records and holdings Delete holdings Updates bibliographic records and holdings VALA
Who uses OAI Harvest? State Library of Queensland with their manuscript material State Library of Tasmania with their manuscript material VALA
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