Digital Volcanoes and Data Flows

Carol Hamilton

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Database Services Team2VALA 2012

Library3VALA 2012

Digital Volcanoes

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Data Flows

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SRU Record Update OAI Harvest

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SRU Record Update(SRU = Search and Retrieve by URL)

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ILS

Batch loading

ILS

SRU record update

WorldCat

WorldCat

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SRU Record Update between your library and Libraries Australia

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ILS

What do you need to use SRU Record Update

• Compatible System• SRU Client

• IT Support• MARC Records• Web Accessible Data

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(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.

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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

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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.

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(OCLC = Online Computer Library Center)

SRU Record Update We have not moved this service to production

but hope to do so soon.

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ILS

OAI Harvest(Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting)

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How it works1 •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

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(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

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What the OAI Harvest does

• Adds bibliographic records and holdings• Delete holdings• Updates bibliographic records and holdings

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Who uses OAI Harvest?• State Library of Queensland with their

manuscript material• State Library of Tasmania with their

manuscript material

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