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Resources of interest on metadata aggregation and the CIC-OAI project

Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH)

Frequently Asked Questions about OAI-PMH
This FAQ from the Open Archives Initative web site gives a good basic overview of OAI.
OAI for Beginners - The Open Archives Forum Online Tutorial
An excellent interactive introduction to OAI-PMH.
Open Archives Initiative – Protocol For Metadata Harvesting Practices of cultural heritage actors (Muriel Foulonneau, David Dawson - sept. 2003) OAForum document.
Issues and practices of the OAI protocol in libraries, museums, archives ....
Getting a Leg Up on the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) (Muriel Foulonneau, Naomi Dushay, Thomas Habing, Edward Almasy, Lyle Barbato - nov. 2004) handout of a workshop at the National Science Digital Library conference.
It includes practices for metadata and technical implementation of the protocol and a list of turn-key systems to implement OAI. Speakers' presentations are also available on the NSDL Website
The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
The technical framework for the protocol.
University of Illinois Open Archives Initiative Metadata Harvesting Project
This was an effort to create and implement a suite of OAI-based metadata harvesting services, search services, and tools to facilitate discovery and retrieval of cultural heritage resources. It serves as the basis for the CIC-OAI Metadata Harvesting Service Project.
Metadata Harvesting and the Open Archives Initiative (Clifford Lynch) ARL Bimonthly Report, no. 217, August 2001.
A good overview of OAI and its significance.

Metadata Aggregation

Resources aggregation : the filtering process of the CIC metadata portal
Describes the data reprocessing applied by the service provider on CIC universities content.
Metadata aggregation guidelines of the National Science Digital Library
Describes the process and guidelines.
Digital Library Federation and NSDL OAI and Shareable Metadata Best Practices
see a presentation OAI and shareable metadata best practices activities by Jenn Riley, Indiana University at the CIC working group meeting, Chicago, December 2005.

Examples of OAI Service Providers

OAIster
The University of Michigan's gateway to a collection of freely available, difficult-to-access, academically-oriented digital resources that are easily searchable by anyone.
UIUC Digital Gateway to Cultural Heritage Resources
The result of the University of Illinois OAI Metadata Harvesting Project.
National Science Digital Library
Academic science resources.

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