Metadata for libraries and aggregators

OAPEN enables libraries and aggregators to use the metadata of all available titles in the OAPEN Library for free.

The metadata is available in the following formats:

MARCXML – based on the MARC 21 XML Schema, can be converted easily using MARCEdit

OAPENLibrary_MARCXML.xml: The contents of the OAPEN Library in MARCXML format
OAPENLibrary_MARCXML_books.xml: All records describing books of the OAPEN Library that contain a download link, in MARCXML format
OAPENLibrary_MARCXML_chapters.xml: All records describing chapters of the OAPEN Library that contain a download link, in MARCXML format
OAPENLibrary_MARCXML_no_links.xml: All records of the OAPEN Library that do not contain a download link, in MARCXML format

Penn State University Libraries provides MARC21 records created from MARCXML metadata supplied by OAPEN. Download the data here: https://dx.doi.org/10.26207/9w9c-jc15.

KBART – tab delimited text file

OAPENLibrary_KBART.tsv: Metadata of the OAPEN Library in KBART format - separated with TAB characters
OAPENLibrary_KBART_books.tsv: Metadata of the books in the OAPEN Library in KBART format - separated with TAB characters

ONIX (3.0) – XML

OAPENLibrary_ONIX.xml: OAPEN Library export in ONIX file format

JSON – JavaScript Object Notation

OAPENLibrary.json: All full text titles of the OAPEN Library as a JSON file

CSV – comma delimited text file

RIS – Research Information Systems

RIS metadata download

OAI PMH harvesting

The base URL for OAI-PMH harvesting is https://library.oapen.org/oai/

(Example: https://library.oapen.org/oai/request?verb=ListMetadataFormats)

There are several metadata formats available. The xoai format lists all metadata fields, see https://library.oapen.org/oai/request?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=xoai.

(Example:https://library.oapen.org/oai/request?verb=GetRecord&identifier=oai:library.oapen.org:20.500.12657/25287&metadataPrefix=xoai)

RSS and Atom feeds

All metadata feeds are available under a CC0 1.0 license.

Selective Export

It is also possible to make use of our ‘Selective Export’ functionality. This enables you to export metadata in a flexible way: first by selecting the relevant titles and secondly by choosing the export format. The selective export functionality makes it easier for specialist libraries, subject repositories and frequent users to only retrieve specified subsets of open access books according to their preferences - for instance by publisher or subject field. Please be aware that this export function is optimised for sets up to 500 titles. More information can be found here