Overview

The LibraryCloud Item API provides access to metadata about items in the Harvard Library collections. For the purposes of this API, an “item” is the metadata describing a catalog record within the Harvard Library. LibraryCloud Item API searches over 20,000,000 aggregated metadata records. Records are sourced from ALEPH for over 13,500,000 open access bibliographic records, VIA for over 4,500,000 visual information components, and OASIS for almost 2,000,000 archival finding aid components

Base URI

https://api.lib.harvard.edu/oai

ListSets

The simplest query to the OAI data provider lists all harvestable OAI sets defined as LibraryCloud Collections.

https://api.lib.harvard.edu/oai/?verb=ListSets

ListRecords

ListRecords requests the OAI data provider to return full metadata records for a given LibraryCloud Collection. Results can be returns as MODS or DC.
https://api.lib.harvard.edu/oai/?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=mods&set=CNAREVIEW