Metadata for Libraries and Aggregators
Metadata feeds
OAPEN enables libraries and aggregators to use the metadata of all available titles in the OAPEN Library. The metadata is available in the following formats:
- ONIX (3.0) – XML
- MARCXML – based on the MARC 21 XML Schema, can be converted easily using MARCEdit
- KBART – tab delimited text file
- CSV – comma delimited text file - updated until 1 August 2024
- CSV – comma delimited text file - recent updates
- JSON – JavaScript Object Notation
- RIS – Research Information Systems
MARC21 metadata provided by Penn State University Libraries
Penn State University Libraries provides MARC21 records created from metadata supplied by OAPEN. There are three files:
- CC-licenced titles
- “Free-to-read” titles
- Titles where only a limited number of chapters are available in OAPEN
Download the data here: https://0-dx-doi-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/10.26207/9w9c-jc15
OAI PMH harvesting
The base URL for OAI-PMH harvesting is https://0-library-oapen-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/oai/
(Example: https://0-library-oapen-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/oai/request?verb=ListMetadataFormats)
There are several metadata formats available. The xoai format lists all metadata fields, see https://0-library-oapen-org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/oai/request?verb=ListRecords&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