Repository harvesters

Repository harvesters aggregate metadata from repositories in order to support discovery, analysis and reuse of content. They generally require that repositories are OAI-PMH compliant.

There are a number of network services at the international, national, and regional levels that aggregate metadata to support discovery, analysis and reuse of content in repositories. The services differ based on their objectives and scope, but they all harvest metadata (and sometimes full text) from repositories in order to improve discovery of content. Depending on what type of repository you maintain, you will want to ensure that your repository is being harvested by one or more of these services.

• BASE | Global | see technical documentation | golden rules for repo managers

• CORE | Global | see technical documentation

• Chinese IR Grid | China

• JPCOAR | Japan

• LA Referencia | Latin America | see technical documentation (note - LA Referencia harvest from 9 national nodes in Latin America, that, in turn, provide harvesting services for the local repositories in each region)

  • Sistema National de Repositorios Digitales | Argentina

  • oasisbr | Brazil

  • Repositorio Institutional Conicyt | Chile

  • Systema National Acceso Abierto Conocimiento Colombia | Colombia

  • El Repositorio Nacional Kímuk | Costa Rica

  • Red de Repositorios de Acceso Abierto del Ecuador | Ecuador

  • Repositorio digital de ciencia y cultura de El Salvador | El Salvador

  • REMERI: Red Mexicana de Repositorios Institucionales | Mexico

  • ALICIA: Acceso Libre a Información Cientifica para Innovación | Peru

• OpenAIRE | Europe | see technical documentation

• RCAPP | Portugal

• SHARE | United States

• Recolecta | Spain