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    National Library of Australia uses OCLC Research open-source software to expose digital collections via OAI
    The National Library of Australia (NLA) has announced that it is using OCLC Research software to expose digital content via the Open Archives Initiative's Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).
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    September 13, 2003
    <acronym title="National Library of Australia">NLA</acronym> used OCLC's OAICat software to create an <acronym title="Open Archives Initiative">OAI</acronym> interface to the database holding metadata that describes the library's digital collections. OAICat is a Java Servlet web application that provides an <acronym title="Open Archives Initiative's Protocol for Metadata Harvesting">OAI-PMH</acronym> repository framework.
    <P>The National Library of Australia is progressively making information about its digital collections available using <acronym title="Open Archives Initiative's Protocol for Metadata Harvesting">OAI-PMH</acronym></P>
    <P><acronym title="National Library of Australia">NLA</acronym> announcement:<BR><A href="http://www.nla.gov.au/digicoll/oai/">http://www.nla.gov.au/digicoll/oai/ </A></P>
<P>OCLC Research open-source software offerings:<BR><A href="../software">http://www.oclc.org/research/software/ </A></P>
<P>Open Archives Initiative:<BR><A href="http://www.openarchives.org">http://www.openarchives.org </A></P>
    
    Lorcan Dempsey
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    Bob Bolander
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    Vice President
    OCLC Research
    Communications &amp; Programs Manager
    OCLC Research