Download and Transform Bulk
Davidson College Library Context
Davidson College is exporting metadata records from Alma to ingest both the metadata and media into Preservica for preservation. We are starting with Oral Histories and Interviews, including video, audio, and text files. Alma exports the .xml file with a <record> tag and Preservica needs the <oai_dc:dc> tag. The Alma DC record also comes with a <discovery:resourceType> tag that isn't allowed in Preservica. This process includes 1) bulk download from Alma, 2) xsl transformation, and 3) ingestion into Preservica.
Process Steps
There are five (5) main steps to export and cleanup the metadata to get it ready for Preservica:
Create Analysis in Alma Analytics
Create Set from Analysis
Run "Export" job in Alma
Run XSLT on bib records
Rename XML Files
Future Development
Documentation for ingesting into Preservica is coming soon. I'm also interested in speeding up the process of renaming the split .xml files to pair with the media for ingest into Preservica.
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