Batch Ingesting into EPrints Digital Repository Software

Use the link above to access the full text article in the current issue of Information Technology and Libraries, “a publication of the Library and Information Technology Association, a division of the American Library Association.” The abstract reads as follows: “This paper describes the batch importing strategy and workflow used for the import of theses metadata and PDF documents into the EPrints digital repository software. A two-step strategy of importing metadata in MARC format followed by attachment of PDF documents is described in detail, including Perl source code for scripts used.  The processes described were used in the ingestion of 6,000 theses metadata and PDFs into an EPrints institutional repository.”