Access MARC data describing an item in the SLV catalogue
If you have an item's Alma identifier, you can retrieve structured metadata describing the item from the SLV catalogue in a couple of ways. One approach is to download a text representation of the item's MARC record and extract data from it. This notebook provides some examples of how you can do this.
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Using this notebook¶
To run this notebook using the ARDC Binder service you'll need to log in using an account from an Australian university or research organisation. If you don't have an account, try MyBinder instead.
The MyBinder service doesn't require any authentication, but it can be slow to start and will sometimes fail when busy. If you have a login at an Australian university, you'll probably get better results with ARDC Binder.
Binder is great for experimentation and quick tasks, but for some projects you might need a dedicated, persistent environment in which to work. There's information on other options in the run these notebooks section.
Additional documentation¶
Getting help¶
Cite as¶
Sherratt, Tim. (2026). GLAM-Workbench/state-library-victoria (version v1.1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18268369
