System Architecture
The AMNH API Portal currently only hosts the unified AMNH Library API. This page will document the existing infrastructure and architecture of the Library API, a model of Library systems, and the Library MetaSearch prototype application that runs on top of the Library API.
The AMNH Research Library holds an extensive collection of analog publications and archives, most of which can be found in catalogs available online (Sierra). Additionally, the full digitized text of Museum publications are available in the Library's digital repository (DSpace). The Digital Special Collections (Omeka) holds thousands of images from digitized photographic negatives, archives, and rare books. To support archive materials and primary resources, the Library has been creating unique entity records of museum expeditions and expedition personnel, departments, permanent halls, and temporary exhibitions (xEAC). These entity records provide general descriptions offering context and sometimes links to related resources in the museum.
The library has resources about the Whitney South Sea Expedition in all of our systems. Currently you have to query each database separately to pull this set of information.