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OpenAlex-Articles-and-Harvard-Library-Item-Data

pretty_name: OpenAlex Articles + Harvard Library Item Data
license: cc0-1.0
multilinguality: multilingual
task_categories:
  - other
tags:
  - libraries
  - bibliographic-metadata
  - openalex
  - parquet
  - tabular
size_categories:
  - 100M<n<1B
configs:
  - config_name: openalex_articles_and_Harvard_Library_Item_Meta_Data
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: data/*.parquet
  - config_name: harvard_library_item_location
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: harvard_library_item_location/*.parquet

OpenAlex Articles + Harvard Library Item Data

Dataset Description

This repository contains two large tabular subsets built from Harvard Library Bibliographic Metadata and an OpenAlex snapshot.

These files are derived, filtered, and processed datasets, not full reproductions of the original source data. The records are based on real source metadata, but the dataset was prepared mainly for library data system operations testing, large-scale experimentation, and workflow development.

The main subset is best understood as a bibliographic/title-level table enriched for testing. In other words, a single row represents a bibliographic record or work-level description, while the copy_count field shows how many Harvard-linked copies/items are associated with that record. So one title can correspond to multiple physical copies.

The harvard_library_item_location subset is a more item-level / copy-level table derived from Harvard source data, intended to show the physical location associated with individual library items.

Source Data

This dataset is derived from:

Harvard Library Bibliographic Metadata
OpenAlex snapshot

Please refer to the original source projects for authoritative documentation, provenance, and update practices.

Subsets

1. `openalex_articles_with_harvard_library.parquet`

Large bibliographic-level dataset combining OpenAlex-style descriptive metadata with Harvard-derived library testing fields.

Columns

id — record identifier
title — title of the work
author — author name(s)
language — language code
publication_year — publication year
publisher — Harvard: publisher / OpenAlex: source name
isbn — ISBN,Harvard: when available | OpenAlex: ALL MISSING (NOT BOOK type)
doi — DOI, OpenAlex: when available
copy_count — Harvard: number of linked copies/items | OpenAlex:ALL MISSING
type — Harvard: BOOK, DVD, VIDEO, etc | OpenAlex: ALL "journal article"
is_physical — Harvard: whether the item is physical (true) | OpenAlex: ALL(false)

2. `harvard_library_item_location.parquet`

Item-level Harvard-derived location dataset showing where individual physical items are stored.

Columns

record_id — record identifier key to merge back to openalex_articles_with_harvard_library.parquet
barcode — unique identifier for the item/copy
library_branch — library or branch code associated with the item
location — location code within that branch, such as a shelving, storage, or service location
item_type — BOOK, DVD, VIDEO, etc

Intended Use

This dataset is intended for:

testing library data pipelines
large-scale query and indexing experiments
metadata transformation and enrichment workflows
prototyping discovery, retrieval, and analytics systems

This dataset is not intended to serve as a complete or authoritative replacement for the original Harvard Library or OpenAlex source distributions.

Notes

This repository contains processed subsets, not the complete upstream datasets.
Coverage, field normalization, and record selection reflect project-specific filtering and transformation steps.
Null or missing values may appear in fields such as isbn, doi, or publisher.
The source metadata is real, but this packaged form is optimized for testing and experimentation rather than archival completeness.