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New academic integration NODOVOX has added the eLibro Cátedra collection to its academic discovery environment. View update
Academic discovery + Interoperability + Bibliographic operations

Academic discovery infrastructure
for the Spanish-speaking community.

NODOVOX connects users, universities, libraries, repositories, and providers through a real platform for discovering content, integrating metadata, managing holdings, and measuring institutional value.

NDX Core Engine in production

Real data, a proprietary index, and active bibliographic operations.

This panel is recalculated from the NODOVOX database: records, indexed entities, holdings, collections, and integrated sources.

Indexed records 711.597
Available titles 722.606
Institutional holdings 707.742
Sources / collections 93
OAI-PMH APIs KBART MARC21 Crossref OpenAlex
Values are recalculated from the database whenever the page loads. As NDX grows, this evidence updates as well.
Featured integration

eLibro Cátedra joins NODOVOX academic discovery.

NODOVOX has added the eLibro Cátedra collection to its academic discovery environment. The integration strengthens the bibliographic visibility of academic content and expands the metadata ecosystem available for search, discovery, and institutional interoperability.

eLibro Cátedra integrated
What NODOVOX is

Academic discovery and interoperability infrastructure for Latin America.

NODOVOX integrates repositories, providers, collections, and bibliographic records into a single platform. It supports academic resource discovery, institutional holdings management, original MARC preservation, metadata export, usage analysis, and library services at scale.

For end users

Search, find, and access

A simple experience for students, faculty, and researchers: unified academic search, bibliographic records, and institutional access when available.

For universities and libraries

Discovery + holdings + analytics

Collection management, availability, institutional access, usage metrics, cataloging workflow, and operational monitoring.

For providers and repositories

Visibility and interoperability

Greater exposure for academic content through bibliographic standards, metadata integration, and participation in a regional discovery ecosystem.

How it works

From provider to user, with real bibliographic operations.

NDX does more than display records: it imports, preserves original MARC, normalizes, indexes, connects, measures, exports, and enables academic access through an architecture designed to scale.

01IntegrationRepositories, publishers, aggregators, and libraries contribute metadata through OAI-PMH, KBART, MARC21, APIs, or controlled files.
02NormalizationNODOVOX structures metadata, preserves original MARC records, identifies availability, prepares holdings, and improves bibliographic retrieval.
03IndexingThe search index separates the master database from the discovery experience to deliver speed and scale.
04AccessUsers see the record, provider, availability, and institutional or full-text access options when applicable.
05IntelligenceInstitutions and the NDX team monitor usage, coverage, imports, quality, workflow, and operational health.
Academic networks and integrated sources

NODOVOX connects repositories, research networks, and academic sources across Latin America.

Academic metadata integrated through OAI-PMH, KBART, MARC21, APIs, and library standards. These logos represent interoperable sources, networks, and services that NDX can connect and normalize within the academic ecosystem.

UBA
CONICET
SEDICI
CLACSO
SciELO
BDTD
Oasisbr
DOAJ
DOAB
OpenAlex
Crossref
722.606Academic records
711.597Indexed entities
707.742Institutional holdings
32Providers
61Collections
How it integrates

Bibliographic standards connecting providers, libraries, and platforms.

NODOVOX does not depend on a single format. It can receive, preserve, normalize, and expose metadata through different channels to support discovery, holdings, copy cataloging, export, and institutional access.

OAI-PMHHarvesting institutional repositories and academic collections with structured metadata.
KBARTHoldings, coverage, and availability for libraries, consortia, and providers.
MARC21Original record preservation, complete display, copy cataloging, and bibliographic export.
APIsTechnical connectivity for controlled integrations with external platforms.
CSV / TSVBulk ingestion of collections, publisher datasets, and legacy catalogs.
Crossref / OpenAlexA foundation ready for academic enrichment, DOI, authors, and research graphs.
NDX MARC Record

Complete, normalized, exportable MARC records for institutional cataloging.

NODOVOX operates as a professional catalog-record layer: it preserves original MARC, normalizes MARC-8/UTF-8 for web display, supports ISBN lookup, and prepares exports and integrations for libraries, consortia, and institutional systems.

ISBN search Complete MARC21 MARCXML MARC21 / ISO2709 Institutional API Traceability

Copy cataloging API

An institution can check whether NDX has a record for an ISBN and, subject to usage permissions, download it or integrate it into its cataloging workflow.

GET /api/marc/search?isbn=9781512989427
formats: marcxml · mrc · bibliographic json
control: client · quota · audit · provider
Preservation

Complete original MARC

NDX preserves fields and subfields from the source record: 001, 035, 040, 245, 260/264, 650, 655, 700/710, 856, and repeated variants.

Normalization

MARC-8 / UTF-8

Control of accents, ñ, and special characters so the web record remains readable without losing bibliographic traceability.

Export

MARCXML y MARC21

Interoperable output for libraries and systems: MARC display, MARCXML download, and ISO2709 preparation when required by the project.

Business

API with quotas and auditing

ISBN queries, client controls, monthly limits, download history, provider provenance, and authorized-use rules.

Discovery in operation

Users see a simple search. A bibliographic engine operates behind it.

These records come from the live NODOVOX index. Each record can connect title, author, provider, metadata, availability, and institutional access.

Who it is for

One ecosystem for users, institutions, and providers.

NDX delivers value at three levels: search experience for end users, management for libraries, and interoperable visibility for those producing or distributing academic content.

End users

Search without knowing the source

Students, faculty, and researchers find dispersed academic content through a clear search experience, with bibliographic records and access when available.

For universities and libraries

Institutional control

Each institution can manage collections, holdings, access, metrics, and bibliographic services in an environment separate from the public user experience.

Acceso institucional

For providers and repositories

More visibility for content

Publishers, aggregators, and repositories can integrate metadata, improve institutional exposure, and participate in a regional academic discovery ecosystem.

NDX Core Engine

The operational layer that turns dispersed metadata into academic infrastructure.

Behind public discovery, internal engines import, index, measure, group, audit, and monitor academic resources at scale.

Discovery Engine

Proprietary search index

Separates the bibliographic database from the optimized index to provide fast retrieval and a public search experience.

Metadata Pipeline

Import, MARC, and normalization

Processes files, harvests, and bibliographic sources, preserves original MARC records, and maintains operational traceability for every load.

Holdings Layer

Institutional availability

Organizes coverage, access, and collections so each institution can display real availability.

Bibliographic groupings

Deduplication and variants

A foundation for bibliographic clustering, edition variants, related records, and quality control.

Discovery Analytics

Usage intelligence

Tracks searches, coverage, access, zero-result queries, and value contributed by providers.

System Health

Operational monitoring

Monitors critical tables, imports, holdings, jobs, errors, and overall platform status.

Institutional value

More than discovery: an operational bibliographic ecosystem.

NODOVOX combines academic discovery, metadata integration, institutional holdings, bibliographic groupings, MARC records, cataloging workflow, operational monitoring, and usage analytics in one platform.

Bibliographic database

722.606 records

Academic content loaded into the NODOVOX master database.

Discovery index

711.597 entities

Optimized layer for search, retrieval, and the discovery experience.

Holdings

707.742 records

Availability and institutional-access layer for bibliographic collections.

Imports

483 processes

Operational history of loads, harvests, and metadata integration.

Bibliographic groupings

303.853 groups

Deduplication, variants, bibliographic clustering, and record quality control.

Integrated network

32 providers · 61 collections

An ecosystem built for universities, libraries, repositories, and providers.

NODOVOX IN PRODUCTION

Operational, validated academic infrastructure.

Real data from the operational NODOVOX database. The evidence grows and updates along with the index, holdings, collections, and import processes.

Bibliographic database 722.606 Academic records loaded
Discovery index 711.597 Entities indexed for search
Holdings 707.742 Institutional availability layer
Imports 483 Executed and auditable processes
Integrated network 32 + 61 Connected providers and collections
Operations Active Discovery, metadata, holdings, and monitoring
THE NODOVOX DIFFERENCE

Why is NODOVOX not a traditional repository?

A repository publishes a collection. NODOVOX connects many sources, normalizes and indexes them, and turns them into an interoperable discovery, access, and measurement experience.

Traditional repository

01

Stores its own or one institution's content.

02

Operates on isolated collections.

03

Publishes metadata without a strong normalization layer.

04

Does not always measure usage, coverage, or institutional value.

05

Handles access mainly within its own environment.

NODOVOX

01

Integrates repositories, providers, collections, and external sources.

02

Normalizes metadata, prepares holdings, and indexes for discovery.

03

Connects users, institutions, and providers in one layer.

04

Measures searches, availability, coverage, and the value of each source.

05

Enables institutional access and scalable bibliographic operations.

• NEXT STEP

Do you represent a university, library, consortium, or content provider?

NODOVOX already operates as academic infrastructure: discovery for users, management for institutions, MARC Registry, interoperability, and metadata services for those producing, cataloging, or distributing academic content.

WHATSAPP BUSINESS

Do you need institutional assistance?

The NODOVOX team also handles commercial inquiries, academic discovery, interoperability, KBART, MARC21, and institutional implementation through WhatsApp Business.

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