OAIster: A 'No Dead Ends' OAI Service Provider.

Describes the development of the OAIster system (Open Archives Initiative, University of Michigan, Digital Library Production Service) to harvest, store, transform digital object metadata into Digital Library eXtension Service (DLXS) Bibliographic Class format, build indexes and make the metadata searchable through an interface using the XPAT search engine. Closes by discussing future improvements and potential of OAIster. (Author/AEF)