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title: "Catalogue Information Providers"
canonical: "https://support.soutron.net/space/HG/112852993/Catalogue%20Information%20Providers"
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This screen allows you to specify which providers you want to be able to use to [import](https://soutron.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HG/pages/112230403) individual records or files of records into your catalogue. Our built-in providers include;

- Jisc (previously COPAC)
- Library of Congress
- Google
- MARC
- <span style="color: #000000">Nielsen (subscription required)</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">Gardners (subscription required)</span>

<span style="color: #000000">It is however possible to setup custom providers if they support Z39.50/openURL searching. </span>

**Also now we support multiple MARC sources to be created and used with **[import](https://soutron.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HG/pages/112230403)**. **Any new MARC provider will work as it’s configured and the fields are mapped. 


**To access Catalogue Information Providers in Admin, select **<span style="color: #ff0000">**Module Settings  > Exports & Imports > Imports  > Providers**</span>.

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Only active providers are shown by default: to show all providers select **All** from the Active column filter in the table header.

# Activating a provider

At least one provider needs to be active in order to use the Auto Cataloguing facility. To activate an inactive provider select the **Activate** button under the actions column.

![image](media://ec26ec9b-55e2-4ee9-9470-f3c4fed7a7fc)

# Deactivating a provider

To deactivate an inactive provider select the **Activate** button under the actions column.

![image](media://f1ddb702-9857-4aa1-b904-e5a046835f65)

# Setting a default provider

To set a provider as the default, select Make Default from the actions column.

![image](media://1c6e74ed-e00c-4ea5-ac67-c34d85bda4dc)

# Delete a provider

To delete a provider select the **Delete** button in the actions column.

![image](media://bcc5f15b-31ac-4f61-a36b-f8eab3231289)

You will then be prompted to confirm the deletion by entering your username.

![image](media://ed1a6bac-c72c-4a09-af1a-5ba2a48352df)

# Editing a provider


> ❌ **Caution!** You should not edit any of the code in this screen, as it is all correctly configured. **Any changes are likely to cause the import facility to stop working.**

The General tab provides the name of the provider along with various settings required to make the connection to their service.

![image](media://f31d9b68-5e7d-49d9-a635-7b6c15a83104)

The XSLT tab provides a method to convert the data returned by the provider during a search into a data format understood by Soutron. 


# Field Mappings

Fields mappings are done individually for each provider via [Import templates](https://soutron.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HG/pages/3278124), each built-in provider will already have a template setup in your application, but you may wish to alter the mapped fields or add new ones.