# Harvester

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The Harvester can only be accessed by registry Administrators.
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Aristotle’s Harvester makes requests to the Open Archive Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) and returns records from that repository. It allows registry Administrators to create harvest configurations, which periodically harvest data from OAI-PMH endpoint in accordance with its rulesets.

### Functionality of the Harvester

Registry Administrators can use the Harvester to:

* [Manage custom transformation services](https://help.aristotlemetadata.com/special-features/harvester/managing-custom-transformation-services)
* [Create new harvest configurations](https://help.aristotlemetadata.com/special-features/harvester/creating-new-harvest-configurations).