# BU Libraries Discovery (Ex Libris Primo)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/boston/primo-discovery/  
**Provider:** Boston University — https://apis.io/providers/boston/  
**Documentation:** https://bu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01BOSU_INST:BULS

BU Libraries Discovery (Ex Libris Primo) is one of 6 APIs that [Boston University](https://apis.io/providers/boston/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, Discovery, Ex Libris, Primo, and Catalog. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Boston University Libraries' discovery layer runs on Ex Libris Primo under Boston University's tenant view 01BOSU_INST:BULS. The catalogue data is the library's; the discovery API surface belongs to Ex Libris and is documented on the vendor's developer network, not Boston University's. No Ex Libris specification is saved under this institution's slug. Recorded so that the library's real programmable surface is legible and correctly attributed.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://www.bu.edu/library/

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## Tags

Library, Discovery, Ex Libris, Primo, Catalog

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