Brown University

BruKnow Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE tenant)

Brown University Library's discovery layer. search.library.brown.edu redirects to bruknow.library.brown.edu/discovery/search?vid=01BU_INST:BROWN, an Ex Libris Primo VE instance. Brown's catalog data and Brown's institution view code; Ex Libris's platform, engineering and APIs. Recorded as a tenant relationship because it is a real institutional fact — no Ex Libris contract is saved under this slug.

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https://bruknow.library.brown.edu/discovery/search?vid=01BU_INST:BROWN

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: brown:bruknow
name: BruKnow Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE tenant)
description: Brown University Library's discovery layer. search.library.brown.edu redirects to bruknow.library.brown.edu/discovery/search?vid=01BU_INST:BROWN,
  an Ex Libris Primo VE instance. Brown's catalog data and Brown's institution view code; Ex Libris's
  platform, engineering and APIs. Recorded as a tenant relationship because it is a real institutional
  fact — no Ex Libris contract is saved under this slug.
humanURL: https://bruknow.library.brown.edu/discovery/search?vid=01BU_INST:BROWN
baseURL: https://bruknow.library.brown.edu/discovery/
tags:
- Library
- Discovery
- Library Catalog
properties:
- type: LibraryCatalog
  url: https://bruknow.library.brown.edu/discovery/search?vid=01BU_INST:BROWN
x-operator: tenant
x-operator-basis: bruknow.library.brown.edu CNAMEs to brown.primo.exlibrisgroup.com and on to na07.primo.exlibrisgroup.com,
  resolving to 216.147.212.109 — netname EXLIBRIS-20-1, OrgName "Ex Libris (USA) Inc" (ELU-2, ARIN). Brown
  hostname, Ex Libris infrastructure and contract.