University of Hong Kong

HKU Libraries Discovery (Ex Libris Primo tenancy)

HKU Libraries' discovery layer runs on Ex Libris Primo VE at julac-hku.primo.exlibrisgroup.com under the JULAC consortium view 852JULAC_HKU. The catalog records are HKU's; the discovery and Alma APIs are Ex Libris's, published on developers.exlibrisgroup.com and gated behind an institutional API key. Recorded as a tenant relationship; no vendor contract is stored under HKU.

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: hku:library-primo
name: HKU Libraries Discovery (Ex Libris Primo tenancy)
description: HKU Libraries' discovery layer runs on Ex Libris Primo VE at julac-hku.primo.exlibrisgroup.com
  under the JULAC consortium view 852JULAC_HKU. The catalog records are HKU's; the discovery and Alma
  APIs are Ex Libris's, published on developers.exlibrisgroup.com and gated behind an institutional API
  key. Recorded as a tenant relationship; no vendor contract is stored under HKU.
humanURL: https://lib.hku.hk/
baseURL: https://julac-hku.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery
tags:
- Library
- Discovery
- Ex Libris
- Primo
- Tenant
properties:
- type: Website
  url: https://lib.hku.hk/
x-operator: tenant
x-operator-evidence: Host is exlibrisgroup.com with an HKU/JULAC view identifier. Institution-specific
  account on a vendor platform.
x-vendor: ex-libris
x-probe:
  url: https://julac-hku.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=852JULAC_HKU:HKU
  status: 200
  probed: '2026-08-19'