King's College London

King's LibrarySearch (Ex Libris Primo)

Library discovery for King's, on Ex Libris Primo. GET / returns 200 and redirects to /discovery/search?vid=44KCL_INST:44KCL_INST. Recorded as a tenancy because the catalog and the holdings are King's, but the Primo and Alma APIs behind it are Ex Libris's product and are documented on developers.exlibrisgroup.com, a host every Ex Libris customer shares. No contract is saved here.

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Documentation
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/library

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https://librarysearch.kcl.ac.uk/

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: kings-college-london:librarysearch-primo
name: King's LibrarySearch (Ex Libris Primo)
x-operator: tenant
x-operator-evidence: librarysearch.kcl.ac.uk is a CNAME to kcl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com -> eu04.primo.exlibrisgroup.com.
  The discovery layer is Ex Libris Primo VE; the King's tenancy is identified by vid=44KCL_INST. King's
  has been an Ex Libris site since adopting Aleph in 1998.
description: Library discovery for King's, on Ex Libris Primo. GET / returns 200 and redirects to /discovery/search?vid=44KCL_INST:44KCL_INST.
  Recorded as a tenancy because the catalog and the holdings are King's, but the Primo and Alma APIs behind
  it are Ex Libris's product and are documented on developers.exlibrisgroup.com, a host every Ex Libris
  customer shares. No contract is saved here.
humanURL: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/library
baseURL: https://librarysearch.kcl.ac.uk/discovery/search?vid=44KCL_INST:44KCL_INST
tags:
- Library
- Discovery
- Primo
- Ex Libris
properties:
- type: Website
  url: https://librarysearch.kcl.ac.uk/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/library