# Lancaster Library Discovery and Services (Ex Libris Alma / Primo VE) — tenant

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/library-discovery/  
**Provider:** Lancaster University — https://apis.io/providers/lancaster/  
**Documentation:** https://onesearch.lancaster-university.uk/discovery/search?vid=44LAN_INST:LUL_VU1

Lancaster Library Discovery and Services (Ex Libris Alma / Primo VE) — tenant is one of 5 APIs that [Lancaster University](https://apis.io/providers/lancaster/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, Alma, Primo, Discovery, and Gated. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Lancaster University Library runs on the Ex Libris platform: Primo VE for discovery (OneSearch, view identifier 44LAN_INST:LUL_VU1) and Alma for the library services platform behind it, whose getUser / getUserCash / getUserLoans / renewUserLoans web services supply loans, fines and renewals to the iLancaster app and student portal. The tenancy is real and is a genuine institutional fact; the API contract is Ex Libris's and is not saved here. Note that Lancaster's own vanity host onesearch.lancaster.ac.uk resolves to a Lancaster IP but presents a self-signed certificate (subject CN=localhost) before redirecting, so any pointer at that hostname will read as dead to a TLS-verifying client — the working entry point is the lancaster-university.uk host below.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/blog/student-portal-and-institutional-mobile-app-at-lancaster-university/

## Other Lancaster University APIs (4)

- [Lancaster EPrints OAI-PMH 2.0 Interface](https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/lancaster-oai2-api/)
- [Lancaster Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 metadata)](https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/identity-federation/)
- [Lancaster Research Directory (Elsevier Pure) — tenant](https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/pure-research-directory/)
- [Lancaster Library Alma Webhook Handler (open source)](https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/alma-webhook-handler/)

## Tags

Library, Alma, Primo, Discovery, Gated

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/library-discovery/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/lancaster/.