Tel Aviv University

TAU Libraries Alma SRU Search

SRU (Search/Retrieve via URL) 1.2 search service over the Tel Aviv University library catalogue, served from TAU's Ex Libris Alma tenant. Verified live and keyless on 2026-08-30: operation=explain returns a 205 KB SRU explainResponse with recordSchema http://explain.z3950.org/dtd/2.1/. Like the OAI-PMH service the records are TAU's and the protocol implementation is Ex Libris's, so this is a tenant relationship, not TAU engineering.

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https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/alma/integrations/sru/

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Conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/tel-aviv-university/refs/heads/main/conformance/tel-aviv-university-conformance.yml

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: tel-aviv-university:alma-sru
name: TAU Libraries Alma SRU Search
x-operator: tenant
description: 'SRU (Search/Retrieve via URL) 1.2 search service over the Tel Aviv University library catalogue,
  served from TAU''s Ex Libris Alma tenant. Verified live and keyless on 2026-08-30: operation=explain
  returns a 205 KB SRU explainResponse with recordSchema http://explain.z3950.org/dtd/2.1/. Like the OAI-PMH
  service the records are TAU''s and the protocol implementation is Ex Libris''s, so this is a tenant
  relationship, not TAU engineering.'
humanURL: https://en-libraries.tau.ac.il/
baseURL: https://tau.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/sru/972TAU_INST
tags:
- Library
- SRU
- Search
- Alma
- Ex Libris
- Catalog
tags_raw:
- Library
- SRU
- Search
- Alma
- ExLibris
- Catalog
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/alma/integrations/sru/
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/tel-aviv-university-conformance.yml