# UC Library Search / Primo VE Discovery (Ex Libris tenant)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/ucb/library-search/  
**Provider:** University of California, Berkeley — https://apis.io/providers/ucb/  
**Documentation:** https://search.library.berkeley.edu/discovery/search?vid=01UCS_BER:UCB

UC Library Search / Primo VE Discovery (Ex Libris tenant) is one of 8 APIs that [University of California, Berkeley](https://apis.io/providers/ucb/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, Discovery, Primo, Alma, and Metadata.

Library discovery for the Berkeley campus runs on Ex Libris Primo VE as part of the shared UC Library Search environment. search.library.berkeley.edu is a Berkeley-branded hostname that CNAMEs to berkeley.primo.exlibrisgroup.com and then to na07.primo.exlibrisgroup.com, with a Berkeley view code of 01UCS_BER:UCB. No Berkeley-operated Alma OAI provider exists -- probing the Alma OAI endpoint with the Berkeley view code returns "Institution code 01UCS_BER is invalid", confirming the institution is a view inside a UC-wide network zone rather than the operator of its own Alma instance. The Library does publish its own open-source Alma and Primo tooling on GitHub. Recorded as a tenant relationship; no vendor contract saved here.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **LibraryCatalog** — https://search.library.berkeley.edu/discovery/search?vid=01UCS_BER:UCB
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/BerkeleyLibrary/alma

## Other University of California, Berkeley APIs (7)

- [API Central (Developer Portal)](https://apis.io/apis/ucb/api-central/)
- [UC Berkeley API Gateway](https://apis.io/apis/ucb/api-gateway/)
- [CalNet Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 Metadata)](https://apis.io/apis/ucb/calnet-shibboleth/)
- [UC Berkeley Library GeoData (GeoBlacklight) Catalog API](https://apis.io/apis/ucb/geodata/)
- [MyBRC Cluster Access Management API](https://apis.io/apis/ucb/mybrc/)
- [UC Berkeley Digital Collections OAI-PMH (TIND tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/ucb/digicoll-oai/)
- [eScholarship Repository and OAI-PMH (California Digital Library tenant)](https://apis.io/apis/ucb/escholarship/)

## Tags

Library, Discovery, Primo, Alma, Metadata

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