# Library discovery — Ex Libris Primo tenancy

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-aberdeen/primo-discovery-tenancy/  
**Provider:** University of Aberdeen — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-aberdeen/  
**Base URL:** https://abdn.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=44ABE_INST:44ABE_VU1  
**Documentation:** https://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/

Library discovery — Ex Libris Primo tenancy is one of 10 APIs that [University of Aberdeen](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-aberdeen/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, Discovery, Primo, Ex Libris, and Catalog. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Library discovery runs on Ex Libris Primo VE at abdn.primo.exlibrisgroup.com with institution view 44ABE_INST:44ABE_VU1. The Primo and Alma REST APIs are Ex Libris products gated behind developer.exlibrisgroup.com keys issued to the institution, not published by it. Recorded as a tenancy; no Ex Libris contract is held under this slug. A stale artefact of this move is visible in the UK federation: Aberdeen still has an SP registered under entityID https://primo.abdn.ac.uk/shib whose ACS endpoints all point at primo.abdn.ac.uk, a hostname that no longer resolves. The federation record is live (MDQ returns 200, 6590 bytes); the service behind it is not.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **LibraryCatalog** — https://abdn.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=44ABE_INST:44ABE_VU1
- **Documentation** — https://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/

## Other University of Aberdeen APIs (9)

- [Shibboleth SAML Identity Provider (UK Access Management Federation)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-aberdeen/shibboleth-saml-idp/)
- [Microsoft Entra ID tenant (institutional identity)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-aberdeen/entra-id-tenant/)
- [AURA DSpace REST API (tenancy on Edinburgh IS infrastructure)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-aberdeen/aura-dspace-rest/)
- [AURA OAI-PMH Metadata Harvesting (tenancy on Edinburgh IS infrastructure)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-aberdeen/aura-oai-pmh/)
- [Elsevier Pure CRIS tenancy (research portal, REST + OAI-PMH)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-aberdeen/pure-cris-tenancy/)
- [MyAberdeen — Blackboard Learn tenancy](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-aberdeen/blackboard-learn-tenancy/)
- [DataCite membership and registered repository](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-aberdeen/datacite-membership/)
- [Crossref membership and DOI prefixes](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-aberdeen/crossref-membership/)
- [ROR organization registration](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-aberdeen/ror-registration/)

## Tags

Library, Discovery, Primo, Ex Libris, Catalog, Tenant

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