University of Alberta

University of Alberta Library Catalogue (Alma Z39.50 + Primo VE)

The library's discovery and catalogue layer is Ex Libris. The library publishes its own Z39.50 production server details on a ualberta.ca page — host ualberta.alma.exlibrisgroup.com, port 1921, database 01UOA_INST — and states support for the Bath Profile v1.1 functional area A levels 0 and 1, enumerating the bib-1 attribute combinations. The public discovery front end is Primo VE at search.library.ualberta.ca (view 01UOA_INST:UOA_NDE), on the university's own subdomain but running the vendor's application. Documented by the institution, operated by Ex Libris.

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Documentation
https://www.ualberta.ca/en/library/research-support/open-data/z3950.html

Other Resources

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Website
https://search.library.ualberta.ca/
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Conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-alberta/refs/heads/main/conformance/university-of-alberta-conformance.yml

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-alberta:library-catalogue
name: University of Alberta Library Catalogue (Alma Z39.50 + Primo VE)
x-operator: tenant
description: The library's discovery and catalogue layer is Ex Libris. The library publishes its own Z39.50
  production server details on a ualberta.ca page — host ualberta.alma.exlibrisgroup.com, port 1921, database
  01UOA_INST — and states support for the Bath Profile v1.1 functional area A levels 0 and 1, enumerating
  the bib-1 attribute combinations. The public discovery front end is Primo VE at search.library.ualberta.ca
  (view 01UOA_INST:UOA_NDE), on the university's own subdomain but running the vendor's application. Documented
  by the institution, operated by Ex Libris.
humanURL: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/library/research-support/open-data/z3950.html
baseURL: z3950://ualberta.alma.exlibrisgroup.com:1921/01UOA_INST
tags:
- Library
- Library Catalog
- Z39.50
- Discovery
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/library/research-support/open-data/z3950.html
- type: Website
  url: https://search.library.ualberta.ca/
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/university-of-alberta-conformance.yml