University of Bologna

AlmaStart Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE tenancy)

AlmaStart is the University of Bologna library system's discovery layer. The entry point almastart.unibo.it wears the university's domain but CNAMEs to unibo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com and then eu03.primo.exlibrisgroup.com, and it redirects to https://almastart.unibo.it/discovery/search?vid=39UBO_INST:VU — an Ex Libris Primo VE tenant, institution code 39UBO_INST. Verified live 2026-09-01 (200, text/html). Recorded as a tenancy so the relationship is not lost: the collections, the tenant code and the patrons are the university's, while Primo, Alma and their APIs are Ex Libris's and are not saved under this institution. No unauthenticated Primo or Alma API surface was found for this tenant.

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https://almastart.unibo.it/discovery/search?vid=39UBO_INST:VU

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-bologna:almastart-primo-tenancy
name: AlmaStart Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE tenancy)
x-operator: tenant
description: 'AlmaStart is the University of Bologna library system''s discovery layer. The entry point
  almastart.unibo.it wears the university''s domain but CNAMEs to unibo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com and then
  eu03.primo.exlibrisgroup.com, and it redirects to https://almastart.unibo.it/discovery/search?vid=39UBO_INST:VU
  — an Ex Libris Primo VE tenant, institution code 39UBO_INST. Verified live 2026-09-01 (200, text/html).
  Recorded as a tenancy so the relationship is not lost: the collections, the tenant code and the patrons
  are the university''s, while Primo, Alma and their APIs are Ex Libris''s and are not saved under this
  institution. No unauthenticated Primo or Alma API surface was found for this tenant.'
humanURL: https://almastart.unibo.it/discovery/search?vid=39UBO_INST:VU
tags:
- Library
- Discovery
- Primo
- Ex Libris
- Tenant
properties:
- type: LibraryCatalog
  url: https://almastart.unibo.it/discovery/search?vid=39UBO_INST:VU