# AlmaStart Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE tenancy)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bologna/almastart-primo-tenancy/  
**Provider:** University of Bologna — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-bologna/  
**Documentation:** https://almastart.unibo.it/discovery/search?vid=39UBO_INST:VU

AlmaStart Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE tenancy) is one of 12 APIs that [University of Bologna](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-bologna/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, Discovery, Primo, Ex Libris, and Tenant.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **LibraryCatalog** — https://almastart.unibo.it/discovery/search?vid=39UBO_INST:VU

## Other University of Bologna APIs (11)

- [University of Bologna Open Data (CKAN Action API)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bologna/opendata-ckan/)
- [AMS Acta Institutional Repository OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bologna/amsacta-oai-pmh/)
- [AMS Tesi di Dottorato (Doctoral Theses) OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bologna/amsdottorato-oai-pmh/)
- [AMS Tesi di Laurea (Graduate Theses) OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bologna/amslaurea-oai-pmh/)
- [AlmaDL Journals OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bologna/almadl-journals-oai-pmh/)
- [UNIBO Shibboleth Identity Provider (IDEM GARR AAI)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bologna/identity-federation/)
- [Virtuale (Moodle) LTI 1.3 Platform and Web Services](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bologna/virtuale-lti/)
- [IRIS Research Information System (CINECA tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bologna/iris-cineca-tenancy/)
- [DataCite DOI registration (provider UYEY, 32,291 DOIs)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bologna/datacite-registration/)
- [Crossref membership (member 32492, prefix 10.60923)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bologna/crossref-membership/)
- [ROR organization identifier 01111rn36](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bologna/ror-registration/)

## Tags

Library, Discovery, Primo, Ex Libris, Tenant

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