University of Cambridge

iDiscover library discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE) — TENANT

Cambridge's library discovery layer runs on Ex Libris Primo VE. idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk is a CNAME to cam.primo.exlibrisgroup.com -> eu00.primo.exlibrisgroup.com, and the landing URL redirects to /discovery/search?vid=44CAM_INST:44CAM_PROD — an Ex Libris tenant view identifier, not a Cambridge endpoint. The catalogue data is Cambridge's; the contract, the API surface and the engineering are Ex Libris'. Recorded here as a relationship so the institutional fact is not lost, and deliberately NOT saved as a Cambridge contract — a generic Primo/Alma spec attributed to an institution is exactly the misattribution this profile exists to prevent.

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-cambridge:idiscover-primo
x-operator: tenant
x-vendor: Ex Libris (Clarivate)
name: iDiscover library discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE) — TENANT
description: Cambridge's library discovery layer runs on Ex Libris Primo VE. idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk is
  a CNAME to cam.primo.exlibrisgroup.com -> eu00.primo.exlibrisgroup.com, and the landing URL redirects
  to /discovery/search?vid=44CAM_INST:44CAM_PROD — an Ex Libris tenant view identifier, not a Cambridge
  endpoint. The catalogue data is Cambridge's; the contract, the API surface and the engineering are Ex
  Libris'. Recorded here as a relationship so the institutional fact is not lost, and deliberately NOT
  saved as a Cambridge contract — a generic Primo/Alma spec attributed to an institution is exactly the
  misattribution this profile exists to prevent.
humanURL: https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/idiscover
baseURL: https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/discovery/search?vid=44CAM_INST:44CAM_PROD
tags:
- Library
- Discovery
- Tenant
- Ex Libris
- Primo
properties:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/idiscover
- type: x-tenant-host
  url: https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/