University of Glasgow

Library Sierra API (Innovative Interfaces)

The library management system's Sierra REST API, live on the University of Glasgow Library's own catalogue host. /iii/sierra-api/v6/info/token returned 401 on 2026-08-30 — present and credentialed rather than absent. Keys are issued by the library to named partners; there is no public registration path and no public documentation on gla.ac.uk. Recorded because a live credentialed endpoint is a finding, not a gap.

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Authentication
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Website
https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-glasgow:sierra-library-api
name: Library Sierra API (Innovative Interfaces)
x-operator: institution
x-vendor: innovative-interfaces
x-operator-evidence: eleanor.lib.gla.ac.uk is 130.209.19.231, the University of Glasgow Library's own
  host, and the page title is "University of Glasgow Library". The API path /iii/sierra-api/v6/ and the
  version scheme are Innovative Interfaces' product; the deployment and the host are the institution's.
  Innovative Interfaces' generic specification is deliberately NOT saved under this institution.
description: The library management system's Sierra REST API, live on the University of Glasgow Library's
  own catalogue host. /iii/sierra-api/v6/info/token returned 401 on 2026-08-30 — present and credentialed
  rather than absent. Keys are issued by the library to named partners; there is no public registration
  path and no public documentation on gla.ac.uk. Recorded because a live credentialed endpoint is a finding,
  not a gap.
humanURL: https://eleanor.lib.gla.ac.uk/
baseURL: https://eleanor.lib.gla.ac.uk/iii/sierra-api/v6
tags:
- Library
- Library Catalog
- Integrated Library System
properties:
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/university-of-glasgow-authentication.yml
- type: x-errors
  url: errors/university-of-glasgow-errors.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/