University of Nottingham

NUsearch library discovery (Ex Libris Alma / Primo VE tenant)

Library discovery and resource management on Ex Libris Alma and Primo VE, operated as a Nottingham tenant across all three campuses. Registered in the UK Access Management Federation as SAML service providers https://nusearch.nottingham.ac.uk/mng/login ("University of Nottingham (UK campus) – Primo"), plus nottingham-uk.alma.exlibrisgroup.com, nottingham-my.* and nottingham-cn.*.cn equivalents for the Malaysia and China campuses. nusearch.nottingham.ac.uk/ resolves 200 to /discovery/search?vid=44NOTTS_UNUK:44NOTUK. The discovery and Alma APIs belong to Ex Libris and are not saved here; only the tenant relationship is recorded.

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aid: university-of-nottingham:library-discovery
name: NUsearch library discovery (Ex Libris Alma / Primo VE tenant)
x-operator: tenant
description: Library discovery and resource management on Ex Libris Alma and Primo VE, operated as a Nottingham
  tenant across all three campuses. Registered in the UK Access Management Federation as SAML service
  providers https://nusearch.nottingham.ac.uk/mng/login ("University of Nottingham (UK campus) – Primo"),
  plus nottingham-uk.alma.exlibrisgroup.com, nottingham-my.* and nottingham-cn.*.cn equivalents for the
  Malaysia and China campuses. nusearch.nottingham.ac.uk/ resolves 200 to /discovery/search?vid=44NOTTS_UNUK:44NOTUK.
  The discovery and Alma APIs belong to Ex Libris and are not saved here; only the tenant relationship
  is recorded.
humanURL: https://nusearch.nottingham.ac.uk/
tags:
- Library
- Discovery
- Ex Libris
- Primo
- Alma
- Tenant