University of Ottawa

Omni library discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE tenancy)

uOttawa Library's discovery layer, Omni, is an Ex Libris Primo VE view delivered through the Ontario Council of University Libraries consortium at ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com (CNAME ca01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com), view 01OCUL_UO:UO_DEFAULT. Probed 2026-09-01: HTTP 200. There is no uOttawa-hosted discovery API; uottawa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com does not resolve. Recorded as a tenancy - the Primo and Alma APIs belong to Ex Libris.

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-ottawa:omni-primo
name: Omni library discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE tenancy)
x-operator: tenant
description: 'uOttawa Library''s discovery layer, Omni, is an Ex Libris Primo VE view delivered through
  the Ontario Council of University Libraries consortium at ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com (CNAME ca01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com),
  view 01OCUL_UO:UO_DEFAULT. Probed 2026-09-01: HTTP 200. There is no uOttawa-hosted discovery API; uottawa.primo.exlibrisgroup.com
  does not resolve. Recorded as a tenancy - the Primo and Alma APIs belong to Ex Libris.'
humanURL: https://ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01OCUL_UO:UO_DEFAULT
baseURL: https://ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery
tags:
- Library
- Discovery
- Primo
- Ex Libris
- OCUL
- Tenant
properties:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.uottawa.ca/library