# Omni library discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE tenancy)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-ottawa/omni-primo/  
**Provider:** University of Ottawa — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-ottawa/  
**Base URL:** https://ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery  
**Documentation:** https://ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01OCUL_UO:UO_DEFAULT

Omni library discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE tenancy) is one of 10 APIs that [University of Ottawa](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-ottawa/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, Discovery, Primo, Ex Libris, and OCUL.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Website** — https://www.uottawa.ca/library

## Other University of Ottawa APIs (9)

- [uO Research DSpace REST API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-ottawa/ruor-rest/)
- [uO Research OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-ottawa/ruor-oai/)
- [uottawa.ca Content JSON:API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-ottawa/www-jsonapi/)
- [uOttawa Shibboleth Identity Provider (Canadian Access Federation)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-ottawa/caf-idp/)
- [uOttawa Course Catalogue (CourseLeaf tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-ottawa/catalogue-courseleaf/)
- [uOttawa Dataverse collection on Borealis](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-ottawa/borealis-dataverse/)
- [DataCite membership (UOTT)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-ottawa/datacite/)
- [Crossref membership (7569, 16151)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-ottawa/crossref/)
- [ROR registration (03c4mmv16)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-ottawa/ror/)

## Tags

Library, Discovery, Primo, Ex Libris, OCUL, Tenant

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