University of Sussex

University of Sussex Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo tenant)

Library discovery for Sussex runs on Ex Libris Primo VE as institution view 44SUS_INST / 44SUS_VU1, hosted on the vendor's shared platform at sussex.primo.exlibrisgroup.com. Sussex owns the view and the holdings; Ex Libris owns the platform and the API contract, which is gated behind Ex Libris developer keys and is not saved here.

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APIReference
https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/primo/apis/

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LibraryCatalog
https://sussex.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=44SUS_INST:44SUS_VU1

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-sussex:primo-discovery
name: University of Sussex Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo tenant)
x-operator: tenant
description: Library discovery for Sussex runs on Ex Libris Primo VE as institution view 44SUS_INST /
  44SUS_VU1, hosted on the vendor's shared platform at sussex.primo.exlibrisgroup.com. Sussex owns the
  view and the holdings; Ex Libris owns the platform and the API contract, which is gated behind Ex Libris
  developer keys and is not saved here.
humanURL: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/library/
baseURL: https://sussex.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery
tags:
- Library
- Discovery
- Primo
- Ex Libris
properties:
- type: LibraryCatalog
  url: https://sussex.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=44SUS_INST:44SUS_VU1
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/primo/apis/