Library Discovery — Ex Libris Primo VE / Alma (tenant)

The University of Sydney Library runs on the Ex Libris Alma library services platform with the Primo VE discovery layer, on the institution-specific tenant sydney.primo.exlibrisgroup.com (view id 61USYD_INST:sydney). The catalog data is the university's; the API contract is Ex Libris's, published on the Ex Libris Developer Network and gated behind vendor-issued institution API keys. Recorded as a tenant relationship. No Ex Libris specification has been saved under this slug — it belongs to Ex Libris.

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aid: university-of-sydney:primo-alma
name: Library Discovery — Ex Libris Primo VE / Alma (tenant)
x-operator: tenant
x-vendor: Ex Libris
x-surface-class: LibraryCatalog
description: The University of Sydney Library runs on the Ex Libris Alma library services platform with
  the Primo VE discovery layer, on the institution-specific tenant sydney.primo.exlibrisgroup.com (view
  id 61USYD_INST:sydney). The catalog data is the university's; the API contract is Ex Libris's, published
  on the Ex Libris Developer Network and gated behind vendor-issued institution API keys. Recorded as
  a tenant relationship. No Ex Libris specification has been saved under this slug — it belongs to Ex
  Libris.
humanURL: https://sydney.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/
tags:
- Library
- Discovery
- Alma
- Primo
- Tenant
- Vendor Contract
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/