Western University

Omni library discovery — Ex Libris Primo VE (tenant)

Western Libraries' discovery layer is Omni, the Ontario Council of University Libraries' shared Ex Libris Alma/Primo VE deployment. Western's view is ocul-uwo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com with vid=01OCUL_UWO:UWO_DEFAULT. Recorded so the relationship is visible, but no contract is saved: the Primo and Alma APIs are Ex Libris products documented on developers.exlibrisgroup.com, shared by every Alma customer, and crediting them to Western would be the exact misattribution this profile guards against.

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: western:omni-primo
name: Omni library discovery — Ex Libris Primo VE (tenant)
description: 'Western Libraries'' discovery layer is Omni, the Ontario Council of University Libraries''
  shared Ex Libris Alma/Primo VE deployment. Western''s view is ocul-uwo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com with
  vid=01OCUL_UWO:UWO_DEFAULT. Recorded so the relationship is visible, but no contract is saved: the Primo
  and Alma APIs are Ex Libris products documented on developers.exlibrisgroup.com, shared by every Alma
  customer, and crediting them to Western would be the exact misattribution this profile guards against.'
humanURL: https://ocul-uwo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01OCUL_UWO:UWO_DEFAULT
tags:
- Library
- Discovery
- Primo
- Ex Libris
- Catalog
x-operator: tenant
x-operator-evidence: Institution-specific subdomain and view id on a generic vendor host (primo.exlibrisgroup.com).
  The platform is Ex Libris's, the consortial tenancy is OCUL's, the view is Western's.
x-vendor: Ex Libris (Clarivate) via the Ontario Council of University Libraries
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.lib.uwo.ca/