WorldCat Discovery Services Release Notes for Contents

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1 WorldCat Discovery Services Release Notes for Contents Special Notes... 2 HTTPs vs HTTP in Logo and Chat URLs... 2 Include Request ID with problem reports... 3 Known Issue... 3 WorldCat knowledge base holdings for articles held by statement now correct... 3 Exported citations have complete data... 3 Staff ILL Request button launches WS ILL in new tab/window... 3 New Features... 4 Knowledge base notes display in the user interface... 4 New features in support of Group transitions... 9 Request Item button launches patron request form in new tab/window... 9 Print Book Format Changes to Scrollbars New Content Available in WorldCat Discovery, WorldCat Local and WorldCat.org Available in WorldCat Discovery and WorldCat Local

2 Special Notes HTTPs vs HTTP in Logo and Chat URLs OCLC is deeply committed to the privacy of patrons and staff using our end-user interfaces and of the security of the interface. As part of our ongoing improvements to WorldCat Discovery, we would like to move the entire experience into the secure HTTPS protocol. This improves upon the existing security in WorldCat Local, in which HTTPS was only used for users who had logged in. We would like to move even anonymous searches to HTTPS, so that no patron searches or temporary lists are ever sent in the clear. We plan to implement very soon so please check your settings and make the necessary changes described below. Changes needed: Third-party chat widgets will need to be invoked via HTTPS. HTTPS needs to be supported by the chat supplier and your library may need to change the chat URL in Service Config. Chat is configured as the first link in My WorldCat.org > User Interface Options > Custom Links. Note that for QuestionPoint libraries the transition is seamless and requires no action from the Library. Continuing to call an HTTP element from a secure page will display a user message to the effect that there is secure and unsecure content on the page; the messages vary by browser but are not conducive to a smooth searching experience. Institutional logos will need to support and be invoked via HTTPS. This change can be implemented in Service Config. Logos are configured in My WorldCat.org > User Interface Options > Customize the banner > Logo image URL. Logos which continue to support only HTTP will appear in the secure interface as hyperlinks. Note that links or search boxes on external Web pages which access WorldCat Discovery will not have to be changed; these will refer automatically to the secure URL. 2

3 Include Request ID with problem reports When reporting an issue with WorldCat Discovery, it would be extremely helpful to include the Request ID. The Request ID is found on the bottom of the screen on which the issue occurred. Including this information allows us to directly trace what happened on the particular request we are troubleshooting. Known Issue WorldCat knowledge base holdings for articles held by statement now correct We previously reported a known issue where the Held by statement was incorrect. Your users may have been presented with results that did not have full text links or may not have seen items with full text links. We are pleased to announce this issue has been resolved so all Held by statements are displaying correctly. Exported citations have complete data Improvements were needed to our EndNote and RefWorks citation exporting. Articles and chapters now have complete source data. Some bibliographic data was mapped to the wrong citation fields. This has also been corrected. Staff ILL Request button launches WS ILL in new tab/window A bug was discovered that the Staff ILL Request button was no longer opening a new window/tab to launch WS ILL, but was opening in the same window/tab. This has been corrected. 3

4 New Features Knowledge base notes display in the user interface In WorldCat Discovery we have implemented the display of KB notes. This allows your library to add collection or title level notes in the KB that will help your users determine coverage details and location information for the collections/titles to which you subscribe. To add KB notes, log into your OCLC WorldShare account under OCLC WorldShare > Metadata > Collection Manager, and search for the Collection or Title for which you d like to add notes. Notes can be added at the Collection level or at the Title level provided the collection/title is customizable. Customizable collections/titles are indicated by the pencil icon and hover text indicating the title can be edited in the KB. 4

5 Screens from Knowledge base editing in OCLC WorldShare > Metadata > Collection Manager. 5

6 KB notes at the Collection level are added under the Collection > Properties section. The Notes section is collasped by default. To add notes click on the Show Details link. The Public note field is the note that will appear in the user interface for your patrons, the Staff note displays only for staff who manage the KB collections. 6

7 KB notes at the Title level are added under the Collection > Titles section. 7

8 KB notes at the Title level example follows. 8

9 In WorldCat Discovery the KB notes are displayed as shown in the example below. The first note comes from the Collection-level setting and the next three from the Title-level settings. Each note is preceded by a bolded label indicating the type of note. New features in support of Group transitions With this release we introduce additional functionality to ensure groups will make a successful transition to WorldCat Discovery. New features include a group referral URL and assistance with bulk OCLC Service Configuration settings. For more information contact your OCLC representative or Group Administrator if you are currently a group participant. OCLC will be contacting Group Administrators with more details. NOTE: Current FirstSearch subscribers that are members of a group can register on their own for a WorldCat Discovery URL on our website here. The new features we are adding in this release are designed to help groups move many subscribers at once but there is no requirement for group participants to move as a group. Request Item button launches patron request form in new tab/window Libraries can now control whether the patron fulfillment (place hold and resource sharing) opens in the same window/tab or a new window/tab. This is controlled in Service Configuration/My WorldCat.org/Place Hold Request Buttons. 9

10 Print Book Format We are pleased to announce the creation of a Print book format. This new format will allow your users to limit to print books from the Print book facet. Creation of this format requires changing data in WorldCat and reindexing those records. This is a massive undertaking which will be carried out over several weeks after this February install and should be finished by the end of the month. Since the conversion cannot be done in a single day, there will be a short period of time of mixed formats. That is some records will have Book and others will have Print book. Ultimately the records that now have Book format will be Print book. As the days pass, more will move over to the Print Book format. Here is a screenshot from our Development environment of how this will look: 10

11 Changes to Scrollbars A change has been made to navigation when the side panel is open. Instead of both scroll bars being on the far right, each scroll bar is adjacent to the panel it controls. 11

12 Current After install: 12

13 New Content This is a list of new databases added to the central index since our last update. As a reminder, the central index provides content for WorldCat Discovery, WorldCat Local and WorldCat.org. You can enable these databases as search options in the Licensed Content and Databases module of the OCLC Service Configuration site. Please remember that your library must have a valid subscription to these databases in order to enable them. Please find below and in the attached document the database names, providers, and database ids for reference. Documentation of the complete list of databases and their IDs is available at Available in WorldCat Discovery, WorldCat Local and WorldCat.org Individual collections from Accessible Archives. Please note that these databases have replaced Accessible Archives database (target ID 1940). African American Newspapers American County Histories Frank Leslie s Weekly Godey s Lady s Book National Anti-Slavery Standard National Citizen and Ballot Box South Carolina Newspapers The Civil War: The Liberator The Lily The Pennsylvania Gazette The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalog The Pennsylvania Newspaper Record The Revolution, The Virginia Gazette American Society of Civil Engineers ejournals from American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE e-books, standards, and proceedings volumes provide state-of-the-practice information and guidance on today s engineering methods and technologies, from design and planning through application in the field of civil engineering. 13

14 ASMscience from American Society for Microbiology Collection of peer-reviewed ebooks on all aspects of microbiology including reference manuals, monographs, and a selection of textbooks. Naxos Music Library from Naxos of America, Inc. Offers high-quality streaming audio of classical musical recordings. Naxos Music Library Jazz from Naxos of America, Inc. Offers a mixed selection of jazz legends and contemporary jazz. SpringerLink from Springer Springer is a publisher of professional and scholarly materials in nursing, gerontology, psychology, and social sciences. Available in WorldCat Discovery and WorldCat Local Apartheid South Africa, from Adam Matthew Digital Comprehensive coverage of the British files on the apartheid governments of South Africa from 1948 onward. China, America, and the Pacific from Adam Matthew Digital Primary source materials for the study of the history of North American trade and cultural exchange with China. Foreign Office Files for China from Adam Matthew Digital British Foreign Office files dealing with China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. LinksPlus from Pledger Consulting A collection of educational website and fiction directories for 5 to 19 year olds designed to guide research and save time for students, teachers and librarians. Individual collections from EBSCO (remote databases): The OCLC cooperative is also pleased to announce the release of five new remote databases. As a reminder, libraries are required to have a subscription to the remote database option for WorldCat Discovery or a WorldCat Local or WorldShare Management Services subscription, as well as current subscriptions to these databases, in order to enable them as search options in the Licensed Content and Databases module of the OCLC Service Configuration site. America History and Life with Full Text This resource provides concrete literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Child Development and Adolescent Studies This database is today's source for references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of

15 Family & Society Studies Worldwide This database provides the most comprehensive coverage of research, policy and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development and Social Welfare. New Testament Abstracts Online A product of a partnership between the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) and Boston College, this database is an indispensable research and bibliographic aid for scholars, librarians, clergy and students of the New Testament and its historical milieu. Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide Offering a global perspective, this resource is the world's largest index to literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. 15