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WorldCat® Discovery Services Release Notes for 2015-02-12

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.......................................................................................................................... 10

Changes to Scrollbars ..................................................................................................................... 11

New Content ......................................................................................................................................... 13

Available in WorldCat Discovery, WorldCat Local and WorldCat.org ............................................... 13

Available in WorldCat Discovery and WorldCat Local ..................................................................... 14

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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KB notes at the Title level example follows.

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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.

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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:

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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.

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Current

After install:

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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

http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/worldcat-discovery/contentlist.xls

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: 1855 – 1869

The Liberator

The Lily

The Pennsylvania Gazette

The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalog

The Pennsylvania Newspaper Record

The Revolution, 1868 – 1872

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.

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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, 1948-1980 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 – 1938 – 1948 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 21.

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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.