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Learn how to edit your WorldCat.org user profile, including how to update your display name, profile visibility, WorldCat lists, and favorite libraries.

About your user profile

When you create a WorldCat.org account, a profile is automatically created for you. You can enter as much or as little information in your profile as you want. If you do not feel comfortable entering certain types of information, you may leave those fields blank.

From your user profile page, you can:

  • View your favorite libraries.
  • Update your display name.
  • Set Privacy Settings and choose to hide your entire profile.
  • View your lists and lists you follow.
  • View and manage your favorite libraries.

Edit your user profile

  1. Click Sign In.
  2. Enter your user name and password.
  3. Click Continue.
  4. Select My Profile from the Profile drop-down menu.
  5. Your user profile consists of three screens. Use the drop-down menu to open each screen.

My Profile

The My Profile screen, which opens by default, allows you to update your user profile as needed.

Field Editable Description
Display name Y The display name you entered when creating your WorldCat.org account.

 Note: Public profiles must have a display name.

To update your display name:
  1. Click Edit.
  2. Enter a new display name in the text field. Your display name can contain up to 50 characters, including spaces.
  3. Click Save.
Username/Email address N The username or email address you entered when creating your WorldCat.org account.
Profile visibility Y The profile visibility you selected when creating your WorldCat.org account.

To update your profile visibility:
  1. Select whether you want your profile to be private or public.
    • Private (default) - Your profile will be hidden from all WorldCat.org users.
    • Public - WorldCat.org users can see your profile information such as screen name, favorite libraries, lists, interests, etc.
  2. Select whether you want to share your profile information, such as email address and interests with libraries around you.
Manage account N/A You can delete your profile information, but lists associated with your institution and your sign-in credentials will not be deleted.

 Caution: This action cannot be undone.

To delete your account:
  1. Click Delete Account. The Delete Account dialog opens.
  2. Select the I confirm, I want to proceed with account deletion checkbox.
  3. Click Delete Account to permanently delete your account.

Favorite Libraries

The Favorite Libraries screen allows you to view and manage your favorite libraries. You can add up to five favorite libraries to your user profile.

Edit the order of your favorite libraries

WorldCat.org tailors your experience based on the order of your favorite libraries. To update the order of your favorite libraries:

  1. Click Edit order.
  2. Select a library and drag it to the desired position.
    Or
    Select a library and click Move down or Move up until it reaches the desired position.
  3. Click Done.

Remove a favorite library

To remove a library from the Favorite Libraries screen:

  1. Click the Favorite Libraries button (Favorite library selected button). The Remove favorite library opens.
  2. Click Remove. The Remove favorite library dialog closes and the selected library is removed from the Favorite Libraries screen.

Lists

The Lists screen allows you to manage and view your WorldCat lists and those you follow.

Saved Searches

The Saved Searches screen allows you to manage and view your saved searches.

Insights

 Note: The Insights screen is only accessible to web visibility program participants. You must be signed in to WorldCat.org using a staff account.

WorldCat.org Insights allows you to view and export click-through statistics from WorldCat.org to your library's catalog.

To access the Insights screen, select Insights from the Profile drop-down menu.

The Insights screen provides two areas of data:

  • Engagement with your library - Displays data about how people interacted with your content and library profile on WorldCat.org.
    Measure Description
    Total impressions - Total count of the following Engagement with your library stats:
    WorldCat profile visits The number of users who visited your library profile on WorldCat.org.
    Catalog visits The number of users who clicked the Go to the library's catalog link from your library's profile page and item details in WorldCat.org.
    List visits The number of users who visited your library's lists.
     Note: If your library has never signed in to WorldCat.org or WorldShare or if your consortium needs statistics, please contact OCLC Support.

     

  • Access to your library material - Displays data about how people interacted with your items from item details and in the Get it from [your library] drawer on WorldCat.org.
    Measure Description
    Total impressions  The total number of times a user interacted with your items on WorldCat.org on item detail pages.
    E-links The number of users who clicked an E-links link in the Get it from [your library] drawer.
    Borrow item The number of users who clicked the Borrow action for your library anywhere on the item details page.
    Requests via ILL The number of users who clicked the Request this item via ILL link in the Get it from [your library] drawer.
    OpenURL resolver vists The number of users who clicked the OpenURL Resolver link in the Get it from [your library] drawer.

Adjust the date range for WorldCat.org Insights

By default, the Insights screen displays metrics for the last 30 days. You can adjust the date range for the previous week, month, 90-day period, or one year at a time.

To adjust the Insights date range:

  1. Click the Date range text field.
  2. Select a new date range. You can set your own date range or select one of the following predefined options.
    • Last Week
    • Last Month
    • Last 90 days
    • Last 365 days
       Note: Access to statistics prior to the launch of the new WorldCat.org website in August 2022 is available via the stats.oclc.org website. For statistics older than one year but post-August 2022, please contact OCLC Support.
    • Reset - Click to reset the Insights date range to the last 30 days.
  3. After you select a new date range, the Insights data updates automatically.

Export WorldCat.org Insights

Click Export to automatically export the WorldCat.org Insights to your computer. The Insights export as a .CSV file.