Representative record and availability display on grouped search results
Representative record on grouped search results
In WorldCat Discovery if the search results are set to Group editions and formats or Hide duplicates, a representative record is determined for the group. Edition grouping brings records together that have the same:
- WorkID (title, author, format)
- Language of publication
- Sub-format (if applicable)
- Year of publication
- Publisher (first entry)
When Group editions and formats is enabled, WorldCat Discovery measures the popularity of a work using the total number of worldwide library holdings for all editions and formats of the work, not just the individual representative record for a group of editions. This boosts the relevance score of popular works when users rank their search results using the Best Match, Library, or Recency algorithms.
Variant records group records for the same edition which may have different languages of cataloging or may be duplicate records which have not yet been resolved.
Search Settings for information about enabling the Group related editions for search results and Group variant records filters. See Filter and refine search results for information about these filters in WorldCat Discovery search results.
Note: SeeIf Group related editions for search results is enabled and Hide duplicates is not configured to display, one representative record is used for each work.
- WorldCat Discovery will look at the following criteria in the order below to choose a representative record for the work group:
- 1st priority: Held by level 1 > Held by level 2 > Held by level 3
- 2nd priority: Most recent
- 3rd priority: Language of cataloging matched from language of the user interface
- The language setting for the user's browser or the language selected in the WorldCat Discovery interface is used to infer preferred language.
- 4th priority: Most widely held
If Group related editions for search results is disabled and Hide duplicates is not configured to display or is configured to display and enabled, one representative record is used for each edition.
- WorldCat Discovery will look at the following attributes in the order below to choose a representative record for the edition group:
- 1st priority:Held by level 1 > Held by level 2 > Held by level 3
- 2nd priority: Language of cataloging matched from language of the user interface
- The language setting for the user's browser or the language selected in the WorldCat Discovery interface is used to infer preferred language.
- 3rd priority: Most widely held
Filter and refine search results for more information.
Note: Disabling the Hide duplicates filter when it is set to display will show a flat view or ungrouped view of the edition grouping. The flat view shows all records in the search results and does not group by work, edition, duplicate, or language of cataloging. SeeRepresentative record in Explore Editions and Formats
WorldCat Discovery will display results in this section grouped by a user’s search preference.
One representative record is displayed for each edition when search filters are set as below:
- Group related editions is enabled.
- Group related editions is disabled and Hide duplicates is enabled.
If holdings are set on more than one record in an edition grouping, the user’s language of preference will be used to determine which edition record displays.
If the user has set their search filters to disable Group editions and formats and disable Hide duplicates, the Explore Editions and Formats will display a flat view of every record in the work set.
View all availability from the edition grouping
Enable the display of availability from the grouped editions when holdings have been set on records for different languages of cataloging for a given edition. Availability is configured to display from the OCLC number by default. To enable availability display from the edition grouping, see Search Settings.
When enabled, the representative record will display all the availability information from the records in the grouping.
Note: This configuration will work best for WMS institutions that have Local Holdings Records in WorldCat. Non-WMS institutions can enable this new setting; however, It is recommended that you monitor availability performance and disable this configuration if the system slows or appears unable to support additional availability calls.
For example, additional availability information for a record of a different language of cataloging than the language of cataloging on the representative record will display.
Level 1 edition availability:
Additionally, availability will also display for group availability at level two holdings.
Search Settings module of the OCLC Service Configuration.
Note: Records for ebook and print books are not considered to be variant records. As such, print availability will not display on the eBook record even if the Display availability from the edition group setting is enabled in the- Find print availability for a book when related editions and formats are grouped:
- Click Details for the print record under Other Editions and Formats at the library. A new page displays the full bibliographic record for the print book, including availability information.
- Change the Default Grouping for Level 1 and Level 2 to Hide Duplicates in the Search Settings module of the OCLC Service Configuration. This prevents the print record from displaying in the search results when the user is viewing the ebook record. However, it will also prevent the user from seeing other print editions of the book, such as paperback and hardcover editions.