WorldShare License Manager
WorldShare License Manager is used to keep all license information from all vendors in one centralized, cloud-based system. It is used to more easily maintain your library’s active licenses and renew licenses that get the most use.
- Get started
- See an overview of the License Manager interface, get account information, and browse training options.
- Represent your e-resources
- Once you have represented e-resource collections and databases as knowledge base collections in Collection Manager, create licenses and assign the collections to licenses.
- Create a license or template
- Create a new license in License Manager, clone a license, or use a license template contributed by other libraries.
- Deflect lending requests
- See how to configure terms of use in License Manager and create a deflection policy to deflect lending requests from knowledge base collections in Collection Manager. Instructions are included for both WorldShare Interlibrary Loan and Tipasa libraries.
- Configure SUSHI harvesting of COUNTER usage reports
- Configure SUSHI harvesting of COUNTER usage reports. Use WorldShare License Manager with or without WorldShare Analytics.
- Maintain licenses and templates
- Once you have established your licenses and templates, you can edit, clone, renew, share (for institutions with Group aware), or configure alerts to continue to maintain and alter your information as needed.
- Vendors
- Search for your vendor. If the vendor isn't available, create a new vendor and publish the vendor's information so other libraries can use it. Use vendor information with your Acquisitions workflows.
- WorldShare License Manager release notes and known issues
- Find WorldShare License Manager release notes and known issues. Release notes are documents that contain information about new product features and enhancements as installed in scheduled releases.
- WorldShare License Manager training
- Find training on WorldShare License Manager.
- Troubleshooting
- Find frequently asked questions (FAQ) and troubleshooting steps (Troubleshooting).