Overview

Use WorldShare License Manager to:

• Manage electronic resource license agreements including start and end dates, signed/unsigned quality, current or expired status, and so forth
• Add terms of use and make them available to other systems such as WorldShare Interlibrary loan or Tipasa
• Integrate vendor information with WorldShare Acquisitions
• Add knowledge base collections within WorldShare Collection Manager to:
• Manage electronic holdings, at both the title and at the collection level
• Integrate your holdings with WorldCat Discovery (WorldCat WorldShare Management Services libraries)

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License Manager in the WorldShare interface

1. Licenses: Create, search for, and edit licenses. Clone licenses.
2. Templates: Create, search for, and edit templates for licenses. Publish templates.
3. Collection Manager: Create and edit e-resource collections via knowledge base collections. (Also available in: Metadata > Collection Manager).
4. Usage Data: Ingest COUNTER-compatible usage statistics for use by WorldShare Analytics.
5. Vendors: Create and edit vendor information (For use in and available in: Acquisitions).