Maintain your knowledge base collections (Fundamentals)
Find everything you need for KBART formatting. See how to use the Activity History, report errant OCLC numbers, and request link schemes to maintain your knowledge base collections in Collection Manager Fundamentals.
Note: If you are a WMS library or using full WorldShare Collection Manager, see Maintain your knowledge base collections.
- About DDA collections (Fundamentals)
- Find information about how DDA collections are maintained in WorldShare Collection Manager Fundamentals.
- Deselect a collection or a title (Fundamentals)
- See how to deselect a knowledge base collection at the collection level or how to deselect a single title.
- Discontinued knowledge base collections (Fundamentals)
- Plan to deselect discontinued collections. Find out why knowledge base collections in Collection Manager Fundamentals are discontinued. Find tips and recommendations for your workflow.
- Download large files for Internet Archive and HathiTrust collections and for My Selected Titles in Collection Manager Fundamentals (KBART)
- Selecting to download My Selected Titles or the titles from a very large collection may result in a truncated file of titles due to the size limits of text editors and spreadsheet applications.
- KBART values and formatting (Fundamentals)
- Find information about data formatting, entering coverage information, and using KBART files to create collections and modify title data.
- Link scheme values and overrides (Fundamentals)
- The link scheme value instructs the WorldCat knowledge base how to create articles links for a particular record or set of records. Libraries can override the link scheme value on a per title basis.
- Manage broken link reports from WorldCat Discovery (Fundamentals)
- See how to manage emails generated from the "Report a broken link" form regarding errant knowledge base links. See how to troubleshoot and report the issue to OCLC. Learn about cooperative management options.
- Mismatched records and best practices for cooperative edits (Fundamentals)
- Find options for what to do when data in the knowledge base matches incorrectly to a record in WorldCat.
- Report errant knowledge base links (Fundamentals)
- See how to report broken links to OCLC and how to troubleshoot missing and errant links.
- Report errant OCLC numbers (Fundamentals)
- See how to view OCLC number coverage in a collection. Report missing or incorrect OCLC numbers to the knowledge base team. All knowledge base users benefit from your submissions.
- Upload and download locations for knowledge base collections (Fundamentals)
- Find instructions to upload and download titles in a collections and a table that gives an overview of upload and download locations across Collection Manager Fundamentals.