Release Date: May 9, 2021
This release of WorldShare Record Manager provides three new features and enhancements in addition to six bug fixes. These features will help you manage more complex workflows, including:
Some of these enhancements are the direct result of your feedback.
A new tab has been added to the WorldCat Holdings page. You can now view the list of libraries in your cataloging group that hold a specific title on the new "Holdings in My Group" tab. If these libraries have added Local Holdings Records (LHR) you'll see the LHR summary as a clickable link.
Please note:
New columns and links on search results lists provide more details about the result records and allow a better navigation to the respective pages.
In addition to the preexisting "Other libraries" link taking you to the WorldCat Holdings page, two new links have been added to the enhanced search result list:
Two new columns have been added to the condensed search result list:
Both columns can be enabled or disabled for the duration of the current session by clicking the gear icon and changing the Table Column Preferences or permanently through User Preferences.
Please note: the "Group Holdings" column is currently disabled by default but if your library is part of a cataloging group you can enable it in your User Preferences.
As mentioned above a new LHR(s) link has been added to both the enhanced and the condensed search result list.
Clicking this link takes you to a result list of related Local Holdings Records.
The "Submit for review" workflow in the authority Saved - In Progress file allows you to ask other libraries to review certain authority records. A record can be submitted for review to one or multiple institutions. The record that your institution has submitted for review to other libraries can also be recalled from submittal. This functionality was limited to the Library of Congress authority file (LC) before and is now available for the Canadiana authority file.
You can submit a Canadiana authority record in the Saved - In Progress file for review to one or more libraries by expanding the Record menu and clicking the "Submit for Review" option.
Add one or multiple OCLC symbols of libraries you wish to ask for review and click on the Submit button.
The OCLC symbols of libraries you have asked for review now display on the header of the Saved - In Progress record:
You can recall a Canadiana Saved - In Progress File record from review at any time. Expand the Record menu, click on Recall Review Submittal and the record is recalled.
The 852 $c field (Shelving Location) was missing when an LHR was derived. Now the 852 $c field is derived correctly.
Multiple occurrences of the 014 field in LHRs were not displayed in the correct order. Now these fields are reformatted and ordered correctly.
A Java error was returned when deleting the 852 $i field in an LHR using the backspace key. Now all subfields can be deleted correctly.
When scanning in multiple barcodes no blank space was added between barcodes. Now the blank space between barcodes is added by default.
Searching for barcodes beginning with a + ('plus') sign didn't return results. Now barcodes beginning with the '+' character are searched correctly.
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WorldCat Validation release notes provide current OCLC-MARC updates; changes to tagging conventions and coding practices for Bibliographic, Authority, and Holdings records; and new MARC codes.
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