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Configure OpenURL

Learn how to setup OpenURL request buttons in WorldCat Discovery to direct your patrons to Tipasa when placing ILL requests.

Configure OpenURL request buttons in WorldCat Discovery

Set up your base OpenURL and enable Request Buttons to direct your patrons to Tipasa when placing ILL requests.  

Set up your base OpenURL

For more information about OpenURL Resolvers, see Manage Resolvers.

  1. Navigate to the OpenURL Resolvers > Manage Resolvers module of the OCLC Service Configuration.
  2. Click Create Resolver.
  3. In the Base URL field, enter your base Tipasa OpenURL:
    • https://yourregid.account.worldcat.org/profile/route/openurl?

       Note: Your URL must include https and the ? appearing at the end of the URL.   

  4. Enter a Resolver Name that indicates this is for your Tipasa OpenURL. 
    • This text will only appear to authenticated patrons using WorldCat.org.
  5. Click Submit.

Enable Request Buttons

For more information, see Place Hold/Request Buttons.

For libraries using WorldCat Discovery, enable the Request Button.

  1. Navigate to the WorldCat Discovery and WorldCat Local > Place Hold/Request Buttons module of the OCLC Service Configuration.
  2. Locate the Resource Sharing (Any Level) section.
  3. Configure the fields below:
    • Resource Sharing Button Label: enter the text to appear on the Tipasa request button in WorldCat Discovery
      • For best display, keep this label under 40 characters.
    • Type of button configuration: select OpenURL 1.0
    • Choose an OpenURL Resolver from the OpenURL Resolvers you have already registered with OCLC: select the Tipasa OpenURL resolver previously configured.
  4. Under the For items owned by WorldCat Libraries section, determine which item types should display the OpenURL request button in WorldCat Discovery.
    • If you do not want patrons to be able to place an ILL request for a particular item type, select None.
  5. Click Save Changes at the bottom of the screen.

Tips on giving your base URL to other providers

If you need to update OpenURLs that display in your various databases or if you use other discovery interfaces, you will need to make those changes within those providers' platforms.

Contact your discovery layer or database support and supply them with theTipasa Base OpenURL:

  • https://yourregistryid.account.worldcat.org/profile/route/openurl?

If there is a Custom Links or OpenURL field in the discovery layer's administrative interfaces, you may need to enter your Tipasa Base OpenURL here.  

OpenURL parameter mapping

Genres are used to select the default form and service type.

Genre Default form Default service type
article Article Copy
book Book Loan
bookitem Article Copy
conference Other Loan
dissertation Book Loan
document Other Loan
ebook Book Loan
issue Article Copy
journal Article Copy
preprint Other Loan
proceeding Other Loan
report Other Loan
thesis Other Loan
no genre Other Loan


OpenURL parameters

Workform field name OpenURL 0.1 OpenURL 1.0 (Z39.88-2004)
Article Title/Chapter Title atitle rft.atitle
Author/Article Author

aufirst

auinit

auinit1

auinitm

aulast

rft.aufirst

rft.auinit

rft.auinit1

rft.auinitm

rft.aulast

rft.ausuffix

rft.au

rft.aucorp

Date date rft.date
DOI id=doi: id=doi:
Edition (text) edition rft.edition

Format

genre rft.genre
ISBN isbn rft.isbn
ISSN issn rft.issn
Issue issue rft.issue
OCLC# N/A

rft.oclcnum

rft_id=info.oclcnum/

Page Numbers

pages

spage

epage

rft.pages

rft.spage

rft.epage

Place of Publication N/A rft.place
PMID id=pmid: N/A
Publisher N/A rft.pub
Title/Journal Title

stitle

title

rft.jtitle

rft.btitle

rft.stitle

rft.title

Where did you learn about this item?* sid rfr_id
Volume volume rft.volume

*The value of sid/rfr_id will not display to the user in the workform.  This data is stored and will be visible to library staff in the request Verification field in Tipasa. If the user enters a value in the Where did you learn about this item? field, this data will also be visible to staff in the Verification field.