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Tipasa release notes, May 2026

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Release Date: 2 May 2026

Introduction

This release of WorldShare Interlibrary Loan, Tipasa, and Resource Sharing for Groups includes significant updates to the modernized staff interface. Based on your feedback, these enhancements focus on reducing clicks, minimizing scrolling, and improving overall workflow efficiency.

  • Design improvements to request headers and details based on user feedback
  • Updated pages for:
    • Document Delivery pages (Tipasa only)
    • Print Queue enhancements with updated design and functionality
  • Bug fixes addressing known issues

Recommended actions

For this release, we recommend that you review the following checklists and complete the relevant tasks so that you can adjust your policies and workflows and train your staff. These checklists identify updates that we have determined as significant for most institutions. We encourage you to review all of the items in the release notes to determine whether there are other items that might require additional action or follow up by your institution.

Administrative actions

These items require immediate action or decisions.

Action

For best performance, clear your browser’s cache before starting to work with WorldShare Interlibrary Loan, Tipasa, or Resource Sharing for Groups.

Follow-up actions

In an effort to keep your staff informed of new features and changes, you may also want to consider these items.

Action

Share these release notes with your colleagues.
Visit the OCLC Community Center to connect with OCLC and other community members.
If you have reverted your interface to the legacy version in Service Configuration, please consider enabling the new, modernized, and accessible interface to review recent changes. You can do this in Service Configuration.
  1. Log into OCLC Service Configuration.
  2. Click on the WorldShare ILL tab on the left side of the screen.
  3. Select User Interface Settings.
  4. Click the box to enable the modernized interface and save your change.
  5. If you have WorldShare open, refresh your screen, and the new interface will load.

New features and enhancements

Staff interface being modernized for improved accessibility, usability, and navigation

OCLC’s Resource Sharing and User Experience Teams have been modernizing the WorldShare ILL staff interface. This modernization does not introduce new functionality but improves accessibility, usability, and navigation, ensuring clearer organization of information as well as the use of modern components, elements, and behaviors.

Updated Print Queues

Benefits for your library

Print queues have been redesigned for the preview group based on feedback received after the November release. The updated design provides better organization and easier management of print jobs.  The print queue list will move from the sidebar to tabs across the top for better accessibility.

Key benefits:

  • Improved layout: Better organization of print queue information
  • Enhanced functionality: More intuitive controls for managing print jobs
  • Consistent design: Matches the modernized interface aesthetic

Before May release

All print queue management is on the left side navigation.

resource_sharing_print_queue_legacy.png

After May release

Print queue management moved to the top of the screen.

resource_sharing_print_queue_modernized.png

Enhanced Document Delivery pages (Tipasa only)

Benefits for your library

In Tipasa, Document Delivery pages have been updated with the modernized interface design, providing a consistent experience across all areas of the system. 

Key benefits: 

  • Consistent interface: Same modern design as other updated pages 
  • Improved accessibility: Enhanced screen reader compatibility and keyboard navigation 
  • Better usability: Updated layouts and interactions based on user feedback 

Before May 2

Document_Deliver_legacy.png

After May 2

Document_Delivery_modernized.png

New features and enhancements for the Preview group 

Borrowing requests - Linked requests (Book Club) - Results page

Benefits for your library

Linked requests (Book Club) pages have been updated with the modernized interface design, providing a consistent experience across all areas of the system. The linked requests categories will move from the top to the side menu and include counts of requests.

Key benefits:

  • Consistent interface: Same modern design as other updated pages
  • Improved accessibility: Enhanced screen reader compatibility and keyboard navigation
  • Better usability: Updated layouts and interactions based on user feedback

Before May 2 

resource_sharing_linked_requests_legacy.png

After May 2

resource_sharing_linked_requests_modernized.png

Manage Copyright (Tipasa only)

Benefits for your library

Manage Copyright pages have been updated with the modernized interface design, providing consistent experience across all areas of the system.

Key benefits:

  • Improved layout: Clearer organization of copyright information and actions
  • Enhanced functionality: More intuitive controls for managing copyright workflows
  • Consistent design: Matches the modernized interface aesthetic

Before May 2 

Tipasa_manage_copyright_legacy.png

After May 2

Tipasa_manage_copyright_modernized.png

Off-system requests - Lending

Benefits for your library

Off-system request – Lending pages have been updated with the modernized interface design, providing a consistent experience across all areas of the system.

Key benefits:

  • Improved layout: Clearer organization of off-system lending information and actions
  • Enhanced functionality: More intuitive controls for managing off-system lending workflows
  • Consistent design: Matches the modernized interface aesthetic

Before May 2 

resource_sharing_off_system_requests_legacy.png

After May 2

resource_sharing_off_system_requests_modernized.png

Resolved issues

Description of Issue Interface
When viewing the holdings page on an article request, the article date, volume, issue, and page information sometimes does not display. WorldShare ILL, Tipasa, RS4G
Print queue is not saving when a request is added while in Considering status WorldShare ILL, Tipasa, RS4G
After applying patron data to a request, the screen jumps to the top of the page rather than staying in the patron section. Tipasa, RS4G
Title field only displays one line and makes it difficult to see entire titles of longer works WorldShare ILL, Tipasa, RS4G

What's coming next

Our target roadmap for the remainder of interface modernization for WorldShare ILL, Tipasa, and Resource Sharing for Groups is reflected below. More information, including specific dates and release notes, is forthcoming. 

July 2026 release 

  • Staff interface (available for preview group libraries): 
    • Purchasing Requests 
    • Find/Edit Patrons
    • Discover Items and Holdings Page 
    • Lending Priorities (Tipasa and Resource Sharing for Groups)
    • Side Menu 

July release - the toggle

  • No more preview toggle
  • Choose between modernized or legacy for all screens
  • Improve the responsiveness of the system
  • Toggle will be available through the end of this calendar year

Service Configuration (available to all users, no option to toggle on/off):

  • Custom Holdings Groups
  • Custom Holdings Paths
  • Automated Request Manager

September 2026 release 

  • Service Configuration (all users, no toggle option): 
    • Article Exchange Settings 
    • Purchase Options 
    • Request Forms 
    • Circulation Integration 
    • Print Settings 
    • Advanced Workflow 
    • Patron Settings 
    • Address Book 
    • Notifications 
    • External System Settings 
    • WMS Acquisitions Integration 

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