WorldCat Discovery release notes, Special August 2021

Follow-up actions

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

Highlighted Search Terms will now be read when using a screen reader

We have resolved the error when turning on NVDA to assist with screen reading for highlighted terms. Previously, NVDA would pause and skip the highlighted term. This issue was reported by multiple institutions. With this release, NVDA will now be successful in reading the screen, including any highlighted terms. 

OpenURL will now display on the fulfillment panel

Prior to this release, some institutions reported their OpenURL was not displaying in the modernized interface. With this release, the OpenURL will now display in either the Access Options panel or the item details depending on an institution’s configuration.

Resolves the Search failure for Full Text Index

We have resolved an issue where searches were failing when the search behavior was set to ‘Search keyword + full text index’. After this release, when a search is run in the modernized interface for an institution with full text option enabled, the search will not fail. Search results will now correctly display including searches that contain items with full text snippets.

BEFORE

AFTER AUGUST RELEASE

Service Configuration

Our default recommendation is ‘Search keyword index’. The section is found under WorldCat Discovery and WorldCat Local > User Interface Options > General Display Settings as shown below:

Support website(s)

Support information for this product and related products can be found at:

• WorldCat Discovery support resources  
• WorldCat Discovery training
• Informatie over releases
• OCLC Community Center
• Browser compatibility chart
• Neem contact op met OCLC Support