WorldShare Circulation release notes, August 2023

Automatically populate a call number in the LHR text-view editor

You can now populate the call number field in a Local Holdings Record (LHR) using the information from the bibliographic record via the LHR text-view editor in Discover Items in Circulation. This feature was enabled with WorldShare Record Manager's July 2023 release and is limited to users that also have access to WorldShare Record Manager.

To use this feature, you must select and save your preferred classification scheme in Record Manager under User Preferences > Working with Records > Bibliographic Records > Default Classification Scheme. Based on your selection, the call number field will be automatically populated in the LHR text-view editor with the respective call number data from the bibliographic record. For example, if you select Library of Congress as your default classification scheme, then the LHR text-view editor will attempt to populate your local call number from the bibliographic record's 050 field.

 Note:  You may need to save a change to your user preferences in Record Manager to activate this feature. 

In the example below, the default classification scheme is set to Library of Congress:

When you are working with local holdings for a bibliographic record that an appropriate call number, i.e.  a Library of Congress classification number from MARC field 050:

Then the classification data from that bibliographic record will be automatically added to the call number field in the LHR text-view editor's classification and cutter fields when you create a new item (single-part holdings) or copy (multi-part or serial holdings):

Check for duplicate call numbers in the LHR text-view editor

When managing Local Holding Records (LHRs) in the text-view editor in Discover Items in Circulation, you can now determine if a call number has already been assigned to an LHR in your local collection. 

 Note:  A call number is considered a duplicate only if the same 852 $hi values have been assigned to LHRs for other bibliographic records. For example, two or more LHRs cataloged against the same OCLC number with the same local call number are not considered duplicates. Also, call numbers assigned to temporary and container items will not be flagged as duplicates.

*Some features require your staff account to have access to WorldShare Record Manager.

View an item's edition statement on the pull list

You can now view an item's edition on the Pull List in WorldShare Circulation to make it easier to locate a specific copy on the shelf. The edition statement is taken from the associated WorldCat bibliographic record's 250 $a. 

Edition has been added to the existing Title column:

Sorting by pickup location does not work as expected on the pull list

The pull list was not sorting correctly when trying to sort by pickup location. As of this release, the Pickup Location column can now be sorted. 

Pickup branches and any branch locations will sort alphabetically by name. You may also use the pickup location filter to limit your results to one or more specific locations.

 Note: If your library participates in a circulation group, please note that pickup locations will first sort by institution ID and then by branch name.

Schedule start and end date are the same on the pull list

The date and time displayed in the pull list's Schedule Start Date column was incorrectly displaying the same value as the Schedule End Date column. As a result, you could not see the start date/time on the pull list.

The two schedule date fields now display the correct values.

ILL Settings cannot be saved if no bill reasons have been configured

Bill reasons are no longer required to enable an interlibrary loan integration in OCLC Service Configuration > WMS Circulation > Integrations > ILL Settings. Prior to this release, your institution needed to configure at least one bills reason to be able to save the ILL Settings page.

Note that you must have at least one bill reason configured if your library uses Tipasa integration and wishes to use the automatic patron billing feature.

Circulation groups: Displayed count of unresolved bills in the patron Bills tab is sometimes incorrect

The displayed count of active, unresolved bills in the table in the patron's Bills tab was incorrect if the patron had been charged by multiple institutions in the group and owed more bills than were currently displayed in the paginated table. The list of bills was correct, account blocking based on billing was working as expected, etc.

As of this release, the bill count displays correctly in the patron's Bills tab.

Support website(s)

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

• WorldShare Circulation
• Neem contact op met OCLC Support
• OCLC Community Center
• Browser compatibility chart