WorldShare Circulation release notes, June 2023

View more bibliographic and request data

Two new columns have been added to the pull list:

• Patron Home Institution (circulation groups only): The name of the requesting patron's home institution
  • At this time, this field is populated for hold requests only.
• Fulfilment Method: The fulfilment method associated with the request's pickup location. Options are Collect for Loan or In-House Use.
  • See Branch Locations to learn more about the in-house use fulfilment method.

New data has been added to existing columns:

• The publication year has been appended to the information in the Title column
• An item's copy number has been appended to the end of the Call Number column
  • Note: Copy numbers will only display for local holdings records (LHRs) that were created or updated after 18 September 2022.
• Item scheduling notes now display in the Staff Note column

In an upcoming release, the title's edition statement will also be added to the pull list.

Use new filters

Four new filters have been added to the pull list to help you focus on retrieving items according to your local needs and practices:

• Shelf Location of the item on the pull list, honoring any temporary location assigned to the item.
  • Use this filter to prioritize or focus on pulling materials from a specific part of your collection
  • You may select one or multiple locations configured as shelving locations for your current branch.
  • By default, all item locations at your current branch are included in the pull list.
• Contains Note in the hold or item scheduling request
  • When Yes is selected, pull list entries will be limited to holds with a staff and/or public note and to item schedules with a scheduling note.
  • When No is selected, pull list entries will be limited to holds and item schedules without notes.
  • By default, all requested items are included in the pull list, regardless of whether the associated patron request includes a note
• Patron Home Institution (circulation groups only) of the requesting patron
  • You may select one or more institutions from the list.
  • At this time, this filter will only apply to hold requests.
  • By default, the pull list will include requests from patrons of any institution in your circulation group
• Pickup Location for the item, given the request that is currently associated with that item
  • You may select one or more pickup locations from the list.
  • If your library participates in a circulation group, all pickup locations for your group will appear in the list.
  • By default, the pull list will include requests for all pickup locations.

Some filter selections will be reset if you switch branches, e.g., Shelf Location selections will be reset to the default (All). At this time, the system will not retain your preferred filter selections as you navigate between branches or after you log out of WorldShare.

Use new actions

As of this release, you may view more information about the hold or item scheduling request directly from the pull list. Prior to this release, you had to navigate to the patron account or the title's hold queue to view the full request details and make changes to the request data.

Depending on your staff roles, you may see the View or View/Edit option in the Actions column. Clicking this button will open the appropriate request details dialog. See Circulation account roles for more information on the roles that grant request editing vs. viewing permissions.

For example, a user with permission to edit hold requests can use the View/Edit action to open the Edit Existing Hold Request dialog. From there, you may select a different pickup location, adjust hold expiration dates, or make a note:

If you click Save Changes, the pull list will automatically reload to ensure that the correct items and requests still appear in your pull list. 

 Note: Always verify the system's instructions when checking in an item from the pull list. An item on the pull list may be used to fulfill a different request or you may be instructed to reshelve the item, etc. Changes to item records and status, patron accounts, request queues, and data, or policy configurations may reassign the item to a different request or make the item ineligible for request fulfillment.

Configuration

You can now choose a retention period in OCLC Service Configuration > WMS Circulation > Admin/General > History > Item Statistics: Last Issued To. You will continue to have the option to always or never retain this information:

 Caution:  If you disable retention or reduce your retention period, then previously stored data that should no longer be retained will be deleted within seven days of your configuration change. The deletion process will run weekly on Saturdays at 22:00 (10:00 PM) in your WMS data center's timezone. After deletion, your data cannot be recovered by OCLC.

Circulation groups

If your library participates in a circulation group, the Item Statistics: Last Issued To retention policy will be controlled by the patron's home institution. For example, if a patron of Library A checked out an item from Library B's collection, then the retention policy of Library A will be used to determine if the patron's information is stored in the item statistics for Library B's item.

This ensures that your library remains in control of the retention of data about your users.