The WMS sandbox provides your library with a safe training and testing environment so you can train your staff and test various configuration options and APIs on a curated data footprint with representative holdings, without impacting your WMS production environment or data.
It includes access to the majority of the WorldShare suite of services and complete and current non-production versions of global data assets such as WorldCat and the WorldCat knowledge base.
The WMS sandbox is only available to WMS libraries that have purchased the full suite of WorldShare applications, including Acquisition and Circulation.
Testing capabilities within the WMS sandbox include:
Libraries in the United States, Canada and EMEA that are currently live with WMS can, for an additional charge, request a sandbox environment by contacting OCLC Library Services, or contacting your OCLC Library Services Consultant.
Your WMS sandbox environment is available Monday–Friday:
Note: The WMS sandbox is only available to libraries in the US, Canada, and Europe at this time.
For additional information, see the WorldShare sandbox FAQ.
WorldShare staff accounts (WorldShare Admin tab) can be maintained separately from your production accounts. Therefore, they will not automatically be copied to the sandbox environment.
Your library's sandbox URLs will have the following format. Replace yourlibrary with your library's identifier:
The OCLC Service Configuration sandbox environment can be accessed at https://sandbox.worldcat.org/config.
The sandbox includes access to production and global data assets. As a result, we request that the following restriction be placed on any users created in the sandbox:
The WMS sandbox contains a complete copy of global data assets, including WorldCat and the WorldCat knowledge base, is included in the sandbox. The data can be accessed and edited without affecting the production data assets.
Global data assets are updated monthly from the production system for all libraries using a sandbox.