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WorldCat Discovery roles

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Find the WorldCat Discovery authorization roles available in the Admin module and compare the actions available for each role.

 

Roles

  • WorldCat Discovery Admin
  • WorldCat Discovery Staff

Discovery roles and descriptions

Authorization level Description
Everyone Selected by default. Leave "Everyone" checked.
WorldCat Discovery Admin

Choose this privilege for staff that needs to be able to administer staff accounts. The user will be able to create, modify and disable accounts.

 Note: Changing a staff user's email address is limited to users with the Superuser or User Admin role. 

  • Superusers are able to change the email address of all staff users.
  • User Admins are able to change the email address of all staff users except for Superusers.
  • All other staff users cannot change staff email addresses and should ask a Superuser or User Admin at their library to make these changes. 

    For more information about User Management roles in WorldShare Admin, see User Management.
WorldCat Discovery Staff Choose this privilege for staff that does not need to manage staff accounts.

Discovery role comparison

 Note: Changing a staff user's email address is limited to users with the Superuser or User Admin role. 

  • Superusers are able to change the email address of all staff users.
  • User Admins are able to change the email address of all staff users except for Superusers.
  • All other staff users cannot change staff email addresses and should ask a Superuser or User Admin at their library to make these changes. 

    For more information about User Management roles in WorldShare Admin, see User Management.
Action Roles
WorldCat Discovery Admin WorldCat Discovery Staff

Assign roles to other users. Create a user that automatically has the Everyone role assigned.

See Discovery role comparison above for more information on limits to changing staff emails.

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Create users, regardless of module (Circ, Acq, etc.)

See Discovery role comparison above for more information on limits to changing staff emails.

 x  
Delete users. x  
Enables additional bibliographic data for staff. x x
Enables MARC view for staff if the institution subscribes to OCLC cataloging or CatExpress. x x
Enables staff to search the Library Holdings index. x x
Perform all operations, including assigning roles to users. x  
Read information about self via WorldCat Discovery. x  
Read information about users, regardless of module (Circ, Acq, etc.) x  
Retrieve and view users. x  
The security context contains all the information about a given user (especially what actions they can perform). This permission allows the user to perform actions on behalf of another user (patron). x  
Update information about other users, regardless of module (Circ, Acq, etc.) x  
Update information about self via WorldCat Discovery. x  
Update institution configuration information relating to authentication and authorization. x  
Use the Forgot Password feature to get a new password. x  
View information about a user’s accounts. In some circumstances this may include identifying information about accounts external to OCLC (e.g. where OCLC receives periodic patron updates from an external system, or where authentication is managed by an external system). x  
View My Library and export data. x x
Manage WSKeys  at the OCLC Developer Network. x