WorldCat Discovery Release Notes, 23 June 2025
Release Date: 23 June 2025
Introduzione
This release of WorldCat Discovery includes the following enhancement::
- Get more accurate search results with a spelling suggestions pilot
Azioni consigliate
With this release, libraries using WorldShare Management Services (WMS), WorldCat Discovery Premium, or a group catalog now have spelling suggestions enabled for searches that return no results. However, libraries that participated in the 2023 spelling suggestions pilot and turned this feature OFF will retain their existing OFF setting.
If you are an eligible library that would like to see spelling suggestions for searches that return no results but are not seeing them, please check your configuration setting in Service Configuration > WorldCat Discovery and WorldCat Local > Search Settings > Search Defaults.
New feature
Get more accurate search results with a spelling suggestions pilot
Pilot overview
Eligibility and scope
- Available to libraries using WorldShare Management Services (WMS), WorldCat Discovery Premium, or a group catalog.
- Applies only to searches that return no results during the pilot phase.
- Libraries that participated in the 2023 pilot retain their existing ON/OFF settings.
Pilot details
- I suggerimenti ortografici sono concepiti per aiutare gli utenti a correggere errori di ortografia, in particolare in ambienti multilingue.
- Pilot feedback will be one of several factors informing OCLC's decision on the future of AI-powered spelling suggestions, including potential expansion to all searches.
Key features
- AI-powered: Uses models trained to recognize misspellings across languages and provide high-confidence corrections.
- Multilingual support: Evaluates the language of the query to reduce mismatched corrections (e.g., avoiding French suggestions for English searches).
- User-friendly display:
- I suggerimenti vengono visualizzati in un avviso informativo nella parte superiore dei risultati della ricerca.
- Le correzioni consigliate vengono visualizzate in grassetto nella query di ricerca completa.
- La query modificata viene visualizzata come un collegamento selezionabile, consentendo agli utenti di eseguire facilmente la ricerca con i termini corretti.
Configurazione
- To enable or disable the feature, navigate to: Service Configuration > WorldCat Discovery and WorldCat Local > Search Settings > Search Defaults.
Collegamenti importanti
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Siti web di supporto
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Include Request ID with problem reports
When reporting an issue with WorldCat Discovery, it is extremely helpful to include the Request ID. The Request ID is found at the bottom of the screen on which the issue occurred. Including this information allows us to directly trace what happened on the request we are troubleshooting.
