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Introduction to OCLC Service Configuration for WMS users

Discover key information, resources and workflows that will help you get started with OCLC Service Configuration.

Overview

OCLC Service Configuration harnesses your WorldCat Services account to tailor institution-specific details, while also allowing you to configure your OCLC products and services.

Visit the Get started guide to learn how to:

  • Sign in to OCLC Service Configuration using your OCLC Services Account
  • Verifica o modifica le informazioni dell'account
  • Aggiungere un'istituzione da configurare
  • Aggiungere una sede in WMS

Service Configuration interface

Service Configuration is an administrative interface that allows you to configure and select settings for WorldCat Discovery, Metasearch Content, WorldShare Circulation, and manage your institution's WorldCat Registry profile.

Image of the OCLC Service Configuration interface with seven areas of the left navigation called out

1. WorldCat Discovery and WorldCat Local

Click WorldCat Discovery and WorldCat Local in the left navigation to configure staff and patron-facing features for WorldCat Discovery. 

Module Descrizione
Search Settings Customize the search defaults and the display of search results in WorldCat Discovery.
Impostazioni dettagli elemento Determine how item details display in WorldCat Discovery by customizing how data from MARC records, including local bibliographic data (LBD), displays to library users when they view item details information for records that appear in search results.
User Interface Options Use this screen to update your banner, custom links, and display settings. Indicate if and where you would like to change the default settings. 
Impostazioni di visualizzazione Use this screen to set the Header/Footer settings, Citation style, WorldCat holdings audience levels access, Save search, Search alert, and Search history features in WorldCat Discovery.
Rilevanza e ambito Configure the relevancy and scoping settings for WorldCat Discovery.
Resolver OpenURL full-text (richieste in uscita) Specify your OpenURL Resolvers for WorldCat Discovery.
Pulsanti Prenota/Richiedi Configure your place hold and request buttons in WorldCat Discovery.
Stati OPAC , posizioni e criteri di circolazione Configure the OPAC statuses, locations, and circulation policies for WorldCat Discovery.
Holdings Codes & Shelving Location Messages Configure holding codes and shelving location messages in WorldCat Discovery.
Contenuto locale e avanzato Provide optional content to your end users in WorldCat Discovery.
Full Text and Open Access Links Configure the appearance of full-text links in WorldCat Discovery.
Supporto e manutenzione ILS Configure feedback and broken link report e-mail addresses in WorldCat Discovery.
Elenco da A a Z e risolutore di link OCLC Find your base OpenURL for vendors and configure the default search behavior of your A to Z list in WorldCat Discovery.
Generatore casella di ricerca The Search Box Generator enables libraries to construct and customize advanced WorldCat Discovery search boxes.

 

2. Metasearch Content

Click MetaSearch Content in the left navigation to select and organize your default databases and licensed content that your users can search in WorldCat Discovery.

3. WMS Circulation

Click WMS Circulation in the left navigation to find administrative settings and to set your circulation policies for WorldShare Circulation. Settings and policies include:

Module Descrizione
Criterio per tipo di utente Limit patron accounts based on items overdue, outstanding bills, waived bills, total value of loans, and/or items claimed lost, never had, or returned. 
Criterio per tipo di collezione Configure default item status, hold fulfillment availability, reshelving period, and in-processing status for items based on their location and material format.
Notifiche di prossima generazione Create notifications to be automatically sent to your users in WorldShare Circulation.
Notifiche e ricevute Find information about legacy Notification Policies, Receipts, and Additional Patron Notifications.
Fatturazione e sospensione Set the Accruing fines policy, bill reasons, bill structures, payment methods, replacement costs, and UI tax policy.
Prestiti Set your loan policies and long overdue and lost policies.
Prenotazioni e Programmazioni Configure your hold and scheduling policies. 
Amministr./Generale Configure your deleted items, display patron information, history, override credentials, and UI Preferences.
Integrazioni Set up integration with POS printers, SIP2, ILL settings, and ASR Policy.
Groups For WMS Groups, find settings related to group payment policy and hold fulfillment preferences.

4. WorldCat Registry

Click WorldCat Registry in the left navigation to configure and maintain a profile that defines your institutional identity, to enable all web users to access your institution's services and relevant data for other OCLC products.

5. EIDM Institution

Use the EIDM Institution module to customize and translate the labels on your library's WMS Sign-in page and customize the Friendly name for your IdP list. 

6. WorldShare Interlibrary Loan

Administrative settings for WorldShare Interlibrary Loan, Tipasa, and Resource Sharing for Groups are maintained in OCLC Service Configuration. In Service Configuration, you can set your interlibrary loan options, print settings, borrower and lender constant data, custom holdings groups, automations, and purchase options.

For information on configuring the settings for My Account, refer to the My Account section of the OCLC Service Configuration.

7. WMS Institution

Set up your WMS library's institution borrower categories, patron custom data, and branch opening hours override settings in the WMS Institution module

Supporto OCLC

For any queries not answered by this page or Service Configuration documentation and training, please contact OCLC Support.