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Read the page in original English <a onclick="goToLanguage('en')">here</a>.</div> <script type="text/javascript">/*<![CDATA[*/ // Determine if machine translation message should be shown function displayMachineTranslationMessage() { // Show if Italian, excluding certain pages if (thisSiteLanguage == 'it' && !document.querySelector('.columbia-page-home')) { document.querySelector('#machine-translation-message').style.display = null; } } displayMachineTranslationMessage();/*]]>*/</script> </div> <div class="mt-content-side"></div> <div id="mt-toc-container" data-title="Inhaltsverzeichnis" data-collapsed="true"> <button class="mt-toggle mt-summary-toggle ui-button-icon mt-toggle-expand">Inhaltsverzeichnis</button> <div class="mt-toc-content mt-collapsible-section mt-toc-hide"> <ol><li><a href="#Access_My_Account" rel="internal">Access My Account</a></li><li><a href="#Enable_end-user_sign_in" rel="internal">Enable end-user sign in聽</a></li><li><a href="#Navigate_My_Account" rel="internal">Navigate My Account</a><ol><li><a href="#Navigate_My_Account_by_keyboard" rel="internal">Navigate My Account by keyboard</a></li><li><a href="#Inactivity_timeout" rel="internal">Inactivity timeout</a></li></ol></li><li><a href="#Customize_My_Account" rel="internal">Customize My Account</a></li><li><a href="#View_Profile" rel="internal">View Profile</a><ol><li><a href="#Notifications_for_Tipasa_users" rel="internal">Notifications for Tipasa users</a><ol><li><a href="#Use_Alternate_Email" rel="internal">Use Alternate Email</a></li><li><a href="#Phone_Number" rel="internal">Phone Number</a></li></ol></li><li><a href="#Phone_Number_2" rel="internal">Phone Number</a></li><li><a href="#Address" rel="internal">Address</a></li></ol></li><li><a href="#My_Account_for_WorldShare_Management_Services_libraries" rel="internal">My Account for WorldShare Management Services libraries</a></li><li><a href="#My_Account_for_Tipasa_libraries" rel="internal">My Account for Tipasa libraries</a></li></ol> </div> </div> <div id="page-top"> <div id="topic"> <div id="pageText"> <div class="mt-page-summary"><div class="mt-page-overview">Learn about the My Account features for library users in WorldCat Discovery.</div></div> <div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Get_started/My_Account_in_WorldCat_Discovery" class="mt-section" id="section_1"><span id="Access_My_Account"></span><h2 class="editable">Access My Account<a id="EnableEndUserSignIn" name="EnableEndUserSignIn"></a></h2> <div class="mt-contentreuse-widget" data-page="Resource_Sharing/Tipasa/My_Account/My_Account_for_Tipasa_and_WorldShare_Circulation/010Customize_My_Account" data-section="Access My Account聽聽聽" data-show="false"> <div class="mt-include" id="s30641"> <p>Users can access the My Account screen from their WorldCat聽Discovery interface. Additionally, the link to My Account聽is as follows:</p> <ul> <li>https://<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><b>yourlibrary</b></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>.account.worldcat.org/account <ul> <li>Replace聽<strong><strong><strong><strong>yourlibrary聽</strong></strong></strong></strong>with聽<a title="User Interface Options" href="https://help-de.oclc.org/Librarian_Toolbox/OCLC_Service_Configuration/WorldCat_Discovery_and_WorldCat_Local/010User_Interface_Options#WC.orgURL" rel="internal">your library's URL qualifier</a>聽or Registry ID.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div><div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Get_started/My_Account_in_WorldCat_Discovery" class="mt-section" id="section_2"><span id="Enable_end-user_sign_in"></span><h2 class="editable">Enable end-user sign in聽</h2> <p>Allow users to manage personal lists and save searches聽by enabling end-user sign in.</p> <p>All WorldCat Discovery libraries can provide sign-in capability for their users. This enables users to save searches and personal lists. Refer to:</p> <ul> <li><u><a title="Share records and create citations" href="https://help-de.oclc.org/Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Search_results/Share_records_and_create_citations" rel="internal">Share records and create citations聽</a></u></li> <li><a title="Search history and save searches" href="https://help-de.oclc.org/Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Search_in_WorldCat_Discovery/Search_history_and_save_searches" rel="internal">Search history and save searches</a></li> </ul> <p>To enable non-WMS logon options,聽<u><a href="https://www.oclc.org/oclc-forms/en/worldcat-discovery-logon-registration.html" rel="external nofollow" title="https://www.oclc.org/oclc-forms/en/worldcat-discovery-logon-registration.html">register your library</a></u>聽for end user logon capability. The OCLC implementation team will respond to the request and assist with configuration.</p> <p>Institutions can select from the following implementation options:</p> <ul> <li>Create new accounts with an OCLC method that supports self-creation of authenticated accounts.</li> <li>Use existing accounts with an OCLC link to your institution's existing authentication service, if it is compatible.</li> </ul> <dl> <dt><strong>Authentication requirements</strong></dt> </dl> <p>聽<span class="mt-icon-info2">聽</span>Note:聽These logon options are not available to Group Catalogs using WorldCat Discovery.</p> </div><div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Get_started/My_Account_in_WorldCat_Discovery" class="mt-section" id="section_3"><span id="Navigate_My_Account"></span><h2 class="editable">Navigate My Account</h2> <div class="mt-contentreuse-widget" data-page="Resource_Sharing/Tipasa/My_Account/My_Account_for_Tipasa_and_WorldShare_Circulation/010Customize_My_Account" data-section="Navigate My Account" data-show="false"> <div class="mt-include" id="s30641"> <p>Access the available sections by using the main tab headings on the page.聽 You can also access the areas of My Account using the <strong>Profile </strong>drop-down menu in the banner.</p> <p>To search WorldCat Discovery, enter search terms in the main search bar or use the <strong>Advanced Search</strong>聽link.</p> <p><strong>Course Reserves</strong> are accessible from My Account as are any custom links configured by the library.聽 Custom links appear under the <strong>Resources </strong>drop-down menu.</p> <div mt-section-origin="Resource_Sharing/Tipasa/My_Account/My_Account_for_Tipasa_and_WorldShare_Circulation/010Customize_My_Account" class="mt-section" id="section_4"><span id="Navigate_My_Account_by_keyboard"></span><h3 id="Navigate_My_Account_by_keyboard-30641">Navigate My Account by keyboard</h3> <p>Navigate My Account more quickly by screen reader聽or using your keyboard.</p> <p>When the browser focus is at the top of the page, press the <strong>Tab </strong>button once to expose the <strong>Skip to Main Content </strong>option or press the <strong>Tab </strong>button twice to expose the <strong>Skip to Footer</strong>聽option. Pressing <strong>Return </strong>moves the browser focus to the corresponding section of the page.聽</p> <p><span class="mt-icon-info2">聽</span>Note: FireFox and Safari users may need to enable additional settings in their browser configuration to use this feature.</p> <dl class="expand-list"> </dl> <dl class="expand-list"> <dt>Skip to Main Content image</dt> <dd> <p class="sl_swap" id="tipasa_customize_my_account1"><img alt="Screenshot of My Account with Skip to Main Content called out. " class="internal default" loading="lazy" src="https://help.oclc.org/@api/deki/files/11997/my_account_skip_to_main_content.png?revision=3" /></p> </dd> </dl> </div><div mt-section-origin="Resource_Sharing/Tipasa/My_Account/My_Account_for_Tipasa_and_WorldShare_Circulation/010Customize_My_Account" class="mt-section" id="section_5"><span id="Inactivity_timeout"></span><h3 id="Inactivity_timeout-30641">Inactivity timeout</h3> <p>My Account alerts library users when their session is about to end due to inactivity. After 25 minutes,聽a message with a 5-minute timer is displayed. The user can choose to continue working or sign out.聽After 30 minutes of inactivity, the user will be automatically signed out.</p> </div></div> </div> </div><div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Get_started/My_Account_in_WorldCat_Discovery" class="mt-section" id="section_4"><span id="Customize_My_Account"></span><h2 class="editable">Customize My Account</h2> <p>You can customize the look of the My Account interface by navigating to the聽<strong><strong>WorldCat Discovery and WorldCat Local User Interface Options</strong></strong>聽in the Service Configuration. See聽<u><a title="User Interface Options" href="https://help-de.oclc.org/Librarian_Toolbox/OCLC_Service_Configuration/WorldCat_Discovery_and_WorldCat_Local/010User_Interface_Options" rel="internal">User Interface Options</a></u>聽for more information.聽 Use this screen to update your banner and custom links.</p> <p><span class="mt-icon-warning">聽</span>Caution:聽Altering these settings will change the appearance across your WorldCat Discovery interface.</p> <p><span class="mt-font-size-36" style="font-weight:700;">Search activity</span></p> <p>The <strong>Search activity</strong>聽tab of聽My Account聽displays saved searches from WorldCat Discovery. 聽WorldCat Discovery users can review and save previous聽searches. 聽Searches can be re-run, shared, deleted, and saved.</p> <p>For more information about this functionality in WorldCat Discovery, please see <a style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" title="Search history and save searches" href="https://help-de.oclc.org/Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Search_in_WorldCat_Discovery/Search_history_and_save_searches" rel="internal">Search history and save searches.</a></p> </div><div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Get_started/My_Account_in_WorldCat_Discovery" class="mt-section" id="section_5"><span id="View_Profile"></span><h2 class="editable">View Profile</h2> <p>Select <strong>View Profile</strong> under the your account name or navigate to the <strong>Profile</strong> tab of My Account to view notification preferences.</p> <p>The listed information for Email and Phone Number comes from the Library Record section of the patron's account. Library users cannot change this information and must contact the library for any necessary corrections.聽</p> <div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Get_started/My_Account_in_WorldCat_Discovery" class="mt-section" id="section_6"><span id="Notifications_for_Tipasa_users"></span><h3 class="editable">Notifications for Tipasa users</h3> <p>Library users can select to receive email or text message notifications about their requested items.</p> <div> <p>When users add or edit the Alternate Email or Phone Number聽information, they are updating the聽<a title="Create patron accounts" href="https://help-de.oclc.org/Resource_Sharing/Tipasa/Patron_management/Create_patron_accounts#DeliverNotification" rel="internal">Delivery Notification</a>聽section of their account. They are not changing the phone or email that your library has on file for the user and the聽user will still receive reset password emails to the email on file.</p> <ul> <li>By default, users will receive email messages.聽</li> <li>Text message notifications are turned off by default.聽 <ul> <li>To enable the ability to send SMS notifications for library users, turn聽on聽<strong><strong>Send SMS for automated notifications</strong></strong>聽in the Notifications module of the OCLC Service Configuration.聽 Enabling this setting displays the Phone Number field to library users allowing them to enter their contact information to receive text message notifications.聽 See聽<a title="Notifications" href="https://help-de.oclc.org/Resource_Sharing/Tipasa/OCLC_Service_Configuration/120Notifications" rel="internal">Notifications</a><u><a title="Notifications" href="https://help-de.oclc.org/Resource_Sharing/Tipasa/OCLC_Service_Configuration/120Notifications" rel="internal">聽</a></u>for more information. <ul> <li>It is recommended that libraries outside the United States and Canada do not enable SMS notifications.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Add the聽<strong><strong>Phone聽</strong></strong>field to your Patron Request Workforms to allow library users to receive SMS notifications for their requests.聽 See聽<a title="Patron Request workforms" href="https://help-de.oclc.org/Resource_Sharing/Tipasa/OCLC_Service_Configuration/080Patron_Request_workforms#PRWorkformFields" rel="internal">Patron Request Workform fields</a>聽for more information.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><span class="mt-icon-info2">聽</span>Note:聽 Tipasa聽notifications must be set up by your library in order for your users to receive them. Your can set up notifications in OCLC聽Service Configuration. For more<a id="TipasaAlternateEmail" name="TipasaAlternateEmail"></a> information on setting up notifications, see <a title="Set up Notifications" href="https://help-de.oclc.org/Resource_Sharing/Tipasa/OCLC_Service_Configuration/120Notifications" rel="internal"><span>Set up notifications</span></a>. Within View Profile, the library user must also ensure texting is on and must provide a phone number.聽 The phone number in the patron record in the Tipasa interface will not be used for texting.</p> <p><span class="mt-icon-info2">聽</span>Note: Notifications related to library transactions will be emailed to the library user even if the <strong>Send library account updates by email </strong>setting is disabled.聽</p> <div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Get_started/My_Account_in_WorldCat_Discovery" class="mt-section"><span id="Use_Alternate_Email"></span><h4 class="editable">Use Alternate Email</h4> <p>The email address(es) from the patron record will appear under <strong>Email</strong>.聽Library users must contact the library to update the email address(es) in their patron record. Email notifications about their account will be sent to the primary email in the patron record.聽If the user would like to receive email notifications聽at a different email address, they can<a id="TipasaPhoneNumber" name="TipasaPhoneNumber"></a> enter聽an alternate email in the <strong>Use Alternate Email </strong>field.</p> <p>Email notifications are enabled by default, but the user may disable them by turning off <strong>Send library account updates by email</strong>.聽聽</p> <p>Click on <strong>SAVE CONTACT INFORMATION</strong> to save the alternate email address.</p> </div><div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Get_started/My_Account_in_WorldCat_Discovery" class="mt-section"><span id="Phone_Number"></span><h4 class="editable">Phone Number</h4> <p>The Phone Number option only displays if the library has enabled聽<strong>Send SMS for automated notifications</strong>聽in the OCLC Service Configuration.聽See <a title="/Resource_Sharing/Tipasa/Configuration/120Notifications" href="https://help-de.oclc.org/Resource_Sharing/Tipasa/OCLC_Service_Configuration/120Notifications" rel="internal">Notifications</a> for more information.</p> <ul> <li>If Send SMS for automated notifications is not enabled, text message options will not display to library users in My Account.</li> </ul> <p><span style="color:black;"><span class="mt-font-Arial,sans-serif"><span class="mt-font-size-10.0pt">Text notifications are disabled by default.聽</span></span></span>If the user would like to receive text message notifications聽about their account, they must聽enter聽a phone number in the <strong>Phone Number聽</strong>field and enable <strong>Send library account updates by text message</strong>.聽</p> <p><span class="mt-icon-info2">聽</span>Note:聽Only phone numbers with a country code of +1 (United States and Canada) can receive SMS notifications. It is recommended that libraries outside the United States and Canada do not enable SMS notifications.</p> <ul class="mt-indent-1"> <li>Add the <strong>Phone </strong>field to your Patron Request Workforms to allow library users to receive SMS notifications for their requests.聽 See <a title="Patron Request workforms" href="https://help-de.oclc.org/Resource_Sharing/Tipasa/OCLC_Service_Configuration/080Patron_Request_workforms#PRWorkformFields" rel="internal">Patron Request Workform fields</a> for more information.</li> </ul> <p>Click on <strong>Save Contact聽Information</strong>.</p> <p><span class="mt-font-size-28" style="font-weight:700;">E-Mail</span></p> </div></div> <p>The email address(es) from the patron record will appear under聽<strong><strong>Email</strong></strong>.聽Library users must contact the library to update the email address(es) in their patron record. Email notifications about their account will be sent to the primary email in the patron record.聽</p> <p>For Tipasa users, see <a title="My Account in WorldCat Discovery" href="#TipasaAlternateEmail" rel="internal">Use Alternate Email</a>.</p> </div><div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Get_started/My_Account_in_WorldCat_Discovery" class="mt-section" id="section_7"><span id="Phone_Number_2"></span><h3 class="editable">Phone Number</h3> <p>The phone number(s)聽from the patron record will appear under <strong>Phone Number</strong>.聽Library users must contact the library to update the phone number(s) in their patron record.</p> <p>For Tipasa users, see <a title="My Account in WorldCat Discovery" href="#TipasaPhoneNumber" rel="internal">Phone Number</a>.</p> </div><div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Get_started/My_Account_in_WorldCat_Discovery" class="mt-section" id="section_8"><span id="Address"></span><h3 class="editable">Address</h3> <p>View the mailing address(es) from the patron record. Library users must contact the library to update the address information in their patron record.</p> <p><span class="mt-font-size-28" style="font-weight:700;">Password</span></p> <p>Library users who are set up for WMS聽authentication are provided with the option to change their password.聽 Select <strong>Change Password聽</strong>to be taken to a change password screen.</p> </div></div><div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Get_started/My_Account_in_WorldCat_Discovery" class="mt-section" id="section_9"><span id="My_Account_for_WorldShare_Management_Services_libraries"></span><h2 class="editable">My Account for WorldShare Management Services libraries</h2> <p>If you are a WorldShare Management Services library, additional features are available to library users in My Account.聽 See <a title="My Account" href="https://help-de.oclc.org/Library_Management/WorldShare_Circulation/My_Account" rel="internal">WorldShare Circulation, My Account</a> for more information.</p> </div><div mt-section-origin="Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Get_started/My_Account_in_WorldCat_Discovery" class="mt-section" id="section_10"><span id="My_Account_for_Tipasa_libraries"></span><h2 class="editable">My Account for Tipasa libraries</h2> <p>If you are a Tipasa library that uses WorldCat Discovery, but not WorldShare Management Services, see <a title="My Account for Tipasa" href="https://help-de.oclc.org/Resource_Sharing/Tipasa/My_Account/My_Account_for_Tipasa" rel="internal">My Account for Tipasa</a>.</p> </div></div> </div> </div> <div class="mt-content-footer"> <p>聽</p> </div> <ol class="grape-meta-data grape-meta-article-navigation"> <li class="grape-back-to-top"><a class="mt-icon-back-to-top" href="#title" id="mt-back-to-top" title="Zum Anfang dieses Artikels">Zur眉ck zum Anfang</a></li> <li class="grape-article-pagination"><ul class="mt-article-pagination"> <li class="mt-pagination-previous"> <a class="mt-icon-previous-article" 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