[Wactclc-alma] question about deleting vs withdrawing

[Guidry, Wade]

If you "withdraw" a bib record, it only removes the items, it doesn't remove the bib record (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/Alma_Online_Help_(English)/Resource_Management/050Inventory/040Managing_Physical_Resources#Withdrawing_One_or_More_Items )

To delete a single bib record, you can use the mdeditor. Or, for groups of bib records, you can run a job ( https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Knowledge_Articles/How_to_delete_bibliogaphic_records%3F )

In either case, analytics will retain historic circulation data.


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Wade Guidry
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Big Bend Community College
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From: Wactclc-alma [mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Herman, Amy
Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2018 11:03 AM
To: WACTCLC Alma Discussion <wactclc-alma at lists.ctc.edu>
Subject: [Wactclc-alma] question about deleting vs withdrawing

We are removing a book off course reserve that is the personal copy of an instructor, and sending it back to her.  Should we delete the record, or just withdraw?  We will never need this book again so it would seem we could delete the record, but will we lose usage data?  I thought I remembered something about still being able to access deleted item data in analytics... if so, which data are stored for deleted records?

Thanks!

Amy Herman
Library Faculty | Olympic College
1600 Chester Avenue | Bremerton, WA 98337
aherman at olympic.edu<mailto:aherman at olympic.edu> | 360-475-7256



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