Withdrawals

Document status	APPROVED March 21, 2017. Revised May 4, 2017; June 29, 2017; July 12, 2017.
Area covered	cataloging
Prepared by	Cataloging Task Force

Action log

Section	Point Person	Expected Completion Date	Last action taken	Next action required
Articulate the need for the procedures (background)	Cataloging Task Force	21 Mar 2017	Procedures needed for withdrawals in Alma.	Distributed to TS Working Group for feedback.
Finalize procedures	Cataloging Task Force		Procedures finalized. Revised.
Revised procedures	Cataloging Task Force	29 Jun 2017	in consultation with the Analytics Group, revised procedures to provide instructions to record "wdn date" to gather statistics for withdrawals.	Distributed to TS and Analytics Working Group.
Revised procedures	Cataloging Task Force	12 Jul 2017	Updated procedures for changes to the way Alma functions: Removed reference to schedule job section of withdrawal job (no longer there); Removed section to remove 'Run an unlinking job' section (no longer needed); Removed section to remove 'Remove unsuppressed titles' section (no longer needed);