Withdrawals (Operational Policy)

Document status	APPROVED March 21, 2017. REVISED May 4, 2017 ; Jun 29, 2017 ; Jul 12, 2017 ; REVIEWED Jun 24, 2019 . Revised to change status to Operational Policy March 1, 2018. Revised to reflect new UI and workflow improvements July 23, 2018. Approved by ULMS Coordinating Committee May 18, 2018
Area covered	cataloging
Prepared by	Cataloging Task Force
Revised by	Resource Management Functional Committee

Action log

Section	Point Person	Expected Completion Date	Last action taken	Next action required

Section	Point Person	Expected Completion Date	Last action taken	Next action required
Articulate the need for the procedures (background)	Cataloging Task Force	Mar 21, 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	Jun 29, 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	Jul 12, 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);
Revised	Resource Management Functional Committee	Mar 1, 2018	Revised to changes status to Operational Policy and add policy governing procedures for withdrawing physical items. Procedures updated to conform to the current Alma UI.