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            Withdrawing of materials is the physical pulling of the materials from their location within the library and the deletion of any bibliographic information related to these materials from the library's database of materials. With the advent of integrated library systems such as Endeavor's Voyager withdrawals have become more problematic. This is due to the relationships between purchase orders and invoices in the Acquisitions module and the actual bibliographic records in Cataloging. Thus, a withdrawal is not always a withdrawal. It may simply be a suppression of the bibliographic information in the Cataloging module as it is impossible to delete any materials whose information is found on a purchase order and invoice.

1. Open up the Cataloging module.
2. Open up OCLC.
3. Search for the title being withdrawn in the Cataloging module.
4. Search for the title being withdrawn in OCLC using the OCLC control number.
5. Delete Kresge Library's EYR from the holdings of the title in OCLC. This is done by using the command delh.
   
   
6. In Cataloging (Full withdrawal)
   
   
   1. Bring up the item record.
   2. Delete the item record.
   3. Bring up the holdings statement (MFHD)
   4. Delete the holdings statement (MFHD)
   5. Bring up the bibliographic record
   6. Delete the bibliographic record.

   The delete command is found under Record on the taskbar at the top of the screen in Voyager. The item is now fully deleted from the Cataloging module. It will no longer be searchable in the Web Pac. Neither will the item be searchable in Cataloging.

7. In Cataloging (Suppression of bibliographic information)
   
   
   1. Bring up the item record
   2. Delete the item record
   3. Bring up the holdings statement (MFHD)
   4. Suppress the holdings statement (MFHD)
   5. Bring up the bibliographic record
   6. Suppress the bibliographic record.

   Item records cannot be suppressed only deleted. Thus, they must be deleted. To suppress an holdings statement or a bibliographic record, place a checkmark in the box labeled, "Suppress from OPAC" found on the System tab.

   ***NOTE: Suppressing the holdings statement but not the bibliographic record will result in patrons seeing the message, in the OPAC, "Approval book awaiting decision". Thus, when suppressing materials both the bibliographic record and the holdings statement MUST be suppressed.

8. Process for the actual material itself
   
   
   1. Remove the barcode
   2. Remove the spine label
   3. Remove the pocket and original security tag
   4. Stamp the front and back cover with the withdrawn stamp
   5. Write in the date on the withdrawn stamp and initial it
   6. Toss the withdrawn material in the wastebasket.
   
   
   
9. On a statistics sheet mark down the call number (for example, RA) which has been withdrawn.