Question

How can authority, bibliographic, holdings, and item records be deleted in Voyager?

Answer

Several options to delete records exist in Voyager. Depending on the types of records, records may be deleted using the staff cataloging client, BulkImport, Global Data Change (GDC), or Pick and Scan.

Note that the operator must have the proper permissions to delete records.

Additional Information

Basic overview of catalog record batch deletion and suppression in Voyager
How to bulk delete mfhds and corresponding bibliographic records?
GDC: Delete All Records in a Hierarchy
Delete Authority Records with GDC
Delete Bibs and Holdings using Pick and Scan

Voyager 9.0.0 or higher is required to delete all records in a hierarchy using GDC or to delete bibs and holdings using Pick and Scan.

• Article last edited: 25-Jun-2018