Skip to main content
ExLibris
  • Subscribe by RSS
  • Ex Libris Knowledge Center

    How can records be deleted in Voyager?

    • Article Type: Q&A
    • Product: Voyager
    • Product Version: 8.0.0
    • Relevant for Installation Type: Total Care; Dedicated-Direct; Direct; Local

    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
    • Was this article helpful?