Discover how to delete an individual local holdings record or multiple local holdings records in WorldShare Record Manager.
Delete a local holdings record on behalf of another institution
You can delete a local holdings record from a WorldCat bibliographic record for an institution if:
- Your institution is set up as an agent and has a list of other libraries for which they can do work.
- You have the Cataloging_Agent role assigned.
Contact OCLC Support to set up your library as an Agent.
Delete a local holdings record on behalf of another institution from the WorldCat Holdings screen
- Search for a bibliographic record.
- Click the Other Libraries link to open the WorldCat Holdings screen for the record.
- Locate the institution for which you want to delete an LHR. The Holdings column will contain a hyperlink if the institution has associated LHR data.
- Click the Local Holdings Available.
- If the record has a single associated LHR, the LHR dialog opens.
- If the record has multiple associated LHRs, the View Multiple LHRs screen opens. Click a call number or barcode to open the LHR dialog.
- From the LHR dialog, click Delete LHR.
Note: If you selected an LHR from a library that you can't act as an agent for, the Delete LHR option will not display.
- Click Delete. The LHR is removed from the bibliographic record. If you are removing the last LHR, you will need to select one of the following before clicking Delete:
- Retain the WorldCat holding and linked LBD record(s).
- Remove the WorldCat holding and linked LBD record(s).
Delete a local holdings record on behalf of another institution from the LHR editor
- Search for a bibliographic record.
- Click the Other Libraries link to open the WorldCat Holdings screen for the record.
- Locate the institution for which you want to delete an LHR. The Holdings column will contain a hyperlink if the institution has associated LHR data.
- Click the Local Holdings Available.
- If the record has a single associated LHR, the LHR dialog opens.
- If the record has multiple associated LHRs, the View Multiple LHRs screen opens. Click a call number or barcode to open the LHR dialog.
- From the LHR dialog, click Edit LHR. The LHR editor opens.
- From the LHR editor, click Record > LHR > Delete.
- Click Delete. The LHR is removed from the bibliographic record. If you are removing the last LHR, you will need to select one of the following before clicking Delete:
- Retain the WorldCat holding and linked LBD record(s).
- Remove the WorldCat holding and linked LBD record(s).