Scope: The General Withdrawals report is the summary of a batch-job that checks for withdrawn items (identified by the “w” in the subfield b of the 948 field).  The report is run on a monthly basis for annual statistical record-keeping purposes, and lists the number of library items withdrawn, along with the collections they were withdrawn from.

Contact:   Pedro Arroyo 

Unit: Post Cataloging Services

Last Reviewed:  9/15/2023 - WORKFLOW STILL BEING REVISED AND FINALIZED BY AUTOMATION TEAM. 

Date of next review: October 2024

Steps:

• In a Web browser, navigate to the LS-Tools page (lstools.library.cornell.edu)
  • Note: may require 2-step log-in.
  • Under the heading “Voyager Reporting Utilities”, click on Execute a Report or Extract
  • In the resulting list of jobs, click on General Withdrawals Report (PR102)
  • Add start/end dates of previous month (format: yyyymmdd)
  • Make sure that the “Live Voyager” button is selected.
  • Click “Submit Job”.
  • An e-mail will be generated with the subject line “General Withdrawals Report SUMMARY RC=0” summarizing the number of volumes withdrawn, and the locations they were withdrawn from.

Also, Specification Document here: Report: General Withdrawals