Withdrawing Electronic Resources -- Draft
We may receive notification that a resource has been withdrawn from Acquisitions, or we may simply become aware through the broken links report or an email from a public service librarian. We should always work quickly to verify and process these withdrawals, so they don't mislead catalog users.
Verify the item is really unavailable.
Follow the directions for fixing broken links before considering a resource for withdrawal.
Notify appropriate staff.
- If there is a 599 leading to a license agreement, contact the Serials Unit in the Acquisitions & Licensing Dept. Give them the system number, the title of the resource, and any other pertinent information. For example: You get a 404 error page; the site asks for a password; you are redirected to a page that indicates the resource is now licensed through another source).
- If the item is free, contact the Collection Manager for that subject area to inform them that the resource cannot be found (or that access is no longer free). This gives the CM the opportunity to select a new resource or make a purchase request.
Local catalog maintenance.
Local maintenance should follow the Record Deletion guidelines.
PURL maintenance.
Some free resources have a PURL -- a Persistent URL -- that redirects people to a Web site through a central server. Some older items may have an FCLA PURL that begins http://purl.fcla.edu, newer items will have a CONSER PURL that begins http://bibpurl.oclc.org/. Contact the Principal Serials Cataloger to get the log-in information for correcting CONSER PURLs. FCLA PURLs have to be corrected by the cataloger who created them, or by Database Maintenance Unit staff.
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Withdrawing Electronic Resources
Withdrawing Electronic Resources
