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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=610452319-17052007>Hello,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=610452319-17052007>We created our first
community / collection / item in DSpace and then noticed that our Handles were
not generating properly (a space was being inserted after the institution
number). We have since corrected this problem and now need to recreate our
community / collection / item. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=610452319-17052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=610452319-17052007>We have read the
following caveat in the DSpace documentation:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=610452319-17052007>"<FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>DSpace does have a function to fully delete an
item ('expunge'), used in a similar way to the withdraw tool, but it is strongly
recommended you do not use it."</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=610452319-17052007><SPAN
class=610452319-17052007><A
href="http://docs.ndltd.org:8080/dspace/help/collection-admin.html">http://docs.ndltd.org:8080/dspace/help/collection-admin.html</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=610452319-17052007><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=610452319-17052007><SPAN
class=610452319-17052007><SPAN class=610452319-17052007>Is it safe for us to
Delete/Expunge this one item (and associated collection and community)?
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=610452319-17052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=610452319-17052007>Also wondering if we
can delete at the the Community or Collection level or do we need to
withdraw or delete/expunge the one item first?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=610452319-17052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=610452319-17052007>Thanks very much for
any advice,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=610452319-17052007>Naomi</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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MLIS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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Library<BR><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">2005 Sooke
Road</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Victoria</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">BC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">V9B
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