# Now see if any empty records need to be deleted after all of this
        my $keep_on_empty = $U->ou_ancestor_setting_value($e->requestor->ws_ou, 'cat.bib.keep_on_empty', $e);
        unless ($U->is_true($keep_on_empty)) {
            for (@rec_ids) {
                $logger->debug("merge: seeing if we should delete record $_...");
                if (OpenILS::Application::Cat::BibCommon->title_is_empty($e, $_)) {
                    # Retarget any active title holds to the new bib record
                    # before we blow it away
                    my $retarget_holds = ();
                    my $title_holds = $e->search_action_hold_request(
                        {
                            fulfillment_time => undef,
                            cancel_time      => undef,
                            hold_type        => 'T',
                            target           => $_
                        });
                    foreach my $hold (@$title_holds) {
                        push (@$retarget_holds, $hold->id);
                        $hold->target = $rec;
                        return $e->die_event unless($e->update_action_hold_request($hold));
                    }
                    reset_hold_list($auth, $retarget_holds);
                    $evt = OpenILS::Application::Cat::BibCommon->delete_rec($e, $_);
                    return $evt if $evt;
                }
            }
        }
    }