Re: [Koha-devel] Call number handling in 3.0

[Chris Nighswonger]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Joshua Ferraro <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 2/25/08, Chris Cormack <address@hidden> wrote:
>  > Yeah, we cant use these variables in the templates, as what is in them is
>  > controlled by sysprefs, ie itemcallnumber is going to be empty unless 
> people
>  > are using item level callnumbers
>  item-level callnumbers are really the only valid type of callnumber,
>  since callnumber refers to shelf location and bibs don't have shelf
>  location. There's a separate concept of 'classification' that can
>  appear at the bib level, but it's really not used very much in
>  practice in libraries, other than as a reference point. Shelf browse
>  lists, etc., are generated from the item-level itemcallnumber, which
>  should always be populated for every item.
>
>
>  > Its a tricky one as Nicole says, some libraries use dewey and LC .. so we
>  > need to display both.
>  The fields dewey and classification don't exist anymore, we now have:
>
>  itemcallnumber (combined full call number at the item level) and we
>  have cn_source and cn_sort (for sorting rules based on the cn_source
>  value as defined in Administration->Classification Filing Rules)

In light of this, I have removed the 'Dewey' field from the Label Layout screen.

Regards,
Chris

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