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


From: Joe Atzberger
Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] Call number handling in 3.0
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:21:33 -0800

Ryan's answer seems apt for searches.  To answer Owen's question specifically about Lists a.k.a. Shelves, in my recent patches (that should be pushed up now), I have actually done as Owen suggests and replaced the "Call Number" column with other more relevant data.  Call numbers wouldn't necessarily make sense anyway for items across different libraries, anyway.

--Joe Atzberger

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 5:55 AM, Owen Leonard <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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.

Now take the example of Lists in the OPAC: When you open a list for
viewing, you're looking at a list of titles. If call numbers are only
relevant at the item level, then does it make sense to simply leave out
call number information from the display of Lists?

 -- Owen

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