[Evergreen-catalogers] Should spaces be added to call numbers between subfields $a and $b?

[Jane Sandberg]

Hi catalogers,

I wanted to get your input on the following discussion:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1576727

Specifically, would you prefer that, when you are creating a new
volume and Evergreen suggests a call number, it:
a) adds a space between the data it gets from subfields $a and $b from
the 050/080/082 field?
b) does not add such a space (current behavior).

As a library that uses LC Classification, we'd prefer adding a space
there, since LC call numbers get long and unreadable without it (and
because Evergreen's normalizer expects a space).  I haven't seen too
many 080 or 082 fields that even use a $b, but I've only taken a
cursory glance.

Let me know what you think!

Thanks,

  -Jane

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