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

[Jonas Emmett]

Yes, I would love it if Evergreen added the space in new volumes.

Jonas


On 9/6/2017 5:01 PM, Jane Sandberg wrote:
> 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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