[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] sub libraries

[Mike Rylander]

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:08 AM, Marjolein Kremer <mkr at iisg.nl> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion of using the shelving location. It seems to be the proper way to do it.
> The collection codes are used to keep a collection that was brought in as a whole together under one name. Items are not always placed together. So it is important to link the code to an individual item. We want to know if the shelving location connects to a marc 21 field (852 c).
>

Given this use case, marking items as part of some group without a
physical relationship in space, I would amend my suggestion to instead
use an copy stat cat.  If you leave the 852 tags in your records (at
least at first, excising them later is simple) then you can
post-process the data to populate the stat cat.  Then use the shelving
location as intended, to point to the area of the building in which
the items reside.

--miker

> We have another question concerning the library tree. In our case we have this situation: We are an institution incorporating 10 libraries. The libraries do not physically exist. The cataloger must be able to catalog the material of all these libraries using one workstation.
>
> Can we do:
>
> Branch 1: IISH
>        Sub-Library 1:IISG
>        Sub-Library 2:NEHA
>
> Or should we use:
>
> System 1:IISH
>        Branch 1:IISG
>        Branch 2:NEHA
>
> Or System and Sub libraries?
>
> We are not really sure what the System does.
>
> Marjolein
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Jason Etheridge
> Sent: dinsdag 7 september 2010 16:31
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] sub libraries
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>> I would suggest using shelving locations for collection codes, as they
>> are a closer conceptual match unless you have 1300 physical locations.
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> Another option may be to use a statistical category.
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> How do you use these codes?  For reporting purposes?  Do they
> influence circulation or hold behavior?
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> --
> Jason Etheridge
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Mike Rylander
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