[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Accession numbers, copy notes and diacritics in call numbers

[Linda Jansova]

Hi,

I'm just posting my questions (see below) once again. So far there has 
been no reply but - as you can see - I haven't given up yet :-)...

Thank you very much in advance :-)!

Linda

Dne 18.7.2011 17:06, Linda Jansova napsal(a):
> Hi all,
>
> Three more questions to ask:
>
> 1) In the Czech Republic, libraries usually use accession numbers for 
> individual copies. These are not accession numbers related to bib 
> records but solely to individual copies. Is it okay to insert these in 
> the "copy number" field in Holdings Maintenance? And if so, how can it 
> be inserted during import? Can the staging table 
> (http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=importing:holdings:import_via_staging_table) 
> be used for this purpose?
>
> 2) In case we wish to record how a particular copy has been aquired 
> (bought, received as a gift etc.), should we use "copy notes" (say 
> with a locally standardized copy note title distinguishable from other 
> types of copy notes)?
>
> 3) In case we use diacritics in call numbers, is there a way to make 
> the Shelf Browser show first the particular letters letters without 
> diacritics and then those with diacritics? E.g. to have the letter "Č" 
> after the letter "C" instead of somewhere at the beginning of the 
> virtual shelf? (We are especially interested in Czech alphabet - the 
> correct order of letters is available at 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_alphabet.) Or maybe is it better do 
> do without and use only call numbers with decent ;-) letters?
>
> Thank you in advance for sharing any thoughts and ideas :-)!
>
> Linda
>