[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Call number searching?

[Mike Rylander]

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Hardy, Elaine
<ehardy at georgialibraries.org> wrote:

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> Current versions of Evergreen has functionality that allows you to put
> prefixes into a separate part of the call number. Since we don’t do that, I
> have not tested to see how the call numbers with separate pre-fixes sort in
> a call number  browse. They should sort with their Dewey number – 001.234
> Ref001.234 001.345, rather than 001.234 001.345 Ref001.345 for example.

That's correct.

> I think there is a script that will automate the process of retrospectively
> adding the prefix to records. Mike R. probably has info about that.
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I'm not aware of such a script currently.  Every library will have
slightly different requirements for this, but a baseline example
implementation shouldn't be too difficult to create.  Something more
general and configurable would likely be a bigger project.

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> Elaine
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> J. Elaine Hardy
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> PINES Bibliographic Projects and Metadata Manager
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> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
> Nancy Grant
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:49 PM
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> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Call number searching?
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> One call number searching is in the quick search, but brings up a shelf
> browser - as far as I can figure out.
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> We have a need in K-12 libraries for call number searching combined with key
> word searching.
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> Patron wants poster about civil rights or "what videos do you have on war?"
> or "I need a list of audio books appropriate for 7th graders."
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> While the search filters help for some of this (if the item has been
> completely and correctly cataloged with item type), it still would be handy
> to have call number added to the search input choices.
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> Call number searching in the advanced classed only allows text-free call
> numbers, eliminating all our call numbers for non-book items (posters, AV,
> DVDs, etc)
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> Originally we added words as the first line of the call numbers because
> these items are located in their own sections and we do inventory a section
> at a time, limiting the inventory list to the call numbers for that section.
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> Nancy B. Grant
> Balsam
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