[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Improving LC Call Number Displays & Behaviors

[Kathy Lussier]

Thank you for pulling this list together Don! I have a couple of 
questions/comments.

>
>         Issue #2 Multiple Suffixes in Volume and Copy Creator
>
> The suffix structure is not sufficiently complex to handle LC call 
> numbers that include multiple suffixes such as volume 1, part 1, 
> volume 1, part 2, etc. Currently, the only way to account for these 
> exceptions is to simply include it as part of the text in the Call 
> Number text box.
>
Are you talking about the suffix field here or the parts field? I was 
thinking the parts field would be the most appropriate place to store 
the volume/part information. Is there a reason you can't have a part 
listed as "volume 1, part 1" or as "volume 1, part 2"?

>
>         Issue #5 No entries found when doing "Bib Call Number" searches
>
We've had discussions about the bib call number search at various times 
in IRC,  the most recent one being last week when you sent this e-mail. 
The relevant bug report is at 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1074096. The thought was that 
this search probably works with call numbers stored in the 099 field, 
but I haven't had a chance to confirm this behavior. If you wanted it to 
work with another call number field, then I think you would need to 
adjust the bibcn entry in the config.metabib_field table in the database 
to point to another field. You would then need to reingest your records 
to get the call number search working with the new tag(s)

However, what I have heard is that many sites (including ours) do not 
use the bib call number search nor do they really see a need for the bib 
call number search. For consortia, this makes sense since the individual 
libraries within the consortium use different call numbers and wouldn't 
all necessarily be using the same call number that is on the bib record. 
However, we even had a single, academic institution mention in IRC that 
they have disabled the bib call number search. There has also been 
discussion of removing that search from the default install of 
Evergreen. It would still be there for people who had a need for it, but 
they would need to customize the numeric search of their catalog to add it.

My question for you and anyone else who uses the bib call number search 
is if there is a need for that search that can't be fulfilled by an 
asset.call_number search, which is the call number that you add when you 
are adding volumes/copies to the record. Is it primarily because you 
dislike the display of the results when doing a Call Number (Shelf 
Browse) search? If so, I would wholeheartedly support an alternate 
project that brings about an alternate, text-based display for that 
search. It's something MassLNC once put out as a possible development 
project (see http://masslnc.cwmars.org/search/node/call%20number), but 
ultimately decided not to fund the project.

Kathy

Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
klussier at masslnc.org
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On 12/4/2014 9:01 AM, Donald Butterworth wrote:
> Colleagues,
>
> Another priority that emerged from the Evergreen for Academics survey 
> is Library of Congress Call Numbers displays and behaviors. My 
> assignment is to identify issues. To that end an Evergreen DokuWiki 
> was created entitled Improve LC Call Number Displays & Behaviors 
> <http://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=evergreen_for_academics:improved_lc_call_number>  
> I have identified 10 issues so far. Please note that the examples, 
> problems and wishlist items listed originate from behaviors in my 
> local 2.6.1 catalog 
> <http://evergreen.asburyseminary.edu/eg/opac/browse>.  Also please 
> understand that we have used Evergreen for less than six months. So 
> there may be some issues listed that are the result of incorrect 
> settings, or some issues may already have been addressed in more 
> recent releases.
>
> The Evergreen for Academics group greatly appreciates your feedback. 
> If you have an opinion or comment on any item please share it. If 
> there are issues or outstanding bug reports that you would like to see 
> listed, please email me directly and I will add them to the Wiki.
>
> Don
>
> -- 
> Don Butterworth
> Faculty Associate / Librarian III
> B.L. Fisher Library
> Asbury Theological Seminary
> don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu 
> <mailto:don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu>
> (859) 858-2227

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