[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] LC call number issues

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi all,

I was having a discussion with MassLNC colleagues today about the LC 
call number sorting issues that were raised during last week's Evergreen 
for Academics meeting. I was looking through Launchpad today for reports 
of problems with LC Call number sorting, but I didn't see much so I 
wanted to query the community for specific issues you've seen with call 
number sorting so that we can make sure they are documented in the 
community bug tracker.

I'm generally curious to know if the issues are with bibliographic call 
numbers or with the asset call numbers (volumes) that the copies are 
linked to. Since I work with consortia, we generally don't use the 
bibliographic call number, and we may be missing some issues that other 
people are seeing.

For reports, our Evergreen sites are able to successfully sort by the LC 
call number, but you have to do so by adding the label_sortkey to the 
display, along with the call number label. If the label_sortkey is the 
first column added to the report, then I believe the report should 
automatically sort by the LC call number. If it's stored in another 
column, when you download the report to Excel, you'll need to sort on 
the label_sortkey column to sort by LC.

I see Don's Launchpad bug regarding spine label printing for call 
numbers - https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1352542.

There is a bug report on LC call number sorting in some client 
interfaces - https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1182605. However, 
MassLNC contracted with Catalyst last year to fix that issue, and the 
fix should be available in 2.5.7, 2.6.3 and 2.7. If you're still seeing 
the problem, it will probably be fixed the next time you upgrade.

There is a bug report on Dewey and generic call numbers sorting volumes 
asciibetically - https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1131895. 
Looking at Galen's comments in the bug, though, it sounds like it 
shouldn't be a problem with LC call numbers.

We also have a bug report related to Bib Call Number searching that 
appears to happen with any kind of call number, not just LC. 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1074096

I don't see any reports of improper sorting of LC call numbers in the 
shelf browse. Do people see incorrect sorting there? If so, have you 
confirmed that the LC Classification Scheme was used during cataloging?

Thanks!
Kathy




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