[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Ditch the "Bib Call Number" search?

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi all,

There is code available at 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1074096 that would remove the 
bib call number search.

A sign-off would be helpful for getting that code into 2.8!

Kathy

On 01/13/2015 02:08 PM, Rogan Hamby wrote:
> I've been fairly upfront about wanting to drop it and I think current 
> plans are to do so.  The scenarios where it could be useful are rare.
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Donald Butterworth 
> <don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu 
> <mailto:don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Colleagues,
>
>     In a recent Evergreen for Academics meeting a suggestion was made
>     to eliminate the "Bib Call Number" search from the Search Input
>     drop-down menu in Advanced Search.
>
>     This should not be confused with the "Call Number (Shelf Browse)"
>     found in the Numeric Search drop-down menu.
>
>     Is there anyone who uses the "Bib Call Number" search?
>
>     Are there any objections to removing "Bib Call Number" in future
>     releases?
>
>     Is there any interest in adding the "Call Number (Shelf Browse)"
>     search to the "Browse for:" drop-down list on the Browse the
>     Catalog screen?
>
>     Thanks for your input!
>
>     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 <tel:%28859%29%20858-2227>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
>
> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
> York County Library System
>
> “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to 
> suit me.”
> ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>

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Kathy Lussier
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Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
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