[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Results list of the "Call Number (Shelf Browse)" list

[Rogan Hamby]

The feature list is often more useful than screenshots of other ILSes,
especially proprietary ones.  For reasons that I think you can imagine many
developers are leery of being handed things from commercial ILSes and told
"do it like this."

On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Hardy, Elaine <ehardy at georgialibraries.org>
wrote:

> Found a few images of the different ILS’s shelflisting functionality ---
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> http://www.lsuc.on.ca/For-Lawyers/Manage-Your-Practice/Research/Cataloguing-Request-Manual-for-County---District-Law-Libraries/#shelflists
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> http://tualatints.pbworks.com/w/page/9224546/Assigning%20Dewey (scroll
> down to image from Polaris)
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> http://www.tulane.edu/~techserv/shelflist.html (again, scroll down for
> images. This is Tulane’s instructions for shelflisting, if you want an idea
> of what many academic catalogers have to do to assign a call number)
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> https://staff.lib.ncsu.edu/confluence/display/MNC/Institute+of+Textile+Technology+%28ITT%29+Thesis
> (scroll down to section Shelflisting the Cataloging Calculator Author
> Cutter and click on images)
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> A real shelflist would display call number, title, author, publisher,
> edition, and pub date in a format that indicates where the call number you
> wish to assign  falls within the list of titles on the shelf (shelflisting
> from a cataloging perspective). The cataloger can then easily scan the
> surrounding titles to make sure the call number is correct, isn’t
> duplicated, and follows shelflisting local practice. From this standpoint,
> the shelf list in Evergreen isn’t real – it doesn’t provide a cataloger
> with enough information to properly assign a call number. Since many public
> libraries don’t have the complex shelflisting rules that academics have,
> and we don’t care if we use the same call number over and over and over
> again, the lack of real shelflisting functionality in Evergreen wasn’t an
> issue until more academic libraries came on board. Having good shelflisting
> capability will allow Evergreen to continue to appeal to a broad spectrum
> of libraries.
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> *Elaine*
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> J. Elaine Hardy
> PINES & Collaborative Projects Manager
> Georgia Public Library Service
> 1800 Century Place, Ste 150
> Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304
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> 404.235.7128
> 404.235.7201, fax
> ehardy at georgialibraries.org
> www.georgialibraries.org
> www.georgialibraries.org/pines
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> *From:* open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:
> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Rogan
> Hamby
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 20, 2015 1:28 PM
> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group
> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Results list of the "Call Number (Shelf
> Browse)" list
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> Can you define what constitutes real in this feature set?
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> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 12:10 PM, <Gislaine.Hamelin at statcan.gc.ca> wrote:
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> I too would like to see a real shelf list in Evergreen.
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> Gislaine Hamelin
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:
> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] De la part de
> McCanna, Terran
> Envoyé : January-15-15 10:46 AM
> À : Evergreen Discussion Group
> Objet : Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Results list of the "Call Number (Shelf
> Browse)" list
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> I like having multiple ways to look at the same info, so a list view would
> be a great addition.
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> What I'd REALLY like is a single-row horizontal widget that you can scroll
> back and forth so it shows the books in question as if they were lined up
> on an actual shelf.
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> Terran McCanna
> PINES Program Manager
> Georgia Public Library Service
> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
> Atlanta, GA 30345
> 404-235-7138
> tmccanna at georgialibraries.org
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> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
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> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
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> York County Library System
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> “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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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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