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Re: [Koha-devel] Call number handling in 3.0
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Chris Nighswonger |
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Re: [Koha-devel] Call number handling in 3.0 |
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Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:46:49 -0500 |
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Joshua Ferraro <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 2/25/08, Chris Cormack <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Yeah, we cant use these variables in the templates, as what is in them is
> > controlled by sysprefs, ie itemcallnumber is going to be empty unless
> people
> > are using item level callnumbers
> item-level callnumbers are really the only valid type of callnumber,
> since callnumber refers to shelf location and bibs don't have shelf
> location. There's a separate concept of 'classification' that can
> appear at the bib level, but it's really not used very much in
> practice in libraries, other than as a reference point. Shelf browse
> lists, etc., are generated from the item-level itemcallnumber, which
> should always be populated for every item.
>
>
> > Its a tricky one as Nicole says, some libraries use dewey and LC .. so we
> > need to display both.
> The fields dewey and classification don't exist anymore, we now have:
>
> itemcallnumber (combined full call number at the item level) and we
> have cn_source and cn_sort (for sorting rules based on the cn_source
> value as defined in Administration->Classification Filing Rules)
In light of this, I have removed the 'Dewey' field from the Label Layout screen.
Regards,
Chris
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