[Koha-devel] Call number handling in 3.0

[Chris Cormack]

On 2/26/08, Joshua Ferraro <jmf at liblime.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/25/08, Chris Cormack <chris at bigballofwax.co.nz> 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.


Ahh yes I keep forgetting that we have completely killed the biblioitem
level. And are back at 2 tiers.

Chris
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