Ryan's answer seems apt for searches. To answer Owen's question specifically about Lists a.k.a. Shelves, in my recent patches (that should be pushed up now), I have actually done as Owen suggests and replaced the "Call Number" column with other more relevant data. Call numbers wouldn't necessarily make sense anyway for items across different libraries, anyway. --Joe Atzberger On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 5:55 AM, Owen Leonard <oleonard@myacpl.org> wrote:
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.
Now take the example of Lists in the OPAC: When you open a list for viewing, you're looking at a list of titles. If call numbers are only relevant at the item level, then does it make sense to simply leave out call number information from the display of Lists?
-- Owen
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