Hmmm, that seems to serve a very similar purpose as subfield 'c', which in Koha's 952 is 'shelving location' by default. I suppose that this subfield could be used to provide a further level of granularity to the location information for an item, i.e. Branch -> Shelving Location -> Shelving Control Number.<br>
<br>Or, perhaps this is meant to serve as an alternative to call number for items that do not have one, or are shelved differently.<br><br>I've always wondered about this field. Is anyone actively using it, and for what purpose?<br>
<br><br>-Ian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/5/3 Chris Mueller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:catsalsa@gmail.com">catsalsa@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Nicole,<br><br>Subfield "j" is from the MARC 21 Format for Holdings, field 852 "Location".<br><br>see <a href="http://www.loc.gov/marc/holdings/hd852.html" target="_blank">http://www.loc.gov/marc/holdings/hd852.html</a><br>
<h1><b></b> </h1><div>"$j - Shelving control number<br><br>Shelving
control number that is used as the shelving scheme for an item. The
first
indicator position contains value 4
(Shelving control number).
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<td colspan="9" align="left" valign="top"><b>4#</b><b>$a</b>DLC<b>$b</b>MicRR<b>$j</b>Microfilm
82/528 MicRR"</td></tr></tbody></table><br>Perhaps authorized values need to be created if a library wants to use $j in the Koha item record?<br><br clear="all">Chris<br>New Mexico State Library<br><a href="http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/" target="_blank">http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/</a><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Nicole Engard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nengard@gmail.com" target="_blank">nengard@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi all,<br>
<br>
What is "j - shelving control number" on item record and why do i have<br>
an empty pull down for it?<br>
<br>
Nicole<br>
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