On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 01:48:43PM -0500, robweir@alum.drexel.edu said:
I think there may be some confusion between a lccn number (library of congress control number) and library of congress call numbers. If I understand correctly, a lccn number is single unique number used to identify a specific title, kind of like a serial number. However, (librarians, please correct me if I'm wrong) lccn numbers are not used for cataloging and shelving books in a library that used the LC system. Instead there are a series of four or five lines of call numbers that are used instead.
Rather than try to explain it, let me refer you to http://www.lib.ksu.edu/instructional/understandinglccn/webcall2.html or http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/library/callno.html for some explanation and samples of LC call numbers.
AHhh it all becomes clear :-) Yep, that makes much more sense. I think ive seen the first new thing for the upcoming 2.1.x tree :-) We are in feature freeze currently heading into the release of 2.0 but as soon as thats stable enough, we can start development on new features. It might be good to start a page on the wiki where ppl can build a plan for handling the differing call numbers. Chris -- Chris Cormack Programmer 027 4500 789 Katipo Communications Ltd chris@katipo.co.nz www.katipo.co.nz