I'm new at this Koha stuff, and we're still fiddling with a test catalog using version 3.01.00.061 We barcode individual issues of journals when they arrive, but I'm trying to de-clutter the display of all those item records - one for each barcode - under the bibliographic record for the serial title. So ... I'm wondering about inserting the barcode in the "Notes" field when I "receive" [check in] an issue. That would hide all the item records under the "Subscriptions" tab rather than showing them on the initial bibliographic record screen in the OPAC. But I believe we would want to be able to search for those barcodes from time to time. So I what I want to know is: is that "Notes" field I referred to searchable, or can it be made so, in the staff mode? Thanks much! Kurt A. Bodling Technical Services Librarian Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens P.O. Box 110 Mount Vernon, VA 22121 Phone: 703-799-6835 Fax: 703-799-8698 Email: kbodling@mountvernon.org