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. Or, perhaps this is meant to serve as an alternative to call number for items that do not have one, or are shelved differently. I've always wondered about this field. Is anyone actively using it, and for what purpose? -Ian 2010/5/3 Chris Mueller <catsalsa@gmail.com>
Nicole,
Subfield "j" is from the MARC 21 Format for Holdings, field 852 "Location".
see http://www.loc.gov/marc/holdings/hd852.html ** "$j - Shelving control number
Shelving control number that is used as the shelving scheme for an item. The first indicator position contains value 4 (Shelving control number).
*852* *4#**$a*DLC*$b*MicRR*$j*Microfilm 82/528 MicRR" Perhaps authorized values need to be created if a library wants to use $j in the Koha item record?
Chris New Mexico State Library http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Nicole Engard <nengard@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
What is "j - shelving control number" on item record and why do i have an empty pull down for it?
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