We'd like to use it for boxed archival items if that's possible. They have a call number, but their actual physical location is based on the floor, row, bay, and shelf. Does that sound plausible? Ian Walls wrote:

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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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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We would like to be able to include it in reports and to display. It doesn't need to be searchable, although that would be helpful. Galen Charlton wrote:

Hi Linda,

On May 4, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Linda Culberson wrote:

...

We'd like to use it for boxed archival items if that's possible. They have a call number, but their actual physical location is based on the floor, row, bay, and shelf. Does that sound plausible?

Having a second call number field is indeed plausible, although since the 952$j is currently mapped to a field in the Koha item record that can only store a true/false value, not a location string, some tweaking of the MARC frameworks would be required in your case.

Besides being able to display the box location, do you need to be able to search on it or include it in reports?

Regards,

Galen -- Galen Charlton VP, Data Services Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source email: gmc@esilibrary.com direct: +1 352-215-7548 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/

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