[Koha] what is 'j - shelving control number' on the item record

[Ian Walls]

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 at gmail.com>

> Nicole,
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> Subfield "j" is from the MARC 21 Format for Holdings, field 852 "Location".
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> see http://www.loc.gov/marc/holdings/hd852.html
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> "$j - Shelving control number
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> Shelving control number that is used as the shelving scheme for an item.
> The first indicator position contains value 4 (Shelving control number).
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>  *852* *4#**$a*DLC*$b*MicRR*$j*Microfilm 82/528 MicRR"
> Perhaps authorized values need to be created if a library wants to use $j
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> Chris
> New Mexico State Library
> http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/
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> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
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>> What is "j - shelving control number" on item record and why do i have
>> an empty pull down for it?
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>> Nicole
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