Re: [Koha-devel] Call number handling in 3.0

2008-02-26 Thread Joe Atzberger
Ryan's answer seems apt for searches. To answer Owen's question specifically about Lists a.k.a. Shelves, in my recent patches (that should be pushed up now), I have actually done as Owen suggests and replaced the "Call Number" column with other more relevant data. Call numbers wouldn't necessaril

Re: [Koha-devel] Call number handling in 3.0

2008-02-26 Thread Ryan Higgins
For search results, I suggest a list of libraries with holdings, and hidden divs that list the call numbers and item availability for a given library. If 'SearchMyLibraryFirst' or independentBranches is ON , then the user's home library's specific holdings are shown by default, and you click other

Re: [Koha-devel] Call number handling in 3.0

2008-02-26 Thread Owen Leonard
> item-level callnumbers are really the only valid type of callnumber, > since callnumber refers to shelf location and bibs don't have shelf > location. There's a separate concept of 'classification' that can > appear at the bib level, but it's really not used very much in > practice in libraries,

Re: [Koha-devel] Call number handling in 3.0

2008-02-26 Thread Owen Leonard
> Shelf browse > lists, etc., are generated from the item-level itemcallnumber, which > should always be populated for every item. This is not the case in the sample data I have. This is sure to cause confusion for beta-testers. > dewey and classification no longer exist and should be replaced at

Re: [Koha-devel] Call number handling in 3.0

2008-02-26 Thread Chris Nighswonger
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Joshua Ferraro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/25/08, Chris Cormack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, we cant use these variables in the templates, as what is in them is > > controlled by sysprefs, ie itemcallnumber is going to be empty unless > people > >

Re: [Koha-devel] Call number handling in 3.0

2008-02-26 Thread Chris Cormack
On 2/26/08, Joshua Ferraro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2/25/08, Chris Cormack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, we cant use these variables in the templates, as what is in them > is > > controlled by sysprefs, ie itemcallnumber is going to be empty unless > people > > are using item level

Re: [Koha-devel] Call number handling in 3.0

2008-02-25 Thread Joshua Ferraro
On 2/25/08, Chris Cormack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, we cant use these variables in the templates, as what is in them is > controlled by sysprefs, ie itemcallnumber is going to be empty unless people > are using item level callnumbers item-level callnumbers are really the only valid type of

Re: [Koha-devel] Call number handling in 3.0

2008-02-25 Thread Chris Cormack
Yeah, we cant use these variables in the templates, as what is in them is controlled by sysprefs, ie itemcallnumber is going to be empty unless people are using item level callnumbers Its a tricky one as Nicole says, some libraries use dewey and LC .. so we need to display both. Chris On 2/26/08