Ability to search by Item Call#
Searching by call# has always been available to staff and patrons and though we've only been live a short few days, staff have already experienced the need to search by call# (a patron brought a call# to staff and staff had to go into Sierra to find the title they were referencing). Our call#s are stored in the item records and we would like to be able to search by call#.
Released July 03, 2024
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Lori Smith-Hoogasian commented
Our librarians have a need to limit by a particular collection or call number, either by including the call number in the keyword search or by adding an advanced search option that includes a call number index. This would be especially helpful for our children's librarians that get patron requests for a subject like horses in our Beginning to Read collection (as opposed to our Board book collection, or Picture book collection).
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Grace commented
This would be amazing. When I am checking our catalog for already purchased items, I would like to be able to limit by specific call numbers for my sections.
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Julie Knutsen commented
We have an extensive homeschool collection that is in high demand. Currently (in Encore), the only way to get a list of everything in that collection is by searching by call number (HRC). Obviously, it's very helpful for our patrons to see a comprehensive list of what we own, and I don't know of another way to do that.
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Julie Knutsen commented
We have an extensive homeschool collection that is in high demand. Currently (in Encore), the only way to get a list of everything in that collection is by searching by call number (HRC). Obviously, it's very helpful for our patrons to see a comprehensive list of what we own, and I don't know of another way to do that.
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Julia Falcon commented
Call number could be the only way to search certain materials like ON ORDER items. There is not a way to search item status.
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Alison Pruntel commented
We put the call number in the bib record vs. item, so as long as that is included. Call number searching is a regular request by our power users and staff members.