critical to have this

Partial call number search is crucial for call number searching to be useful.

This is a must have as a cataloger. I often use call number, or partial call number, searches to see where we have similar items shelved in our collection. I hope this enhancement will be made possible for Vega.

Without this, call number searching is frankly useless.

This would help us and our patrons immensely.

Partial call number search is extremely important for patron use

We need to be able to search by partial call numbers, like we could in Encore. The very specific search allowed in Vega is not very useful.

I agree with all the comments already posted.

You have to just about be a library professional, work closely with call numbers or be clairvoyant to peg a perfect match on a call number in our system. A wildcard would resolve that issue, allowing patrons to make use of the call number search.

We & our patrons need the ability to search this way.

I'm a little surprised this wasn't a Day One feature.

Searching by call number is pointless if you have to enter the entire string of characters. This search should function so that customers can browse the shelves virtually.

What is the point of searching a call number if you have to search the whole thing?

I am not even going to bother telling staff (and patrons) that they can search by call number, because the requirement to enter a call number in its entirety is pretty ridiculous. It needs to work like it does in classic WebPAC - it's an index, part of the drop-down choices, and you can search for partial.

this is necessary to make this function truly useful.