ebook Call Numbers

[Mitchell, Michael]

We like them for online "shelf" browsing by class number. Collocation of topics and such. If one wants to see all a library has available on socialism, communism, and anarchy then it is nice to be able to browse the HX section and actually see everything, not just print titles.

Michael Mitchell
Technical Services Librarian
Brazosport College
Lake Jackson, TX
Michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu



From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Teresa Ashley
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 11:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] ebook Call Numbers

Our library used to add call numbers to NetLibrary (now ebooks on EBSCOhost) ebooks:  http://alicat.austincc.edu/record=b1147057~S1
http://alicat.austincc.edu/record=b1189096~S1

I think the advantage in having them display in the catalog was to use the call number to browse the print collection if the library user did not want to read an ebook (a problem we encountered 5 or so years ago and still do occasionally).  The original keyword search would have brought them to the subject call number, more or less.

I couldn't find any ebook entries with catalog numbers displayed that were published after 2007.


Teresa Ashley

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Harris, Jennifer <jharris at mercyhurst.edu<mailto:jharris at mercyhurst.edu>> wrote:
Does anyone out there use call numbers for ebooks? If you do, do you have them appear on results lists? Why do you do this? Any comments would be welcome...

Thanks,

Jennifer Harris
Systems and Teaching Librarian
Mercyhurst College
Hammermill Library
501 E. 38th Street
Erie, PA 16546
814-824-3305<tel:814-824-3305>

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