ebook Call Numbers

Tue Nov 22 14:38:51 EST 2011

Our call numbers do not appear on the patron side because it confuses them.  All the patrons see is a link to the ebook.  We started suppressing item records and call numbers years ago with our ejournals because of this and have continued the practice with ebooks.

Doris Munson
Systems/Reference Librarian
Eastern Washington University
dmunson at ewu.edu
509-359-6395

From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Harris, Jennifer
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 11:35 AM
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Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] ebook Call Numbers

I understand that a lot of people use call numbers to track statistics, subjects, etc. but what about on the patrons side?

Does anyone have ebook call numbers appearing in results lists? What about patrons side records? I'd be interested to know if anyone has any experiences or comments about this. Does having a call number appear next to an ebook give patrons the impression that this book can be found on a shelf somewhere?

From: Harris, Jennifer
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 11:08 AM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: ebook Call Numbers

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

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