ebook Call Numbers

[Lai-Ying Hsiung]

We keep the 050/090 for ebooks when MARC records are downloaded.  The
call number data is not used as call numbers for ebooks in our
library, but they have been used routinely by us for many other
purposes (collection development, statistics based on call number
range, etc. etc.)  In a network shared environment, I think that
keeping data in the MARC records are encouraging sharing by more
libraries as long as they are correct and not interfering with
discovery and delivery.  Keeping data in the record which have been
created by someone (may be spending time on it) will not compromise
the integrity of the database.  You can decide on what data to
display, index and use in our current ILS landscape.  We are now
getting MARC records from so many different sources, keeping data as
is will simplify record source tracking.

Lai-Ying

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Stacy Pober <stacy.pober at manhattan.edu> wrote:
> The OCLC and vendor-supplied MARC records for our ebooks do have an LC call
> number in most cases. We use a local 099 field designation of ELECTRONIC
> BOOKS instead.  We don't strip the LC numbers from the records, though, as
> we do with the fields for Dewey and NLM call numbers.  I leave those fields
> in just in case we want to use LC numbers for these books at some future
> date, though they are not seen by the patrons unless they poke around in the
> MARC version of the record.
>
> One of the strategies for finding books on a topic is to browse by call
> number, so I can certainly see why some libraries use them for the ebooks.
>
> Stacy
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Harris, Jennifer <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
>>
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> Manhattan College Library
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