On Feb 5, 2004, at 11:51 AM, Matt Price wrote:
I'd like to include local library call numbers in my bibliographical
databases.
Are call numbers local? I was assuming they were standardized, but am
not sure that's right. Rob?
Is there a semi-stnadard place for me to put such numbers?
(really it seems to me there should probably be a sep. tablei n the
database, call_number, with fields maybe:
-----------
ref_id
library_system
library_branch
call_number
------------
but maybe such call numbers are really not the point of a
bibliographical system like this. anyway, just a thought)
I don't have a strong opinion myself, other than that:
1) When you start wanting to store branches and stuff, you're getting
beyond the function of something like refdb.
2) I don't like hard-coding data like so. IIRC, MODS has a
"classifier" element on which you can attach an attribute that
indicates it's a call number. Likewise with the "identifier" element.
Bruce
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