[VuFind-General] Call numbers indexed

[Philip S. <sh...@ro...>]

I need to know what is being indexed as far as call numbers in the SOLR
index for VUFind.

The documentation ( http://vufind.org/wiki/index_schema) states that call
number are indexed using the following logic:

If 090 is present, use as the indexed call number
ELSE use the 050 field.

However, I¹ve noticed that we have a bunch of records which don¹t have
values in 090 or 050, but call numbers are in 099 and they seem to be
indexed.

Can someone post some updated information on what values and indexed.

To give some background, most of our records for online journals and serials
in our library have been assigned a call number of ONLINE or Per. (or both
in some cases).  With this is mind and looking at how VUFind builds the Call
Number Facets, if we have thousands of records with the call number of Per.
Then what gets reported in the initial facet for ŒP - Language and
Literature¹  will be largely inaccurate.

Can any libraries give any insight on how they Catalog their journals and
online journals.  From my perspective being a library outsider I would just
assume our data is  plain wrong and it needs to change, or we need to assign
real call numbers to our Journals (both print and online).  What are the
thoughts from the community on this?

I¹m also wondering that if we keep our data the way it is, is there anyway
we can customize the facets so that we can exclude items with the call
number of ŒPer.¹ to be excluded from the Call number facets?  How easy would
it be to add another facet that could help us narrow down the items with
ŒPer¹ or ŒOnline¹ in their call numbers?

Thanks,

Phil
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Philip Shafer
Library System Services
Rowan University Library
201 Mullica Hill Rd
Glassboro, NJ  08028
856-256-4418
856-256-4924 Fax