Submitted by Administrator on Fri, 23/10/2015 - 13:50
We have started changing our classmarks... hopefully, you'll agree that this will lead to a big improvement.
Since 1 October 2015 we have started adding so-called "running numbers" to our classmarks to all books newly-added to stock, which will mean that older books with the "same old classmark" will also be changed.
So instead of having several volumes of the classmark of, say, 9 CUP, these will now be 9 CUP 1, 9 CUP 2, 9 CUP 3, etc. This should make finding and shelving books easier - especially in areas where there used to be 20 or more books with exactly the same classmark.
We also have started to introduce two further changes:
IF there are multiple copies of a book, this will be indicated by “(x)”, so:
10 BEC 3(1) = 1st copy of this book by Lucy Beckett
10 BEC 3(2) = 2nd copy of this book by Lucy Beckett
IF a title is the first, second, ... edition, this will be indicated by adding the letters “a”, “b”, “c”, etc. directly after the running number, so:
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5 |
LIEU, Judith M. |
Neither Jew Nor Greek |
9780567083265 |
t&t clark |
2002 |
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5 |
LIEU, Judith M. |
Neither Jew Nor Greek |
9780567658814 |
Bloomsbury T&T Clark |
2015 |