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With help from EBSCO, call numbers were added to holdings records in our production tenant, providing greater visibility of call numbers in the inventory app.
Around 8,000 records had multiple competing call numbers, so call numbers were not added to those holdings records. A project is being staged to address this issue.
The call numbers were added to the holdings records while still remaining in the item records.
The update doesn't have any immediate implications for discovery, it only enhances call number visibility in the backend.
Job profiles for generating call numbers were updated to include population of call numbers into holdings records as well.
It’s possible to re-engineer our approach to only include call number at holdings level and let it be inherited by the item record. There are pros and cons to this approach, and further discussion is needed at the team manager level.
For now, it's important to remember that call numbers are populated in both holdings and item records. Any changes needed in call numbers must be made in both places.
Copy numbers will generally not be recorded in the holdings records for non-serials. Our job profiles handle this. Copy numbers are embedded in the holdings record for job profiles cat 3 and cat 4 pertaining to serials, but not for monographic jobs using cat 1 and cat 2.
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Folio Orchid authority and bib linking
A discussion ensued about the Orchid update that debuts linking of authority bib headings in bib records. The functionality was demonstrated, showing that headings can be linked to authority records in Orchid, but there were some unexpected display issues, such as extra boxes appearing.
The permissions for linking and unlinking headings were mentioned, indicating that they might not be available to all catalogers at the moment.
The need for further testing and feedback was emphasized, and attendees were encouraged to explore the test tenant and provide input on what is working and what needs improvement.
It was noted that linking functionality was not as automated as expected, and linking headings requires retyping and searching.
There was a discussion about permissions and whether linking should be part of the cataloger permission set.
PCC Operations Committee Meeting 2023
Emily and Nicole provided impromptu reports on outcomes from the PCC Operations Committee meeting in Washington DC in early May.
There was a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion with respect to cataloging.
Involvement and impacts on Indigenous persons in cataloging and descriptions was discussed
The Library of Congress is hiring someone to develop relationships with Indigenous communities and work on describing Indigenous objects, places, and people accurately. This has an impact on SACO proposals in the meantime: any such proposals are on hold while LC lays the foundation for this new approach.
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