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Utilities, Call Number Preferences

Fill Call Number with

Choose Dewey decimal, Library of Congress or None to determine what the call number will have in it.

Do NOT Split Call Number

Check this option so call numbers are not split across multiple call number fields based on space and period.

Number of Call number fields to fill

Determine how much call number information to store.  It is most common to fill 2 fields.

Add year to Call Number

If you chose to fill the call number with the Library of Congress number, you can also include the year information in the call number.

Use Specialized Parsing Logic

If you are filling call number with the Library of Congress call number and check this option

• a space will be inserted between the letters and the number portion of the call number
• decimals that are followed by numbers will not split to the next call number field
• double cutters will split to the next call number field

QK495.A66A35 1992

will split to

Call 1 = QK

Call 2 = 495

Call 3 = .A66

Call 4 = A35

instead of

Call 1 = QK495

Call 2 = .A66A35

BT301.2.B25

will split to

Call 1 = BT

Call 2 = 301.2

Call 3 = .B25

instead of

Call 1 = BT301

Call 2 = .2

Call 3 = .B25

Remove Dewey Version #

Check this box if you don't want the dewey version number included in the call number.

Add Author's name to Call #

Include Author's last name with call number information.  This choice is also dependent on the next two choices.

# of Characters to use

This is most commonly set at 3.

Force to UPPER case

Determine whether you want the author information in mixed case or UPPER case.

Customized Call Number Sorting

Include Section

Uncheck this option if you don't want to include section in call number sorting.

Left Justified Section

Uncheck this option if your section happens to be number information (1,2,10,15,100, etc.)

Combine and Extract Call #

Uncheck this option if you don't want call numbers combined and extracted.  The advantage to combining and extracting is that call numbers will sort properly regardless of how consistent they were entered.

Left Justify Call #1

Check this option if call number 1 has decimal information in it or advised by Jaywil Software.

Left Justify Call #2

Uncheck this option if advised by Jaywil Software.

Left Justify Call #3

Uncheck this option if advised by Jaywil Software.

Left Justify Call #4

Uncheck this option if advised by Jaywil Software.

Left Justify Call #5

Uncheck this option if advised by Jaywil Software.

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