Work in progress!
A call number browse is used by catalogers to identify already existing call number in the library and help to catalog new materials accordingly by browsing surrounding call numbers. It also used by reference librarians to discover titles that belong to the same call number group.
FOLIO call number implementation relies on item record's effectiveShelvingOrder - a system generated normalization of the call number that was introduced for for call number sorting purposes. The value is populated using an algorithm that was originally design to support Library of Congress Classification schema (MODINVSTOR-381) and extended to Dewey call numbers (MODINVSTOR-876) and other call numbers types (MODINVSTOR-877) that covers SuDoc and local call numbers.
Helpful links:
- Browse Use Cases
- Call number examples provided by FOLIO community
- Library of Congress Classification
- How to read Dewey call numbers
- Superintendent of Documents Call Numbers - SuDoc
- University of Chicago - call number browse
- Cornell University - call number browse