Automatic generation of call numbers
The call numbers play an important role as source of information for staff and users and in the workflows, that is why we also strongly miss the automatic generation of call numbers (in Aleph the Z311 table "to register the last sequence number assigned for a sublibrary + prefix, so that the next highest number can automatically be assigned when an item record is created"). When we have to do it manually it deeply lowers the efficiency of the workflows and is open for human mistakes that cause further problems.
Existing functionaly for automaticly generating item call numbers using the calculate function is described in the following ppt
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/@api/deki/files/86615/Using_Generate_and_Calculate_to_create_the_item_call_number_a_comparative_study.pptx?revision=1
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Maaike Vautier commented
Hello,
I don't know about Aleph, but in Alma we use "generate an accession number" to do this.