[IUG] Location code structure for consortia

["Aakko Susanna HKI/Kir" <susanna dot aakko at hel dot fi>]

Hi Ginny

We are a consortia of four public libraries. We migrated from GeacPlus a few
years ago. We have more than 60 branches, 6 bookmobiles, several hospital
libraries and a homebound service, so it is important that you can easily see
where the item belongs. Our location codes contain three parts: public/city
library code, branch code and collection code (juvenile, adult, music,
reference, local stack etc.). Material type (book, DVD, CD etc.) is not
included. We use other fields for that purpose. We try to keep the location
codes as structured as possible. Some of our branches have 10 - 20 location
codes but most of them have less than 10 location codes. You probably have
already read the Innovative documentation about designing location codes and
hierarchies, the different aspects of the system you should consider. It was
one of my favorites (in addition to holds design).

Good luck and greetings from Finland!

Susanna Aakko
Application manager, Helsinki Metropolitan Area Library System
Helsinki City Library, Finland
susanna dot aakko at hel dot fi

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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:36:15 -0500
From: "Kathy Setter" <setter at ifls dot lib dot wi dot us>
Subject: Re: [IUG] Location code structure for consortia
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Hi Ginny,
We are a consortia of 40 public libraries.  We assign each library a two
letter code that starts all their location codes - usually from the name of
the library.  So staff can tell at a glance which library the material
belongs to.  With the third letter we try to group materials together by
age - all juvenile materials would have a j, young adult a y, so in create
lists we can use a range to gather these materials easily.  The last two
letters denote what the item is - fi for fiction, nf for non-fiction, dv for
dvd, vc for videocassette, etc.  Most of our libraries are small and have
about 40 location codes each.
Kathy



Kathy Setter
MORE Database Manager and Trainer
www.more.lib.wi.us
Indianhead Federated Library System
1538 Truax Blvd
Eau Claire  WI  54703
(715) 839-5082  ext. 11
Cell: (715) 222-3204
setter at ifls dot lib dot wi dot us

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ginny Magisano" <gmagisano at starklibrary dot org>
To: <innopac at innopacusers dot org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 9:46 AM
Subject: [IUG] Location code structure for consortia


> Hi Everyone,
> Our consortium, in mid-eastern Ohio, is in the implementation phase of a
> migration from Dynix Classic to Millennium.  We have 3 public libraries, 5
> bookmobiles and 16 sites.  I wonder how former Dynix sites and/or other
> consortia have structured your location codes.
>
> Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Ginny
>
> Ginny Magisano
> ILS Coordinator
> Stark County District Library
> 715 Market Ave N.
> Canton, OH 44702-1018
> gmagisano at starklibrary dot org
> 330-458-3140 (phone) 330-452-0403 (fax)