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Bulk change or add Other Call Number

1sheril.brasher
Apr 19, 5:56 pm

Is there a way to add out own call numbers to the “other call number” field besides individually editing each book? I know you can bulk change/add tags and other things but wondering if you can do the same or similar for the “other call number” field.

Thanks in advance for any assistance. New to LibraryThing and TinyCat but loving the options for our very small private school library.

2SandraArdnas
Apr 20, 5:26 am

>1 sheril.brasher: Not by using Power Edit, but you can include the field in one of your catalogue views and just add or copy/paste into it

3sheril.brasher
Apr 20, 12:46 pm

>2 SandraArdnas: But there is not a way to do that to multiple books at one time, correct? Just individually??

4AnnieMod
Edited: Apr 20, 1:02 pm

>3 sheril.brasher: Correct.

The field can be used in a lot of ways but it was designed as a classification/call number one and that means uniqueness usually. So it was never added to the bulk update fields like tags.

5sheril.brasher
Apr 20, 1:05 pm

>4 AnnieMod: Perfect, Thank you so very much for your help! Greatly appreciated!

6JonathonL88
Apr 20, 7:04 pm

>4 AnnieMod: Some people use it for location as it is one of very few fields a user can use it for his/her own purposes. So it would be nice if poweredit allowed OCN bulkupdate.

7jjwilson61
Edited: Apr 21, 1:48 pm

>6 JonathonL88: Call number and Location are very similar as both are ways to find a book in your collection, so that usage isn't surprising.