Comparison between shelving locations and collection codes
Shelving Location | Collection Code |
Flag to indicate items are related to each other | Flag to indicate items are related to each other
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Indicates a physical space the item is in | Can indicate either sharing a physical space or an abstract relationship |
Appears on item record | Appears on item record |
Appears under the branch information in the home branch column in an item record | Appears in an individual column in an item record |
Does not need to indicate a shelf, just a physical location | Can be used in place of a shelving location to indicate a physical location if the library is not also using a shelving locations |
Collection Code Example
Shelving Location Example
| Version | Date | Detail | Author |
| 1.0 | 19/09/22 | Document created | Holly Cooper |
| 1.2 | 22/09/22 | Adding details | Holly Cooper |
| 1.3 | 29/09/22 | Copied to Help Center | Holly Cooper |
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