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In very few libraries are all items on the same shelf. An on-line environment has the advantage of seeing everything in one call number run. It can be much more complete. Oversized Videos Microfiche Latest Arrivals Youth Juvenile Maps Special Collections Etc Sincerely, David Bigwood [log in to unmask] http://catalogablog.blogspot.com Twitter LPI_Library -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Keith Jenkins Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 7:22 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] creating call number browse I think that one advantage of browsing a physical shelf is that the shelf is linear, so it's very easy to methodically browse from the left end of the shelf to the right, and have a sense that you haven't accidentally missed anything. (Ignore, for the moment, all the books that happen to be checked out and not on the shelf...) Keith