Call Number Browse While Cataloging

Call Number Browse While Cataloging

This feature allows you to check the call number that you are planning on using for a specific item against existing call numbers within your database.


Searching in an Item Record

  1. Navigate to Add or edit an item record
  2. In the text field next to o - Full call number, enter your call number
  3. Next, look for the ... on the right-hand side of the text field
  4. Click on the ... and that will open a modal window


  1. The green tab will indicate where your call number will fall between.
  2. Anything highlighted in red will indicate the call number is already in use.

Setting Up the Framework

  1. Go to MARC bibliographic framework
    1. Home --> Administration --> MARC frameworks
  2. Click in MARC structure (Default framework)
    1. or another framework you want to add the plugin to
  3. Search for tag: 952$o
  4. In Others Options, click the dropdown for Plugin
  5. Choose cn_browser.pl
  6. Click save changes

Add a Menu Link

Once you have the plugin installed, you can optionally also add a Call Number Browse link to the staff interface menu bar. To add a link, enter the following code in the system preference intranetNav:
<li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" href="/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/plugin_launcher.pl?plugin_name=cn_browser.pl">Call Number Browse</a></li>

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