I recently converted a Library of Congress (LC) call number
normalization routine (that I had written for a shelf list application)
into a couple of Perl LC call number sorting utilities.
sortLC.pl is a standalone application. Usage is:
sortLC.pl < call_number_file
- or -
cat call_number_file | sortLC.pl
sortLC.lib is a library to be included in a Perl app. Usage is:
require "sortLC.lib";
@sorted_list = &sortLC(@unsorted_list);
The sortLC utilities can be downloaded from
http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/sortlc/
Any call number sorting routine is only as good as the underlying
normalization algorithm. Mine is a work in progress, so results may
vary. I welcome any feedback so that I can fix the bugs and make
improvements.
-- Michael
# Michael Doran, Systems Librarian
# University of Texas at Arlington
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