While adding titles to an order or when adding your desired order quantities to titles, you can add your library system’s category or collection codes as well. For example, if you want a book to be shelved in your Juvenile Fiction section, input the code you use for Juvenile Fiction in your ILS system in this field:

For your library, it could be the Dewey number, for others an abbreviation or even a full word. These are the codes you use every day in your library. By adding a category code to a title while ordering, you’re simplifying the process of importing this order, if that’s a process your ILS system allows.

Note, you can add different categories for different branch locations, too:

If you’ve mapped your categories or are an Analytics subscriber, your category list will auto-fill here as you start entering a category name or code, as shown above.

Secondary Categories can be added by clicking the (+) icon associated with an individual location or all locations: 

Note, an Edelweiss Administrator at your library can turn the secondary category function on and off:

You can also edit category information just before exporting an order.

To do this, open your Orders page, find your order, and select Export Preview:

In the Export Preview screen, click the edit/pencil icon to edit the title, category, and other bibliographic data for a title as needed.

The edit screen will look like this, with different editable elements available depending on your ILS system.

If your ILS system allows for it, you can add a secondary category here as well.

You can also “map” your categories, or essentially program Edelweiss to add specific categories (and other data elements) according to the information provided by the publisher. For example, you can tell Edelweiss to add your Mystery category or collection code to all titles designated by publishers with a BISAC code of Fiction: Mystery. Publishers use all sorts of these codes, so mapping can take a bit of time initially, but it saves you a lot of time in the long run by eliminating the need to manually enter such things. Instructions for mapping can be found here.