To further reply to Galen's comment #13, I believe that the sortkey fields are only truly useful in the database. As I mentioned in comment #16, I could not get sorting to work in the web client using the sortkey columns. This may pose problems for LC and similar call numbers.
If it is imperative that the sortkey columns be used, then someone smarter than I will have to take this on.
To further reply to Galen's comment #13, I believe that the sortkey fields are only truly useful in the database. As I mentioned in comment #16, I could not get sorting to work in the web client using the sortkey columns. This may pose problems for LC and similar call numbers.
If it is imperative that the sortkey columns be used, then someone smarter than I will have to take this on.