diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/itemTreeView.js b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/itemTreeView.js
index 05078f354e..a5b34f0aaf 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/itemTreeView.js
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/itemTreeView.js
@@ -153,8 +153,16 @@ Scholar.ItemTreeView.prototype.getCellText = function(row, column)
 	var obj = this._getItemAtRow(row);
 	var val;
 	
-	if(column.id != "typeIcon")
+	if(column.id == "numNotes")
+	{
+		var c = obj.numNotes();
+		if(c)	//don't display '0'
+			val = c;
+	}
+	else if(column.id != "typeIcon")
+	{
 		val = obj.getField(column.id);
+	}
 	
 	if(column.id == 'dateAdded' || column.id == 'dateModified')		//this is not so much that we will use this format for date, but a simple template for later revisions.
 	{
diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/overlay.xul b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/overlay.xul
index b2738d32fa..436a62ddaa 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/overlay.xul
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/overlay.xul
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@
 							label="&items.creator_column;"
 							flex="1" persist="width ordinal hidden sortActive sortDirection"/>
 						<splitter class="tree-splitter"/>
+						<treecol
+							id="numNotes"
+							label="&items.numNotes_column;"
+							persist="width ordinal hidden sortActive sortDirection"/>
+						<splitter class="tree-splitter"/>
 						<treecol
 							id="source" hidden="true"
 							label="&items.source_column;"
diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/locale/en-US/scholar/scholar.dtd b/chrome/chromeFiles/locale/en-US/scholar/scholar.dtd
index be1db5ea0f..8dd63d0f11 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/locale/en-US/scholar/scholar.dtd
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/locale/en-US/scholar/scholar.dtd
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 <!ENTITY items.creator_column 			"Creator">
 <!ENTITY items.source_column 			"Source">
 <!ENTITY items.rights_column 			"Rights">
+<!ENTITY items.numNotes_column 			"Notes">
 <!ENTITY items.dateAdded_column 		"Date Added">
 <!ENTITY items.dateModified_column	 	"Date Modified">