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About 1 1/2 years ago B & T exceeded the bar code numbers assigned
to them and used numbers I had assigned to another vendor. Inasmuch
as we import records on Unison by bar code, the date disk transposed
and mixed the new records over the existing records. What a nightmare!
I didn't discover the error until students started complaining about
receiving overdues for titles they hadn't checked out. It was only
about 25 books and a pattern emerged because the other books were
state books. B & T assured me this would not happen again, but last
year, I caught it again. I've now assigned B & T bar codes projected
ahead for the next 5 years and I check each disk first before importing.
Even though we use B & T for the majority of our titles, we also like
to use other vendors. Any ideas?
Jan Force, Library Media Specialist
Pattengill Middle School, Lansing, Michigan
forcej@isd.ingham.k12.mi.us
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