Re: gen:accession numbers

[Joyce Conklin <jconkli@SMCOE-NS.ED.CO.SANMATEO.CA.US>]

I used to keep accession numbers (that was the way the previous
librarians had done it, and I thought that the logic was charge lost book
fees based on what the particular book cost -- later purchases of the
same title may cost more (inflation) or less (paper instead of
hardbound)) but since seeing that:
        1. barcodes act as unique identifiers and
        2. fees should cover _replacement_ cost
I have eliminated one step in processing and done away with accession
numbers.
Now -- my head out ready to be struck!! -- have I done a bad or foolish
thing?

Joyce Conklin                      jconkli@ed.co.sanmateo.ca.us
Hillsdale High School
San Mateo CA  94403-3819



On Tue, 30 Apr 1996 dmle21405@EAGLE.BRIDGEW.EDU wrote:

> With the onset of library automation,is it necessary to keep accession
> numbers?