Re: gen:accession numbers

[Pamela Lawrence Spencer <pamespen@TENET.EDU>]

"have I done a bad or foolish thing?"

I think not. Your barcode is more or less you accession number with
pertinent info about the book attached to its record. With all we have to
do, it doesn't make sense to spend time on obsolete tasks.

Pame Spencer, MLS
pamespen@tenet.edu

On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, Joyce Conklin wrote:

> 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?
>