Re: TARGET=> Barcode location

[Allan Cuseo <acuseo@GREECENY.COM>]

At 11:28 AM 11/5/97 -0500, Fred Muller Newton wrote:
>I am considering placing the barcode on the back of all my books - it will
>make inventory SOOO much quicker.  For those of you who put the barcode on
>the back of the book, do you put it parallel to the top or to the spine?

Frankly, I wish I had never put it on the back. I was convinced by others
that it was the best place for inventory - so that is where it should be. It
struck me later that we only do inventory once a year (maybe) - but we do
circulation daily.  Our barcodes are parallel to the spine.

I found that during inventory i have to remove the book anyway - I was
getting "library wrist" (I just made that up) from holding the gun while
scanning. It was easier to remove about 10 books at a time and scan them.

If I was doing it over - i would not have put them on the back -- but I'm in
the minority on this one..

Dr. Allan Cuseo, Librarian
Greece Arcadia High School
Rochester New York
acuseo@greeceny.com
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