REF:magazine circulation

[Mary Zell <Zellm@MAIL.ASSUMPTION.PVT.K12.IA.US>]

Greetings! I'm a new librarian at a parochial secondary school. In 4 =
months my clerk and I have finished bar-coding all the books, security =
tagged them, and done an inventory.

My problem is this: we're spending a lot of money (and time) bar coding =
each issue of the 50 magazines we receive regularly, and students rarely =
check any magazines out.  We use the Follett system, and I called them for =
ideas, but the only idea they had would only let students check out the =
most recent issue.  I'm almost ready to simply bar code issues as students =
want to check them out.

Does anyone have any other ideas?  I've heard of using an envelope system =
and bar coding envelopes, but is there a way to tie that bar code to a =
specific issue once one is checked out?

Thank you for your help!

Mary Zell
Media Supervisor
Assumption High School
Davenport, IA
zellm@mail.assumption.pvt.k12.ia.us=20

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