I have some barcodes on the back and most on the inside front cover (because
that's how central cataloging wants it) At first I really liked the
barcodes on the back, but as time and wear have impacted them, the ones on
the backs are harder and harder to scan. Last year during inventory were
were having to hand enter (13 digit!!) about 80% of the barcodes on the back
covers.
Something to think about -- I now prefer the barcodes on the inside first
page!!! And so do my student assistants who do most of the data collection
during inventory!
Joanne Benson Glasgow
Library Media Specialist
Evergreen High School
830 SW 116th Street
Seattle, WA 98146
206-433-2311 ext 235 or 236
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S. Griffith [SMTP:afn11720@AFN.ORG]
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 7:04 AM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: GEN: Placement of barcodes on front cover?
>
> I do inventory with a hand scanner, the easiest bar codes to scan are on
> the top back right side, I just pull the book out a few inches and scan
>
> Thanks for writing,
> Sandy in Florida
> Media Specialist, Mulberry Middle School
> http://schools.polk.net/mms
> afn11720@afn.org
>
> I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to
> please everyone - Bill Cosby
>
> On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Rena Deutsch wrote:
>
> > Does anyone place their barcodes (and date due slip) on the outside
> front
> > cover of your books?
> >
> > Up until now, we have placed our barcodes in the back of our books on
> the
> > inside -- inside back cover if possible, otherwise the page opposite the
> > back cover. Before we were automated, we used pockets; now we just have
> a
> > date due slip.
> >
> > As we attempt to do our first real inventory, we are reconsidering their
> > placement, and are leaning towards putting them on the outside of the
> books
> > from now on. If we do this, we would like to place the date due slip on
> the
> > outside of the book as well.
> >
> > We have seen barcodes placed on the back of books, usually on the top
> away
> > from the spine. However, we have lots of paperbacks and feel that if we
> put
> > the barcode and the date due on the back, it will cover up the summary,
> etc.
> > that the students like to read.
> >
> > So, we're wondering. is there any downside to placing it in the front?
> (One
> > we thought of is that they would be more conspicuous, and students would
> be
> > more likely to try and remove them???)
> >
> > Rena Deutsch, Librarian
> > High School for the Humanities
> > New York, NY
> > renadeutsch@worldnet.att.net
> >
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