[LM_NET] HIT: Barcodes

[Jan VanGorden <jvangorden@PSD.ORG>]

Hello, Everyone:

I recently posted a question on the Net, relating to how I can set up the
barcodes for AV equipment and materials.

And here are the responses:

I've just been introduced to Destiny, but as a long time user of Follett's
"regular" system, I wasn't impressed. For years we have had videos in our
system (Cat+ has a template for *anything) you want to catalog) and
recently
added all our AV equipment onto our system. We have a separate set of
barcodes (from Follett) for people and books/equipment, but make no further

distinctions. If it checks thing out, it's a person (barcode begins with P
for patron); if it gets checked out, it's a thing (barcodes begins with T).

I have heard thru LM-NET and other places that you don't need to change
barcodes with Destiny if they were acceptable to Follett before. We let
call
numbers and call number prefixes make the distinction about types of things

to check out. It seems to work well, and  makes things easy to distinguish
for collection analysis, inventory, and any other kind of review. Hope
you're not making unnecessary work for yourself!
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We use 100xxx for elementary library; 200xxx for elementary resource
center 300xxx for jr/sr hi library 400xxx for jr/sr hi resources 500xxx
for professional library materials and 600xxx for classroom sets of
books, and CD-ROM

I use four numbers  for Adults, ILL, etc. and 3 for students.

why can't the equipment be by location?  search under some other
parameter when you want to print out a list of all computers for
example????
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Any item that is on the school fixed assets list has as its barcode the
fixed assets number.  That makes it very easy to know who has the item
during the annual inventory hunt.  For instructional materials that are
purchased with library funds I add PRO to the Dewey number if it is a book.
For periodicals I add PER.  For all audiovisuals, the first line is AV the
second line is the medium type then the rest is the usually call number.


And in case you are wondering, I've decided to go with the method described
in the second response, 100XXX for elementary and so on.

Many thanks to all who responded and have a great day.

Jan VanGorden

jvangorden@psd.org

Jan VanGorden, M.Ed, MSLS
Librarian
PA School for the Deaf
100 W. School House Ln
Philadelphia, PA 19144
215-951-4743 V/TDD
215-951-4708 FAX
jvangorden@psd.org

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