[LM_NET] barcodes on the back

[Donna Steel Cook <donnasteelcook@YAHOO.COM>]

I put the barcode right over the "store's" barcode every chance I get.  Please 
don't tell me if someone says that is bad.  It works great.  I put it right under 
the ISBN, if there is one.  However, if the "store's" barcode is too close to the 
spine, and the spine label is going to lap over it, I put the barcode somewhere 
else on the back. My students expect me to help them read what is on the back and 
front of the books--not be a hindrance.    
  Sure inventory is more aggravation with barcodes on the backs somewhere, but how 
important is inventory compared to the art work on the books?  Inventory--which I 
do every year, BTW--is of hardly any importance compared to attractive books. 

Nicole Meintz <MeinN@COLDWATER.K12.MI.US> wrote:
  Hi all-
Throwing this out there in the interest of enlightenment...

My predecessor put the barcodes on the front of the book in the upper left hand 
corner near the spine, often sacrificing the view of the title on the cover. She 
also put other stickers there, denoting books for book club, class sets.. sometimes 
you can't even read the title or see the artwork.

We followed this pattern for a while, but then threw it out the window for the sake 
of de-cluttering. We started putting the barcode on the back of the book, allowing 
students to be able to see the cover. Sometimes, however, there's so much text back 
there that it's hard to find a spot. So what if I put the library barcode over the 
book's barcode without covering the ISBN number? It seems to be the most benign 
place. But I've never seen this done in any other library. Is this some sort of 
faux pas? 

Where do you put your barcode?

I eagerly await your thoughts. :)

Thank you!


Nicole Meintz, Library Media Specialist
Legg Middle School
Coldwater, MI
meinn@coldwater.k12.mi.us


Donna Steel Cook
Central ISD Library Director
Central High School Librarian
7622 HYW 69 North
Pollok, TX  75969
donnasteelcook@yahoo.com

"Books are the holes in the fences of life."  --Peg Kehert
       
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