Re: barcodes

[Sherry Byrne <sbyr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks very much for your thoughts on pressure-sensitive adhesives.
Unfortunately there is no life here at the library without them.

Sherry

At 12:07 PM 4/15/97 EDT, you wrote:
>As you know, pressure-sensitive adhesives are still imperfect,
>even the new acrylic kind. Their longevity in place is
>problematic-certainly not as good as some other kinds-but
>certainly less than "permanent." But then, isn't almost
>everything in life a trade-off?
>Henry Grunder
>Conservation/Preservation Coordinator
>The Library of Virginia
>>According to Sherry Byrne:
>> 
>> At the University of Chicago Library we are in the process of ordering a new
>> supply of barcodes.  We use both the single and piggyback types.  Singles
>> are placed on the outside and inside back cover.  Piggybacks are placed on
>> the back cover, or on the last text page of paperbacks.  
>> 
>> We want to get bids from new vendors.  We currently use Lowry (previously
>> called Data Recall).  We have had some problems over the years with this
>> vendor such as batches of barcodes without adhesive and a batch that later
>> fell off.  Our newest problem is that the  piggyback barcodes seem to ooze
>> and stick onto adjacent pages.  
>> 
>> Can anyone recommend a new vendor to include in our bidding process?  For
>> those of you who have been through this before, we use Codabar (a standard
>> type of coding) and we get a Compuguard coating.
>> 
>> Sherry Byrne
>> Preservation Librarian
>> sbyr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> (773) 702-9313 voice
>> (773) 702-6623 fax
>> 
>> 
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>
Sherry Byrne
Preservation Librarian
sbyr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(773) 702-9313 voice
(773) 702-6623 fax