Re: two barcodes??

["Julie Page"<julie_page@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At UC San Diego we put one barcode close to  the top of the front cover, to the 
right of the spine (or right of the call number label if on the cover). A second
(same barcode) is put on the first leaf in the book, usually a blank page, 
sometimes the title page. It goes toward the top center of the page.  On that 
first leaf is also a charge out slip that gets stamped with the due date.
This has worked very well for UCSD.  Having one on the cover is helpful in a 
disaster since books can be scanned  without being opened.  If one barcode is 
damaged, the second one is used and the book doesn't need to be rebarcoded.
Julie Page
Preservation Librarian
jpage@xxxxxxxx


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Subject: two barcodes?? 
Author:  <padg@xxxxxxx > at {ucsdhub}
Date:    10/7/98 10:46 AM


The question of whether to use one barcode or two 
barcodes/book is being discussed at UMaryland Libraries. 
Placement is also under discussion. Could my colleagues out 
there share with me the practice at their institutions, 
and, if its not too much to ask, rationale/opinions about 
why they do it that way?
       
Any comment, whether a quick "one" or "two" or more 
detailed information, will be very much appreciated.
       
Thanks,
       
Ethel Hellman
       
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Ethel Hellman
Collections Conservator/Program Manager 
McKeldin Library
University of Maryland
College Park, MD  20742
(301)405-9349
eh104@xxxxxxxxxxxxx