[PADG:741] Re: barcodes on covers

["Robert J. Milevski" <milevski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andy,

One thing to consider is this.  Princeton has moved and continues to move 
into storage thousands of books in poor physical condition.  Regardless of 
this, the barcodes are placed on the outside of the books.  But, we wrap 
those books in poor condition in either polyethylene or polyester 
bags.  Our barcode readers have not had any trouble reading the barcodes 
through these bags.

Robert

 At 09:00 AM 11/14/05 -0500, you wrote:
> UNC-Chapel Hill may be moving materials to a high-density shelving 
> facility that requires a barcode on the outside of every book cover. To 
> reduce the amount of re-barcoding in the future, we also have a proposal 
> on the table for putting barcodes on the exterior of new books going into 
> open stacks. If your library has exterior barcodes, please comment on any 
> associated problems you  have observed. If your library has recently 
> considered this practice, I would also be interested in some of the 
> arguments, pro and con, and what you decided to do.
> Thanks,
> Andy
>
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> Andrew Hart
> Preservation Librarian
> CB#3910, Davis Library
> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
> Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
> Tel. 919-962-8047
> Fax 919-962-4450
> Email: ashart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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