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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:05:14 -0400
From: "Rouillard, Marilee" <mrouilla@KEENE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Bar coding serials (Rachel Ben-Eliezer)

Bar coding helps me: 1/statistics; 2/identify missing issues when the
barcode is found(patrons think that is what sets off the alarm); 3/avoid
duplications of item records and catch check in errors; 4/make excellent
labels.  It is a smooth part of our operation.  Our system allows for
rolling the stats to a new item record when the issues are bound.

Marilee H. Rouillard, Periodicals Supervisor
Mason Library, Keene State College
229 Main St.
Keene, NH  03435-3201

mrouilla@keene.edu    (603)358-2756

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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:54:35 +0200
From: Rachel Ben-Eliezer <rachelb@MACAM98.AC.IL>
Subject: Re: Bar coding serials

I have another question about bar coding serials. Our library does not bar
code our serials collection because we do not circulate them. Is there any
other reason for bar coding? Does it help in journal usage statistics?

Rachel Ben-Eliezer
Serials Librarian
DAVID YELLIN TEACHERS COLLEGE LIBRARY
POB 3578
JERUSALEM 91035
ISRAEL
FAX 972-2-6521548
E MAIL: rachelb@macam.ac.il

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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:33:03 -0500
From: Martha Coleman <mcoleman@WESTARK.EDU>
Subject: Re: Bar coding serials (Rachel Ben-Eliezer)

We barcode our bound volumes but not our unbound issues.  We created a
Rolodex file of barcodes for each title with loose issues and scan
internal use of each title.  Usage stats were why we created the
inhouse count.  We've been doing this for less than a year so it may be
several years before we start looking with a jaundiced eye at some
titles that never come off the shelves.

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Martha Coleman
Reference/Serials Librarian
Westark College - Boreham Library
5210 Grand Avenue   PO Box 3649
Fort Smith,  AR  72913
501-788-7208     FAX 501-788-7209