Dear Mary:

Are there a limited number of barcode system suppliers....i.e.,
two or three--so we can approach them for their barcode
requirements?   Or, not really easy to answer....

With kind regards,

Bill Cohen, Publisher
The Haworth Press, Inc.
In a message dated 8/13/04 9:47:29 AM, meedwards@AII.EDU writes:

> Bill,
>
> We use barcoding for our serials, but we use our own barcodes not the ones
> on the backs of books or other publications.  Hope this helps.
>
> Mary Edwards
> Librarian
> Art Institute of California - Los Angeles
> 2900 31st Street
> Santa Monica, CA  90405
> 310-314-6154
> meedwards@edmc.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
> [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Cohen
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 8:22 AM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Other Check-in Considerations
>
> Relating to the note below about using a work-study student
> for serials check-in's:   the new book Introduction to Serials Work
> for Library Technicians (Haworth Press, 2004) is just off-press this week.
>
> In addition:   does anyone know what % of libraries use bar code
> scanning for serials check-in work?    Haworth's journals are
> all bar-coded for swiping a "wand" over the backcover.    Is
> bar-code swiping not very common in libraries?
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Bill Cohen, Publisher
> The Haworth Press, Inc.
>
> In a message dated 8/12/04 10:33:24 AM, kovelesk@SETONHILL.EDU writes:
>
>
> > I hesitated to add anything to this discussion, but I have seen nothing
> > about the questions of accreditation.  The last time we were reviewed -
> just a
> > year ago - the team member visiting the library asked me what was the one
> > thing that I would like to tell the rest of the team.  By the way, he was
> a
> > librarian.  I told him that they should give us more credit for electronic
> access
> > to journals instead of focusing on the size of the print collection.  He
> > agreed and then when the team report that was one of the things that they
> > criticized, that our print collection was too small.  So until that
> scenario
> > changes, which I hope will be soon, we will still be carefully maintaining
> our print
> > collection.
> >
> > Also, in regard to time spent on check-in, I wondered why a librarian or
> > other staff member is handling all of this?  With our automated system,
> this is
> > something I train a work-study student to do.  Then I only have to deal
> with
> > the exceptions and problems.  Seems pretty efficient to me.
> >

> > Judith A. Koveleskie
> > Periodicals Librarian
> > Seton Hill University
> > Reeves Memorial Library
> > Greensburg, PA 15601
> > 724-838-7828

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The Haworth Press, Inc.
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