Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 15:02:09 +0500
From: Craig Fairley <fairley@INFORAMP.NET>
Subject: (Fwd)      BBA thanks, Barcode Wands & the future (Kimberly Laird)

The barcodes you see which include issue information are SICI
barcodes.  (SICI stands for Serial Item and Contribution
Identifier).  They are based on the ANSI standard developed by
SISAC (Serials Industry Systems Advisory Committee).  It is
SISAC's hope that you *will* be able to use them for check-in.
As far as I know (and I hope to be corrected if wrong) one
system already supports the use of the SICI barcode for
check-in, and that is Unicorn by Sirsi.  I believe it is on the
drawing boards for other systems.

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Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 10:40:25 GMT-5
From: "Kimberly J. Laird" <LAIRDK@MEDSERV.EAST-TENN-ST.EDU>
Subject: BBA thanks, Barcode Wands & the future

    About the barcode wands... we currently use the hand-held
pens  for wanding in our item records in the serials
department. It is my  impression that the desk-stand model is
more efficient in the  workflow than the hand- held wand. Can
anyone confirm or deny this  impression? We're thinking about
the possibility of upgrading or  changing some of the
equipment.

    What about the future of barcodes & UPC codes.... I noticed
some  publishers have codes on the back of the journals that
seem to  include the journal's volume number, part, date, etc.
Will we be  able to use these for check-in in the future, & if
so, what kind of  barcode wand/stand should we be thinking
about buying?

    Thanks for any information you can give...

Kimberly J. Laird
Technical Services Librarian//Quillen College of Medicine  East
Tennessee State University
Lairdk@medserv.east-tenn-st.edu