Re: Other Check-in Considerations Bill Cohen 13 Aug 2004 19:19 UTC
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 Bill Cohen, Publisher The Haworth Press, Inc. 10 Alice Street Binghamton, New York 13904 Haworth WebSite...Click Here!