Re: barcode placement

[Wes Boomgaarden <boomgaarden.1@xxxxxxx>]

Andy, et al:
  If the items are indeed tomorrow's rarities, are not in boxes, and will be
housed in secure areas, you might consider using the approach used by many
curators of special collections:  attach the bar-code label to the
alkaline-paper streamer that records the items call number and resides
inside the book.  If housed as special collections items, the streamers are
not likely to stray.
  Best wishes,
  Wes
  

At 03:08 PM 7/9/98 +0600, you wrote:
>
>I have been discussing barcoding practices with our catalogers recently
>and could use some feedback from this list.  In particular, we are
>concerned about barcoding fragile and/or medium-rare materials -- the
>stuff that doesn't merit transfer to special collections, but still has
>some artifactual value.  When fragile or valuable materials are in
>enclosures we barcode the enclosure rather than the book or pamphlet. 
>Materials without enclosures, such as a 19th century volume that is
>brittle but otherwise in good shape, are more difficult to deal with. 
>
>In 1990 Janet Gertz posted a message to the DistList that probably
>provides the most common response:  "Frankly, I dont know of a good place
>for a barcode." All the same, I am interested in hearing if other
>libraries place barcodes on brittle, fragile, or valuable materials in
>general collections and, if so, where. 
>
>Andy.
>
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