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Hello, We use barcodes, initially mainly because we put a collection level description for each collection into the library catalogue so that they appear in our Summon single-search box, and each of those needed an ID. Haven't used it much yet, but it will be very useful for keeping statistics on use, and keeping track of things issued to conservation, or display etc. Our system is SirsiDynix Symphony. Katie Please note: I work Mon - Wed each week. Katie Flanagan BA(Hons), MA, MCLIP Special Collections Librarian T +44 (0)1895 266139 Connect with me on LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/pub/katie-flanagan/1b/471/bba>, Twitter<https://twitter.com/KatieDFlanagan> Brunel University London Library Bannerman Centre, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, United Kingdom T +44 (0)1895 266141 www.brunel.ac.uk<http://www.brunel.ac.uk>/library Connect with the Library on Twitter<https://twitter.com/Brunel_Library>, Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/#!/BrunelUniversityLibrary>, WordPress<http://bookmarkdaily.wordpress.com/> From: Archivists, conservators and records managers. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alison Cullingford Sent: 12 March 2015 14:37 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: More barcodes - University/Library systems Hello all Interested to see the barcodes discussion as I have been meaning to ask about this. As is often the case, we're using a move/refurbishment as an incentive to look at barcoding. I'm convinced that this will make it much easier to manage archives when they are out of our building and when they return. We're a small service managing archives and other unique and distinctive materials within a University Library. We have about 4000 archive boxes to process. I'm strongly inclined to use the sophisticated functionality of our library management system for several reasons. Anyone else in a library setting done it this way? We have Millennium which uses Code 139 barcodes. All the best Alison PS Can't mention barcodes without acknowledging article by Alan Akeroyd, which certainly helped me when I started looking into this. The Barcode revolution, Journal of the Society of Archivists Vol. 31, No. 1, April 2010, 51-62. _______________________________________________ Alison Cullingford Special Collections Librarian J.B. Priestley Library University of Bradford, Bradford. BD7 1DP. Tel: +44 (0) 1274 235256 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner<http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is believed to be clean. Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra