Hi Cedar,

we have recently introduced barcoding in our collections, both for 
accession numbers and locations. We actively use them since February, 
tagged about 3,000 artifacts so far and are nearing the completion of 
the first "baptism of fire" for the system, the deinstallation of our 
last exhibit with about 600 of our own artifacts going back to storage 
within 2 weeks. All I can say is that I haven't regretted the decision 
pro barcoding a single minute an it seems this is the first 
deinstallation ever without confused numbers.

I did a research on barcoding last year including a list of museums that 
use different systems like barcoding, QR and RFID, most of them in the 
U.S. Happy to share if you are interested.

You might also be interested in the article  "If it moves, barcode it!" 
by Sheila Perry:
http://world.museumsprojekte.de/?p=4521

Best wishes
Angela

Angela Kipp
Collection Manager
TECHNOSEUM, Mannheim, Germany
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Am 17.06.2015 um 19:02 schrieb Cedar Phillips:
> Our historical society/museum has a huge collection, the vast majority 
> of it not yet into Past Perfect. Getting the collection inventoried, 
> cataloged, and entered into an online database is one of our top 
> priorities. And this gets me to my main question: would people be 
> willing to share your experiences, positive or negative, using 
> barcodes for your collection? To me, it seems that if we're going 
> through the time-consuming process of going through our collection 
> item by item, anyway, we may as well go all out and add the barcode 
> (not as a substitute for the "permanent" regular accession number, but 
> as a supplement).
>
> Our larger goal is going to be either a new, connected storage 
> building, or, if that proves too ambitious, off-site storage 
> somewhere; our collections storage space is too crowded, and one way 
> or other we'll need to do some serious movement of the collection in 
> the coming 5 or so years. I feel that the barcodes would aid in the 
> process of any future move.
>
> We also currently use PP for our membership/donor database, and if we 
> get the technology, I'm also planning on adding them to our membership 
> cards, so any advice or comments on that, too, would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cedar Imboden Phillips
> Executive Director
> Hennepin History Museum
> 2303 3rd Avenue South
> Minneapolis, MN  55404
> 612-870-1329
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