My museum will be moving its entire collection in two years; I too am
interested in exploring positive and negative aspects of the use of
barcodes for inventory control.

Please post replies to the list.



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Tim McShane, Assistant--Cultural History
Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery
1302 Bomford Crescent S.W.
Medicine Hat, AB   T1A 5E6
(403) 502-8587

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Our museum coordinates an art-in-office program where art may be
checked
out to individuals for display in their offices. Currently, the
Art-in-Office collection contains approximately 500 items and is
located
in approximately 300 offices.

We are revisiting our identification system for individual works and
our
methods for tracking their locations.  We want to explore the use of
barcodes on objects by other museums or organizations with similar
art-in-office programs.  We would be interested in hearing about your
methods and experiences, and if your organization uses barcodes, which
systems/vendors that you would recommend.

Thanks for your help.

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