Pardon my ignorance on the subject as I am rather new to registration and am learning a great deal from the discussions here - but I have always been of the understanding that inkjet print was not permanent and faded with age. I understood that laser print was longer lasting. Has the technology by-passed my meager knowledge yet again? I work with collections in a tiny all-volunteer start-up organization who is just beginning the process of organizing and cataloguing its collections. I am very interested in starting the process off on the right foot and am considering print vs hand labeling, however need procedures that is easily understood by the volunteers that will continue the process. Since not all the volunteers are willing to use a computer at all, I believe barcoding will not be an option here. I can see how barcoding, however, is beneficial recording inventory and of location changes. Candice Brashears Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust In a message dated 8/22/2005 12:02:03 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:14:19 -0700 From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Barcode Labelling: an observation I don't know if there is anyone else on here who has worked with barcoded objects, but I did at the Museum of The American Indian. The best feature about them was the ease of changing locations with the barcode reader (object and shelf both being barcoded - beep beep - done). I guess the reason i am responding is that I don't see what the point of barcoding is if they are only in the folders and not with the object. Also, all of our barcodes were on tags with the objects, but not attached. (though attaching with strings could work very well for many objects) The tags were printed but also I am sure could have been done with labels stuck onto tags (more easily printable with inkjets and less conservation issues with the objects). Gaylord also has printable acid free tags that I have used quite a bit with a report program so the information is pulled straight from the database. Something like this could be very useful. The size shouldn't be an issue as barcodes don't have to be as big as the retail ones, they are read in only one direction, so the height should be adjustable when printing. If the barcode is scratched or becomes unreadable you should simply be able to print another one...................... Elizabeth Walton ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).