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,
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Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:14:19 -0700
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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......................