<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<TITLE>Message</TITLE>
<STYLE type=text/css>P {
MARGIN: 0px
}
</STYLE>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18904"></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=671283223-03062010>A
fairly common standard: 14 character codabar mod 10</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671283223-03062010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671283223-03062010>character 1: 2=patron
3=item</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671283223-03062010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671283223-03062010>characters 2-5: your 4 digit organization
/location code</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671283223-03062010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671283223-03062010>characters 6-13: actual number of
item</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671283223-03062010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671283223-03062010>character 14: check digit</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671283223-03062010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671283223-03062010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671283223-03062010>Whether you use codabar mod 10 or just a plain 3 of 9,
a 14 character barcode is pretty standard. With the plain old 3 of 9 (code39)
symbology, there is generally no check digit.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671283223-03062010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671283223-03062010>Characters 2-5 should be unique to your geographic
area, if possible. We have a system in Kansas of tracking this, but it is very
recent. Your state/region may or may not have information like
this.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=671283223-03062010><A
href="http://www.bcmccoy.com/library-barcodes.html">http://www.bcmccoy.com/library-barcodes.html</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671283223-03062010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=671283223-03062010>-
Joe</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"
dir=ltr>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><SPAN
class=671283223-03062010><FONT face=Arial><snip></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<P><STRONG>My question is what kind of symbology does Koha
support? </STRONG> I've been given options from the vendor
like Code 39 or Codabar. Could you please advise what type
of symbology I need to order?</P>
<P> </P>
<P>Thanks so much,</P>
<P>Janet Deavor</P>
<P> </P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>