I know I am always promoting kbarcode, but it is wonderfully flexible, if you run on Linux anyway. Check it out on kbarcode.net The barcode part in Koha is fairly limited, and I just love kbarcode (and no, nobody pays me to say this)
From: "Chris Nighswonger" <cnighswonger@foundations.edu> To: "doybia@gmavt.net" <doybia@gmavt.net> CC: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Need some answers about bar-codes Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:29:28 -0500
On 2/15/08, doybia@gmavt.net <doybia@gmavt.net> wrote:
I'm part of a group of libraries in Vermont who are in the process of moving to Koha. Most of the other libraries are already automated, but a few of us are still on card catalogs, so we are starting from scratch.
Here are the questions: 1)I've moved some of my marc records into Koha, but the bar code generator in Koha doesn't work for me. Does anyone know what will make this work so I could print my own?
Which version of Koha are you using? 3.0 alpha works fine, but may need some customization on the barcode number generation depending on what you are looking for.
3)If I do go and buy barcodes and apply them to my books, how do I link the barcode to the marc record?
Koha 3.0 can be setup to generate the barcodes automatically when entering your records. A script could probably be written to add barcodes to records that have been bulk imported as well.
4)How about the barcodes for the patron cards? We'll be importing the patron records eventually (they are currently in an Excel spreadsheet)
and
they'll need to have barcodes attached, too. I assume they should be different from the book barcodes. At our meeting today I was told to start the Patron barcodes with P and the Book barcodes with B, which seems simple enough. Any other suggestions?
Not being a trained librarian, I'm not %100 sure on the standard prefix nomenclature. Maybe someone else with more knowledge can help here.
Regards, Chris
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