Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces
Does anyone have any barcodes that use leading zeros and upper and lower case letters? I am working with a library who has barcodes that look like "p 000123" which they need to have interpreted as "P123". Any thoughts about how Koha would handle that? Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // Lori.Ayre@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre <Lori.Ayre@galecia.com>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Hi Lori, We use uppercase letters in our barcodes, for example A70022330679B, and have never had a problem with Koha and these type of Barcodes. Our patrons records, in their barcode having the leading zeros, for example 008910067. We have also never had a problem with Koha and these Barcodes.
From my experience, they are both perfectly good to use with Koha.
Kindest Regards, Joel
From: Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre@galecia.com> Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 13:38:41 -0700 To: Koha List <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: [Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces
Does anyone have any barcodes that use leading zeros and upper and lower case letters? I am working with a library who has barcodes that look like "p 000123" which they need to have interpreted as "P123".
Any thoughts about how Koha would handle that?
Lori
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Joel, I think the problem for this library is that they have a prefix (e.g. p or sometimes P) and then a space and THEN leading zeros. So, they want "p 000123" to be interpreted as "P123" That seems like too much to ask! Lori On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Joel Harbottle < Joel.Harbottle@hotmail.com.au> wrote:
Hi Lori,
We use uppercase letters in our barcodes, for example A70022330679B, and have never had a problem with Koha and these type of Barcodes.
Our patrons records, in their barcode having the leading zeros, for example 008910067. We have also never had a problem with Koha and these Barcodes.
From my experience, they are both perfectly good to use with Koha.
Kindest Regards, Joel
From: Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre@galecia.com> Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 13:38:41 -0700 To: Koha List <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: [Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces
Does anyone have any barcodes that use leading zeros and upper and lower case letters? I am working with a library who has barcodes that look like "p 000123" which they need to have interpreted as "P123".
Any thoughts about how Koha would handle that?
Lori
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Hi Lori, Hmmm... That can become a tricky one. I know on most barcode readers you can set them up so if there is a space in the barcode as your suggesting, that it will drop the space when it scans the barcode, so it will read it as P123, etc. for Koha. I use an Opticon OPR-2001, Cino FuzzyScan F460/F680, and DataLogic scanners and they all have this option that can be set. I¹m not sure without looking, but you might also be able to tweak the settings in Koha to configure it to understand these types of barcodes... But I would suggest changing the scanner settings is the best way to get around this problem. Best Wishes, Joel From: Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre@galecia.com> Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 14:11:17 -0700 To: Joel Harbottle <Joel.Harbottle@hotmail.com.au> Cc: Koha List <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: Re: [Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces Joel, I think the problem for this library is that they have a prefix (e.g. p or sometimes P) and then a space and THEN leading zeros. So, they want "p 000123" to be interpreted as "P123" That seems like too much to ask! Lori On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Joel Harbottle <Joel.Harbottle@hotmail.com.au> wrote:
Hi Lori,
We use uppercase letters in our barcodes, for example A70022330679B, and have never had a problem with Koha and these type of Barcodes.
Our patrons records, in their barcode having the leading zeros, for example 008910067. We have also never had a problem with Koha and these Barcodes.
From my experience, they are both perfectly good to use with Koha.
Kindest Regards, Joel
From: Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre@galecia.com> Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 13:38:41 -0700 To: Koha List <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: [Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces
Does anyone have any barcodes that use leading zeros and upper and lower case letters? I am working with a library who has barcodes that look like "p 000123" which they need to have interpreted as "P123".
Any thoughts about how Koha would handle that?
Lori
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Hi Lori, What about loading the barcodes without the space and leading zeros? We do that with our libraries that use those Follett-type barcodes. Nora ________________________ Nora Blake MassCat Manager Massachusetts Library System P.O. Box 609 South Deerfield, MA 01373-0241 508-357-2121 x123 866-627-7228 Email: nblake@masslibsystem.org AIM: noraatmls -----Original Message----- From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Lori Bowen Ayre Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:11 PM To: Joel Harbottle Cc: Koha List Subject: Re: [Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces Joel, I think the problem for this library is that they have a prefix (e.g. p or sometimes P) and then a space and THEN leading zeros. So, they want "p 000123" to be interpreted as "P123" That seems like too much to ask! Lori On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Joel Harbottle < Joel.Harbottle@hotmail.com.au> wrote:
Hi Lori,
We use uppercase letters in our barcodes, for example A70022330679B, and have never had a problem with Koha and these type of Barcodes.
Our patrons records, in their barcode having the leading zeros, for example 008910067. We have also never had a problem with Koha and these Barcodes.
From my experience, they are both perfectly good to use with Koha.
Kindest Regards, Joel
From: Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre@galecia.com> Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 13:38:41 -0700 To: Koha List <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: [Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces
Does anyone have any barcodes that use leading zeros and upper and lower case letters? I am working with a library who has barcodes that look like "p 000123" which they need to have interpreted as "P123".
Any thoughts about how Koha would handle that?
Lori
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // Lori.Ayre@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre
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Thanks All. This is useful. I'll forward all the suggestions on to the library that had these questions! Much appreciated. Lori =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // Lori.Ayre@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre <Lori.Ayre@galecia.com>Specializing in open source ILS solutions, RFID, filtering, workflow optimization, and materials handling =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Nora Blake <Nblake@masslibsystem.org>wrote:
Hi Lori,
What about loading the barcodes without the space and leading zeros? We do that with our libraries that use those Follett-type barcodes.
Nora ________________________
Nora Blake MassCat Manager Massachusetts Library System P.O. Box 609 South Deerfield, MA 01373-0241 508-357-2121 x123 866-627-7228 Email: nblake@masslibsystem.org AIM: noraatmls
-----Original Message----- From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Lori Bowen Ayre Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:11 PM To: Joel Harbottle Cc: Koha List Subject: Re: [Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces
Joel,
I think the problem for this library is that they have a prefix (e.g. p or sometimes P) and then a space and THEN leading zeros. So, they want "p 000123" to be interpreted as "P123"
That seems like too much to ask!
Lori
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Joel Harbottle < Joel.Harbottle@hotmail.com.au> wrote:
Hi Lori,
We use uppercase letters in our barcodes, for example A70022330679B, and have never had a problem with Koha and these type of Barcodes.
Our patrons records, in their barcode having the leading zeros, for example 008910067. We have also never had a problem with Koha and these Barcodes.
From my experience, they are both perfectly good to use with Koha.
Kindest Regards, Joel
From: Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre@galecia.com> Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 13:38:41 -0700 To: Koha List <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Subject: [Koha] Barcodes with leading zeros and spaces
Does anyone have any barcodes that use leading zeros and upper and lower case letters? I am working with a library who has barcodes that look like "p 000123" which they need to have interpreted as "P123".
Any thoughts about how Koha would handle that?
Lori
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lori Bowen Ayre // Library Technology Consultant / The Galecia Group Oversight Board & Communications Committee / Evergreen (707) 763-6869 // Lori.Ayre@galecia.com Availability: http://tungle.me/lori.ayre
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