[Koha] Bar code scanners

[baljkas at mb.sympatico.ca]

Monday, June 30, 2003	  19:50 CDT

Further to what Cliver correctly noted ...

If one uses MARC21, in tag 852, one of the non-prescribed subfields is
sometimes used to contain the significant digits of a bar code (in most
collections between 4 and 6 at the end of a bar code, excluding the last,
which is a check digit). In Athena, which I used in a school library, I
believe it was $w.

In other systems, I have seen it in 090 and 949 fields (system specified).
So we'll all know, can someone from the development end tell us how/where
Koha is storing this info?

Steven F. Baljkas
Koha neophyte
Winnipeg MB CANADA

cliver <cliver at alphalink.com.au> wrote:
>Hi again......most/all libraries here use "codabar" or "code39"
symbologies for
>both patrons &/or collection....after all, the bar-code is only a
numerical
>record number for each book/patron.....so within any circulation system
there
>would be a 'data field' for that 'number'/record.
>At least ...that's my understanding.....all the best
>
>Clive Robertson     EAS services....Melbourne, Australia
>
>
>Elizabeth Spruill wrote:
>
>> Is there a certain symbology that Koha works with?  I've been exploring
>> the website and information, but so far haven't seen that information
>> spelled out anywhere?  Thanks so much for your help.
>> Elizabeth
>
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