[Koha] Need some answers about bar-codes

[Marty Jongpier]

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 at foundations.edu>
>To: "doybia at gmavt.net" <doybia at gmavt.net>
>CC: koha at 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 at gmavt.net <doybia at 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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>Chris Nighswonger
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>Foundations Bible College & Seminary
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