[Koha] Koha Newby Questions

[Rosalie Blake]

Hello Wolf,
Almost any barcode reader will work with Koha. We use a variety of 
readers here in Horowhenua Library Trust, and none has proved 
difficult to set up.

The default barcodes on Koha are one alpha character, 7 numeric 
plus a check digit which may be 0-9 or X. The algorithm for 
calculating the check digit is in the attached spreadsheet, but I think 
a competent programmer could replace it with another standard 
barcode formula, if you already use something else. Or you could 
ask the koha developers list for help: 
koha-devel at lists.sourceforge.net

Rosalie Blake
Horowhenua Library Trust

On 30 Sep 2002, at 17:56, Wolf N. Paul wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am looking at using Koha for the Vienna Christian School Library
> here in Vienna, Austria.
> 
> Can anyone supply information on using bar code readers with Koha? I
> am interested in recommendations of particular brands and/or models of
> readers, how to configure them to interface with Koha, etc.
> 
> Our library workstations are running Windows 2000; our server is
> running Red Hat 7.2.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Wolf Paul
> VCS Computer Services
> 
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