[Koha] Parsing barcodes

[Galen Charlton]

Hi,

On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Jeramey Valley <valleyj at bcreek.org> wrote:
> Producing new bar code labels is the ultimate solution, but with >5000 books to do per library, it's not an immediate solution for us.
>
> Our new, cheaper, bar code readers do not appear to have the ability to modify the barcode output that it is reading. I'm still researching our older bar code readers to see if they do have that ability (finding the manuals for the old ones is a bit trickier).
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Another option would be updating the database so that barcodes stored
in the Koha item records match what the scanners emit. Do you happen
to know which checkdigit algorithm, if any, is used by your barcodes?

Regards,

Galen
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