[Koha] Unique Barcodes across branches

[Jeramey Valley]

I agree with this solution, but we are not willing to physically re-barcode all of our items at every branch (50,000+ items).

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Regards, 

Jeramey Valley
Network Manager, Bullock Creek Schools
valleyj at bcreek.org




On Oct 21, 2014, at 11:29 AM, vikram zadgaonkar <vikramczadgaonkar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> You can prefix branch code before barcode, it will become unique for database.
> Hope I have understood your issue correctly.
> 
> Vikram Zadgaonkar
> 
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 8:24 PM, Jeramey Valley <valleyj at bcreek.org> wrote:
> Looking more for confirmation here....
> 
> Multiple "independent" branches still require unique barcodes for each item, correct?
> 
> I was under the incorrect assumption that there would be behind-the-scenes magic that would tie barcodes to their home library/location and so there could be the same barcode in use at multiple branches, each for a different item.
> 
> As in:
> 
> Library 400
> Book A, barcode 2001
> 
> Library 500
> Book B, barcode 2001
> 
> I was looking forward to having one install with a shared catalog, patron database and other "one stop management" functions.
> 
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> Regards,
> 
> Jeramey Valley
> Network Manager, Bullock Creek Schools
> valleyj at bcreek.org
> 
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> 
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