Re: [ha-Safran]: Question about signing out books

2007-02-01 Thread Andrea Rapp
Sometimes our rabbis or staff need to take out library books when I am not here. This is how we do it: 1) Buy barcodes with an extra strip, containing the barcode number. 2) Maintain cards/pockets in the books as in pre-automation days. Put this barcode strip on the book cards. 3) If a

RE: [ha-Safran]: Question about signing out books

2007-02-01 Thread Toby Harris
Here's another way: I created a Self Check-Out Form. Patrons must fill in the date, their name, the title of the book and the barcode number. The first 4 numbers of all our barcodes are the same, so to make it easier for them to fill in the barcode number, the form includes those first 4.