• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 20

Description:
We've recently decided to get shelf-ready books from Yankee. Our incoming files have the barcode in the 852 $p field. We're loading these with file-96. How do we get the incoming barcode into the item record?

Resolution:
[From Mike Rogers, UTK:]

We receive shelf-ready books from YBP too, and our barcodes are in the
949 $$b. For years we have used file-96 to load the bibs/items/HOLs/orders/encumbrances, followed by manage-50 to create the "full" items (including the real barcode).

I see that there is an option in file-96 to include the barcode in the
049 $$b. We have never tested this but I might try it today. If successful, it seems we could change the mapping of barcodes to 049 $$b and eliminate the step of manage-50.

Do other sites do this?

[From Betsy Friesen, U. Minnesota:]

YBP has always put the barcode in the 049$$b and we create full holdings and items with a real barcode using only file_96.

Works like a charm.

• Article last edited: 10/8/2013