Library Cataloging
Brian Surratt at Texadata mentions he is having some success scanning barcodes on the back of books when doing ISBN searches on OCLC. It is not yet 100% accurate, many of these numnbers are in the 024 field. Yet it is working and will only get better with time.I've been using barcode scans in ISBN searching on my Z39.50 client with mixed results. OCLC is creating 13 digit codes based on the 10 digit input code. They are also moving those in 024 to 020. Few if any institutions will do this work. Using scans in Z30.50 searches will be uncertain for many years to come. Maybe the profiles could do some remapping, have an ISBN search hit both the 020 and 024 fields?
Barcodes
- Oclc Interim Support For Isbn 13
OCLC has a new announcement on their treatment on ISBN-13 numbers. It is not the same as the current cataloging guidelines. "For original records, OCLC libraries should input ISBN-13 numbers into an EAN field (024, first indicator '3') rather...
- Isbn Tool
On oss4lib the ISBN tool ISBN.pm was noted. This is a versatile tool able to perform these tasks:convert($isbn) Takes a 10 digit ISBN and returns the 13 digit equivalent. Does not perform any error checking or validation.gettype($isbn) Takes a string...
- Barcode Utility
The Barcodes-on-the-Fly Helper 0.4 utility will generate printable barcodes in the CODABAR (NW-7) format based on the information you provide. The authors hope that libraries and others will be able to print cheap disposable barcodes for, among other...
- Isbn Converter
Convert ISBNs between 10 and 13 digit formats using this tool. It is only valid until the time when prefixes other than 978 will be used.Is anyone considering converting all their 10 digit ISBNs to 13? Without the identifying ISBN prefix they would have...
- Isbn
The Frequently Asked Questions about changes to the ISBN page covers many questions, including:Why is the ISBN being changed?How is it that a 10-digit ISBN system can run out of numbers?What are the changes to the ISBN system?How does this change to a...
Library Cataloging
Using Barcodes in Search
Brian Surratt at Texadata mentions he is having some success scanning barcodes on the back of books when doing ISBN searches on OCLC. It is not yet 100% accurate, many of these numnbers are in the 024 field. Yet it is working and will only get better with time.I've been using barcode scans in ISBN searching on my Z39.50 client with mixed results. OCLC is creating 13 digit codes based on the 10 digit input code. They are also moving those in 024 to 020. Few if any institutions will do this work. Using scans in Z30.50 searches will be uncertain for many years to come. Maybe the profiles could do some remapping, have an ISBN search hit both the 020 and 024 fields?
Barcodes
- Oclc Interim Support For Isbn 13
OCLC has a new announcement on their treatment on ISBN-13 numbers. It is not the same as the current cataloging guidelines. "For original records, OCLC libraries should input ISBN-13 numbers into an EAN field (024, first indicator '3') rather...
- Isbn Tool
On oss4lib the ISBN tool ISBN.pm was noted. This is a versatile tool able to perform these tasks:convert($isbn) Takes a 10 digit ISBN and returns the 13 digit equivalent. Does not perform any error checking or validation.gettype($isbn) Takes a string...
- Barcode Utility
The Barcodes-on-the-Fly Helper 0.4 utility will generate printable barcodes in the CODABAR (NW-7) format based on the information you provide. The authors hope that libraries and others will be able to print cheap disposable barcodes for, among other...
- Isbn Converter
Convert ISBNs between 10 and 13 digit formats using this tool. It is only valid until the time when prefixes other than 978 will be used.Is anyone considering converting all their 10 digit ISBNs to 13? Without the identifying ISBN prefix they would have...
- Isbn
The Frequently Asked Questions about changes to the ISBN page covers many questions, including:Why is the ISBN being changed?How is it that a 10-digit ISBN system can run out of numbers?What are the changes to the ISBN system?How does this change to a...