In the midst of all the data / patron issues it became apparant some of our barcodes are badly outdated. Prior to Infocentre we'd always had issues with our 4 digit codes from Follett. We'd hoped that when the new system was installed these issues would disappear. Unfortunately things didn't rectify themselves.
After our initial install several types of barcodes didn't scan at all! After more days on the phone with Sagebrush it was apparant some software adjustments were necessary. Though we were able to get a couple hundred titles to scan we still had issues with the dreaded 4 digit codes. Shocking to me over 2,000 titles in my collection have 4 digit codes! The time it would take to re-label all these books would be tremendous! After much consultation and a test of a new scanner I've been able to conclude new hardware would be a more valuable purchase than the labor and time required to re-label. To boot many of the 4 digit titles are older books and have significant less circulation than those of the newer barcode labels. I hope to get new scanners ordered and installed prior to the end of school.
