[476] in ad-lib
Barcodes and YBP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (cfollett@MIT.EDU)
Mon May 1 10:16:47 1995
From: cfollett@MIT.EDU
To: acq2@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 01 May 1995 10:16:15 EDT
This tidbit was in the most recent Acqnet issue. Something to
consider for the future perhaps?? Charlene
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ACQNET, Vol. 5, No. 13, April 29, 1995
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(7) FROM: John Archer
SUBJECT: Yankee Book Peddler Purchase Order Barcodes
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Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1995 11:04:00 -0700
From: John Archer (UC-San Diego) <John_Archer@UCSDLIBRARY.ucsd.edu>
Subject: Yankee Book Peddler Purchase Order Barcodes
In a pilot project with the University of California, San
Diego, to debug the process and determine costs, Yankee Book
Peddler will print UCSD's Innopac purchase order number as a
barcode on the slips inserted in the books shipped. This means that
the correct order record can be accessed and received right
out of the box. Keystroke errors are eliminated. Hundreds of
thousands of keystrokes are saved each year. Also, by attaching
the slips to the invoice and scanning the barcodes again to pay for
the material, payment is expedited. Thus, both the library and the
vendor benefit.
Alternately, the slips can be left in the books and forwarded
for cataloging where the barcode could be scanned again as part of
an overlay command. Again saving keystrokes and eliminating the
problem of the wrong record being overlaid.
To estimate savings in keystrokes and time, use the following
formulae:
(number of characters in order no.) x (number of times record
accessed) x (number of orders) = Number of keystrokes saved.
(number of characters in order no.) x (number of times record
accessed) x (number of orders) x 3.15 seconds = Time saved.
NOTE: "Number of characters in order number" don't forget the
".", "o", and "carriage return". Thus a seven digit Innopac order
number = 10 characters to access the record and an eight digit
character = 11 characters.
This project sets a new standard for data exchange between
trading partners.
For more information, please contact Yankee Book Peddler.
John F. Archer
Assistant Department Head
Acquisitions Department
The University Library, 0175A
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
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