Re: Re[2]: Uploading barcodes

["Alfred Kraemer" <akraemer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

June,

If I understand your email correctly you plan to use the INTL use field to
'earmark' items so that you can pull those items into a review file. [We do
this occasionally using an ICODE field and the  III Rapid Updating
function - but that works only if you use a scanner attached to an Innopac
workstation it does not work with a hand-held scanner or similar device].

Back to your question: how do you get an ASCII text file with barcodes into
Innopac and processed as INTL use transactions:

1. the barcodes have to have the appropriate prefix, e.g.
   for inventory scanning they look like this:

n:35105000955365
n:35105003728348
n:35105003728355
n:35105003728355

I don't know what the code for INTL use is but perhaps another list member
could provide that. (I'm not sure if this is in the III manual)
If you don't use the III hand-held scanners, you need to find a different
way to add the prefix, e.g. search & replace function in word processor)

2. Import the above file into III using the applicable option under
Circulation , Process PC transactions,
(Check the manual for details)  then use the function 'Process transferred
usage counts' which is found in the same menu.
Again, the prefix is critical for correct processing

Just one caution about using the INTL use: there is a chance that someone
may have unintentionally entered some INTL uses.
We don't use the Copy Use field in the Innopac but a few always creep in
during the year.

Alfred Kraemer
Head, Technical Services
Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Phone: 414-456-4273
E-Mail: akraemer@xxxxxxxxxx

----- Original Message -----
From: <June.E.Hauck@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <INNOPAC@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 8:43 AM
Subject: Re[2]: Uploading barcodes


>   I'm planning to create a review file of scanned items by scanning the
>   barcodes in the "Count in-house use - INTL Use" function.  Then each
>   item record will have a count in the INTL use field (which we don't
>   use otherwise) and I can use this to create the review file.  My
>   problem is how to get an ASCII text file of barcodes followed by
>   carriage returns to be recorded in the INTL use function.  I somehow
>   need to upload the text file so that it appears in Innopac to be
>   coming from the keyboard.
>
>   June Hauck
>   Pharmacia Corp.
>   June.E.Hauck@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator
_________________________________
> Subject: Re: Uploading barcodes
> Author:  "Kyle Banerjee" <banerjek@xxxxxxxxxx> at Internet-America
> Date:    5/17/00 5:03 PM
>
>
> > > Has anyone ever scanned a number of barcodes into an ASCII text
> > > file and then uploaded them into Innovative?  I see from the manual
> > > that Innovative supports certain portable barcode readers and
> > > allows uploads from them....
> >
> > Essentially, you're asking for the ability to create a review file of
> > scanned items, which is part of III's Inventory Module. ..
> > I'm sure it's possible to *emulate* the ability for specific purposes
> > (such as yours) using the macro capabilities in OCLC's Passport for
> > Windows product, but it would be a nontrivial undertaking.
>
>     Actually, a rather simple two stage Passport macro can solve this.
After
> you scan your barcodes into a file, just use a macro to extract the record
> numbers from each item.
>
>     To get the bib numbers into a Create List, just use the search
criteria
> TITLE <> "" (and set the starting and ending numbers equal to the bib
number
> being read). Basically, all you're doing is appending a series of searches
> which retrieve a single item. It sounds clunky, but generating a create
list
> of consisting of thousands of items takes only a few minutes. After we
> migrated to III, we needed to do this sort of thing quite a bit.
>
>     I normally throw out most of my programs when I'm not using them
> anymore, so I don't have the code anymore. However, I can tell you that
this
> isn't hard. Feel free to call me if you have any questions.
>
> kyle
> ___________________________________________________________________
> Kyle Banerjee     banerjek@xxxxxxxxxx     Oregon State University
> 3769 Valley Library, Corvallis, OR 97331              (541)737-7262
>               http://ucs.orst.edu/~banerjek/
>


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