Re: Patron Barcode Check Digits

[Alma Garcia <almag@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This past summer a "one-card" system was rolled out here at Mills.  We 
use Banner (SCT) for student records.  We gave information  about the 
calculations involved in the generation of the check digit, from 
CSdirect, to our Banner programer and  she was add code to generate the 
barcodes in Banner.  (She also used the same file format/ information 
that is used for our patron load to pass student/ staff information to 
the one-card system.) The barcodes are printed on the back of the new 
student IDs.  We are inputting the new barcodes in the student records 
and keeping the old barcodes around until everyone has the new cards.  
This was manly due to the fact that the implementation did not complete 
until the day before students arrived. 

So far so good.  We will be making changed in the next year to accept 
the barcodes in the patron load, this will eliminate the need to input 
the barcodes in new patron records.

Alma



Carol Watson wrote:

> Does anyone know if it's possible to turn off the check digit for 
> patron barcodes yet still have the check digit function for item 
> barcodes?  I'm assuming it's not possible since all barcodes are 
> stored in the same index.  Our University is implementing a new 
> one-card system that doesn't include check digits for identifying 
> patrons.  As you can imagine...we're not very happy.
>
> Carol Watson
> University of Georgia School of Law
> Alexander Campbell King Law Library
> cwatson@xxxxxxxxxx
>
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Alma García			Library Systems Administrator
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