-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: [Fwd: barcoding maps] Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 13:30:43 -0800 From: "Ward, Colleen" <[log in to unmask]> To: "'Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum'" <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ I didn't see this suggestion -- we encapsulate the maps that go to the California History section completely then barcode. Most of our maps are for historical purposes. Our government publications section also has maps however I do not know how they maintain their maps. Colleen Ward, Librarian California State Library Catalog Section Sacramento, CA [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Johnnie D. Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 1:23 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [Fwd: barcoding maps] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: barcoding maps Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 10:46:37 -0500 From: "nkandoian" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] ------------------ Greetings and Happy New Year, Maps-L readers! Below are some comments about barcoding maps that I found after searching the archives of Maps-L from 1995 to the present. Does anyone have comments to add that would help other map collections (e.g. NYPL Map Division) planning to implement barcoding? Can anyone recommend a citation to a basic study or primer on barcoding library materials that has some application to maps? Those of you who have had barcoding going on in your collections for a few years now, what do you have to report on wear and tear of the map area where the barcode is placed, especially when the paper of the map is significantly less durable than the barcode sticker? And what about adhesive migration over time? re conservation issues, in 1995, a university map librarian expressed concern about the acidity of barcodes at her institution. The only relatively neutral ones known by her to be available at that time (Intermec Duratran II) were found to not be durable enough. There was no further comment on her message. re remote storage and retrospective barcoding, in 1997, a map librarian preparing segments of his university map collection for remote storage decided to barcode folders of maps, rather than individual maps. re barcode placement, in 2000, a university map librarian explained that there was a change in her collection from barcoding on the verso of a map (non-printed side in many cases) to barcoding on the recto. She found the recto preferable, for easy spotting, but acknowledged that their circulation people had to be prepared to look on both sides of the maps because of the former policy applied to the earlier batch of materials that were barcoded. re what is barcoded when, in 2002, a map librarian in a Canadian government agency collection indicated that all new Canadian and American sheet maps are barcoded on receipt, whereas other maps are barcoded only when checked out. re conservation issues, in 2002, a university map librarian working with aerial photos noted problems with adhesive migration out from behind barcode labels, causing photos to stick together. Her plan to deal with that was to put photos in sleeves and barcode the sleeves. I did not find any further comment on her message. re barcode placement and the tendency of barcodes on sheet maps to make a stack of maps too thick in a drawer that would otherwise be able to comfortably hold a certain sized stack of maps, in 2002, a university map librarian answered an inquiry by saying that "the thickness of barcodes is a non-issue. They are MUCH thinner than they were five years ago. You do not really have to worry about staggering their placement unless all the maps in a particular drawer are all the same dimensions." re barcode placement on batches of maps of uniform size (e.g. USGS topo quads), in 2002, a university map librarian commented that "we place them on each sheet in a chosen area with a simple variance of a few inches N or S, in a preferred corner of the bottom periphery of each map ... sort of controlled randomness ... " If I've missed something from the archives that you remember, please let me/us know. Additional thoughts/comments/experiences shared will be much appreciated. Nancy Kandoian Map Division New York Public Library