[NHCOLL-L:4035] Re: Barcodes in natural history collections

[Vincent, Michael A. Dr.]

Ours are Code 39.
MAV

Dr. Michael A. Vincent, Curator
Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium (MU)
Department of Botany
Miami University
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From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu [owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Gordon Jarrell [gordon.jarrell at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 5:30 PM
To: abentley at ku.edu
Cc: NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:4033] Re: Barcodes in natural history collections

Most new barcode readers will auto-detect and read a lot of different codes.  Code39 is robust and it has been around forever. Code128 series is  more compact.  If you are real serious about compact, consider a "two-dimensional code" such as DataMatrix.  The main disadvantage is that the scanners cost about twice as much (though they will read one-dimensional codes also). The insect collection at the University of Alaska Museum is getting about a dozen characters into a DataMatrix code that measures about one quarter inch square.  Different codes for different applications.  The folks at Electronic Imaging Materials Inc., in Keene, New Hampshire, can be very helpful.

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Bentley, Andrew Charles <abentley at ku.edu<mailto:abentley at ku.edu>> wrote:

Hi all



For those of you who use barcoding in your natural history collection – I am trying to find out which barcode system (type?) is the most commonly used.  There are a number of different formats:



2of7, 3of9, Bookland, Codabar, Code128C, Code39, EAN13, Int2of5, Monarch, NW7, Std2of5, UCC128, UPCA, USD3, USD4



Thanks



Andy

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