[NHCOLL-L:4373] RE: Barcodes vs. RFID's

[Herrera, Joan]

We are exploring incorporating Two-Dimensional Barcoding (PDF417) to
aide in managing our collection.  FRID is relatively new and not
standardized world-wide to mention a couple cons.  This is a good read
http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1104&context=infopapers
 
Our database programmer tells me he can put all the data from the
database for that particular lot into the PDF417 barcode.  
 

Joan Herrera, Ph.D. 
Curator of Collections

Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 
100 8th Avenue SE 
St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5020 
727-896-8626, ext 1206 
E-Mail:  Joan.Herrera at MyFWC.com 


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[mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Del Re, Christine
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:55 PM
To: NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:4372] Barcodes vs. RFID's



We at MPM would like to know which other museums are now using barcodes,
or RFID's on/in individual collection items?  Does anyone favor one
system over the other?  Also, for those using barcodes, is the
preference to link a generic barcode number to an artifact via a data
base, or to make the barcode the actual artifact number?

 

Any thoughts or references would be appreciated

 

Chris

 

	Christine del  Re | Senior Conservator &  Conservation Section
Head 
Milwaukee Public Museum
800 W Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233
(414) 278-2780
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