[NHCOLL-L:4036] Barcodes primer

[Rachael Arenstein]

There is an excellent online resource for information on barcoding at 
http://www.barcodehq.com/primer.html
 
 
 
Rachael Perkins Arenstein
rachael at arensteinconservation.com
 
 



Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:30:22 -0600From: gordon.jarrell at gmail.comTo: abentley at ku.eduSubject: [NHCOLL-L:4033] Re: Barcodes in natural history collectionsCC: NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.eduMost 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> 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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