Barcoding of printed materials will be handled by the end-processing unit. Consult their wiki page for details on barcoding processes.
HISTORICAL REFERENCE:
The use of barcodes has varied over the years, as systems and practices have changed. The following is a list of those most commonly found:
- Alma system-generated barcode: Numeric, with a varying number of digits, preceded with 'alma' (e.g. alma226473).
- Aleph system-generated barcode: Numeric, with a varying number of digits (no more than 7 digits)
- Staff-supplied barcode: 14 digit numbers beginning "32044" (designating Harvard). As of 3/2008, used for material both on-site and at the Harvard Depository.
Obsolete Harvard Depository barcode: 6 characters long, both alphabetic and numeric. Begins with a two letter location code (locally HH for Houghton and HT for Theatre).