Barcode Placement: Bound Volumes
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  • Place the barcodes as directed below, avoid covering the title if possible.

  • Place one barcode on the page opposite the back inside cover, near the top of the page in the center. If no room is available, place barcode at the top of the inside back cover.
  • If no space is available, consult with a supervisor.

  • Place duplicate barcode on the front cover* in the upper left corner.  Do not cover a Princeton call number or location label already present on the item.  Place the barcode as close to the upper left corner as possible, leaving a little space between the label border and the edge and spine of the book.  If a label in the upper left corner leaves no space for a barcode above it, place the barcode beside the label, close to the top of the book.

    *On books that read right-to-left, place the duplicate barcode in the upper left corner of the back cover.

    Exceptions:

  • Bound volumes for Dixon:  "front cover" barcode should be placed on the jacket.

  • For bound volumes for SA with covers made from exotic material (leather, vellum, metal, etc.), or covers that are themselves a work of art such asa full-cover reproduction of a painting, place "front cover" barcode on the page facing the t.p. verso (the old-fashioned way). If the cover is merely illustrated and includes blank space and/or text, place the barcode on the cover.  If in doubt, place "front cover" barcode on the page facing the t.p. verso.

  • Old barcode stock may continue to be used on the following:

      Cardboard containers such as archive and manuscript boxes
      Uncat reserve duplicates
      Professor's copies and reserve photocopies.
      Firestone circulation circ-on-the-fly
      ILS circ-on-the-fly

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