Barcode Placement: CDs
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Compact Discs (audio AND data files)
  • Remove all shrink wrap and adhesive seals before placing barcodes on items.
  • Use single barcodes.
  • Place on upper left corner of rear plastic jewel box cover. *(See below for CDs in scripts running from right to left)
  • If necessary, cover text or pictures.
  • If the CD comes in an envelope or cardboard sleeve, please put it in a jewel case. These are available in the supply cabinet.
  • Completely cover a UPC barcode near where the Princeton barcode must be placed with either a blank, opaque label or with the Princeton barcode itself.  If covering with the Princeton barcode use a blank label first, if necessary, to ensure that no part of the UPC barcode will extend from beneath the Princeton label.
  • If items in a set are to remain in a box supplied by the publisher:

    MUSIC: place one barcode on the front left corner of the box and one barcode of the same number on each item in the box, as indicated below. Prebindery/Plating can supply supplemental copies of the same numbered barcode, if needed.

    non-MUSIC: Boxed sets should follow the same guidelines as booksets. Meaning each separately cased piece in a box should be barcoded individually. Do not barcode the box. This is so each piece an be circulated on its own.

  • If you are processing something which does not conform to these procedures, please see your supervisor.
  • *CDs in scripts that run from right to left (Hebrew, Arabic, etc.), should be turned upside-down. The barcode is placed in the upper left-hand corner of the plastic jewel case after the CD has been turned upside-down. The barcode should be along the edge without the hinge.