Barcode Placement

The yellow rectangle indicates the barcode location. This is not done to scale or the "exact" location but is simply to give the general location on the item.

Container Type	Recommended Barcode Location
Bound materials	Upper left corner approximately 1/4" from the edge Option for items that should not have barcodes on item use a barcode wrapper.
4-flap folder/portfolio	Upper left corner
Phase box	Upper left corner
CD & DVD Jewel Case	Back, upper left corner. If CD & liner notes have separate item records, they get separate barcodes.
Audio Discs [LP album covers]	Upper left corner. Options for artifactual item is a barcode wrapper.
Audio Tape Cassettes including DAT	Front, top (short end)
All Open Reels stored in boxes stored on edge	Upper left edge of box
Video cassettes	Upper left corner
Microfilm boxes	Top or bottom edge of box
All Open Reel film in cans(stored on edge)	On the edge
Document boxes [legal or letter size, 5" or 2.5" wide]	Adjacent sides of a box in the upper left corner
Standard Box [Paige/Record cartons] These are stored directly on shelf, no tray.	Adjacent sides of a box in the lower right corner
Flat box/pizza box. Other terms used to describe such a box: clamshell, telescoping, newspaper. These are stored flat directly on shelf.	Adjacent sides of a box in the lower right corner

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