Dear Mr. Pawan You have not mentioned which software you are using for library Automation. Most of library management softwares provides inbuilt Barcoding system for library i.e. symbology, generation and print out of the barcode label etc. If library management software you are using is not providing the inbuilt system for Barcodes than You have to choose The barcode symbology : for library 3 of 9 suited most Software for generation of barcode label : there are several software for barcode generation are available - Barcode anything label software for generation of barcode labels is most of libraries uaing Printer : any laser jet printer will do the job;  no need for thermal printers Barcode Reader : you can choose any one from hand held or  fixed one stationary : barcode label of different sizes are  available in the market For any further details documentation  and assistance may contact me with regards Pradeep Mishra Librarian(SG) C-DAC, A-34 Industrial Area Phase 8, Mohali, Chandigarh 9888413388 0172-2237052-56    ________________________________ From: "lis-forum-request@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in" To: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 5:01:00 PM Subject: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 76, Issue 24 Send LIS-Forum mailing list submissions to     lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit     http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to     lis-forum-request@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in You can reach the person managing the list at     lis-forum-owner@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of LIS-Forum digest..." Today's Topics:   1. Process of Automation (Pawan Agrawal)   2. Re: Want to know how a CD Server is used (K.R. Mulla)   3. Fw: Springer Launches Innovative Publisher-Based Image       Collection (Shamprasad Pujar)   4. Fw: International Symposium on Innovations in Natural       Computing(INC'09) (Surendran Cherukodan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:59:06 +0530 From: Pawan Agrawal To: mlosc , LIS-Forum     Subject: [LIS-Forum] Process of Automation Message-ID:     <1621ae6d0907162329l23670d71r38f8559bb3b1c93c@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear Library Professionals, Under an urgent need we need to install barcode readers and printers and have to make the barcoding system active in my library. Please help me regarding all the standards of barcoding system. like size of barcodes, process of barcoding etc. Please help me -- Thanks and Regards Pawan R. Agrawal Assistant Librarian SBSK Medical Institute and Reseach Centre Library Sumandeep Vidyapeeth University At & Post. Piparia. 02668-245264 Ph. 9376135580 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.