[Sca-librarians] Barcodes on the OUTSIDE of books

[Galefridus Peregrinus]

We run an ongoing shelf reading program, which enables us to catch the 
occasional misfiled item. Items get misfiled primarily by the users, who 
may even do so intentionally in an effort to hide items for personal 
use.


-- Galefridus

> Just how do libraries handle misfiled books? Either by the librarians 
> or the users? When something gets put back on the wrong shelf is it 
> essential "lost forever"? Or are periodic inventories done to find 
> out, at least, which books have "grown legs" and walked off or are at 
> the library but on the wrong shelf. Somewhere.