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Library Labeling Products
Electronic Imaging
Materials provides all types of labeling solutions for book, periodical and
document tracking. Public and academic libraries as well as legal, banking
and insurance companies can rely on our high quality, durable label products and
label printing systems.
Additionally we have
a wide
range of label products for
use in Schools, Universities and Colleges. Whether you
need Library Labels, Asset and Property Management
Labels, Information Technology (IT) Labels, Laboratory and Research Labels or if
you have some other unique application – Electronic Imaging has your answers!
We make both blank and preprinted labels with barcodes or consecutive numbering
in single or multi-part sets, in black and white or color. We carry an
extensive inventory of materials to fit exact conditions. To make it easy for
you to print your own labels, we sell some of the most popular label printers,
printing software and barcode scanners in the barcode industry.
Libraries
Electronic Imaging
recognizes that libraries have very specific needs.
Many need labels that are already printed with Codabar or Code 39 barcodes. We
can even make custom barcodes with special check digits or fonts.
Choosing the right
library label
materials may seem
daunting. Labeling the inside vs. the outside of a book may require different
types of labels. You may not only need to identify books, magazines and
documents, but also digital libraries of CDs and DVDs. And don’t forget labels
for your book shelves and bins. Electronic Imaging Materials guides you through
the selection process and makes labeling libraries easy and effective.
See more about Electronic
Imaging in the
ALA - American Library Association’s Buyers Guide.
Book Publishing and the ISBN
The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) is a unique,
machine-readable number that clearly identifies books, e-books, audio cassettes,
videos, and software. This numbering system has been in use for over 35 years to
help standardize publications worldwide. ISBNs are sold in units of 10, 100,
and 1000; packages start at $275.00 and take about 3 weeks to be assigned.
Bookland EAN Barcode
The barcodes found on the back of books are called Bookland EAN or
EAN-13 bar code symbols. The EAN barcode is created from the ISBN for the
book. Although the EAN barcode is much like that used for general retail
merchandise, the numbering system used to generate the bar code for books is
different.
NOTE: If you are bar coding a monthly publication, you must use an International
Standard Serial Number (ISSN).
As of January 2007, the ISBN moved from a 10 digit to a 13 digit code system.
The EAN-13 bar code is divided into five parts - each part separated by a
hyphen. It starts with a “978” prefix, followed by a country identifier, a
publisher identifier, a title identifier and closes with a check digit that
validates the number.
Example:
ISBN-10 10 digits: 1234567890 now reads ISBN-13 / EAN: 978-1-234567-89-7
Bookland EAN Add-On Code
An added 5-digit section to the EAN code is often used to designate a price. If
the price is less than $100.00, the number starts with a number “5” to designate
US currency.
Here are a couple examples: Price: $4.95 = 50495 - Price: $249.95 = 24995
The 5 digits can also refer to a publisher's internal data, but
the publisher must use only numbers between 90000 and 98999.
Are you publishing your own book?
Do you need ISBN numbers encoded in the Bookland/EAN format?
If you are a new publisher in the USA and need one or more ISBNs, you will first
need to contact the US
ISBN Agency that is responsible for assigning these numbers
and for providing advice. R.R.
Bowker,
the custodian of the ISBN Agency, offers free advice and help in setting up an
ISBN system.
The U.S. ISBN Agency
630 Central Avenue
New Providence, NJ 07974
Telephone: (877) 310-7333
Fax: (908) 665.2895
Email:
Isbn-san@bowker.com
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