Notice: As of April 8, 2013, we are changing our barcoding procedure for books printed right-to-left

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For most the majority of books, the barcode is placed in the lower right corner, inside the cover opposite the title pageright-hand cover.

This means that:

• For books printed left-to-right (English, German, Russian, etc.), the barcode is placed on the inside of the back cover
• For books printed right-to-left (such as Arabic, some Chinese, Hebrew, etc.), the barcode is placed on the inside of the front cover

 Note: Before April 8, 2013, we barcoded right-to-left printed books on their back cover (which would usually be the left-hand cover). However, our self-checkout machines cannot be used with this barcode placement, so books processed after that date will be barcoded as described above.

Exceptions to this procedure include materials such as WRC books and rare materials, maps, books that need a pocket for mapsattached, books that need special binding, etc. We will be illustrating all of these exceptions in the near future. on this page.

 

Left-to-right printed materials	Right-to-left printed materials
The majority of books we process are printed in a language that reads left-to-right. The barcode is placed inside the book's back cover.	Many Arabic, Chinese, and Hebrew Some books are printed in a language that reads from right-to-left. The barcode is placed inside the book's front cover.