5,887
edits
Specimen Barcode and Labeling Guide: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Specimen Barcode and Labeling Guide (view source)
Revision as of 10:46, 26 January 2015
, 26 January 2015→Barcode labels
| Line 26: | Line 26: | ||
==Barcode labels== | ==Barcode labels== | ||
Barcodes can be used to track curation/digitization/accession work in progress, as a way to ensure that a group of specimens are handled in their entirety. The usual way we think about them is to permanently identify specimens and link them to the institutional database. | |||
===The label material=== | ===The label material=== | ||
A key aspect of the barcode label material is for it '''to be able''' to be permanently affixed in some way to the specimen according to correct specimen handling practices (i.e., if attached directly, then the glue should not degrade or damage) and at the same time last as long as the thing to which it is attached (i.e., not peel away or fade). | A key aspect of the barcode label material is for it '''to be able''' to be permanently affixed in some way to the specimen according to correct specimen handling practices (i.e., if attached directly, then the glue should not degrade or damage) and at the same time last as long as the thing to which it is attached (i.e., not peel away or fade). | ||