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Hello, My museum currently uses barcodes to track objects. We do ongoing inventories of our collections where we take a hand-held scanner, scan the barcode for a location, scan multiple barcodes for objects in that location, download the scanner data to a desktop computer, and upload this data (a .txt file) to our CMS database. This workflow works but it requires multiple steps during which data may be lost and time isn't used as efficiently as possible. We are researching how to go from this multi-step, multi-device method to a wireless workflow where a scanner would communicate through Bluetooth to a tablet and seamlessly update object location information. I've reached out to the museum community and haven't found anyone doing this. Is anyone in the library community working this way? If so, I am interested in your workflow and the hardware and software you utilize. Many thanks, Cris Baczek [log in to unmask] Collections Photographer & Digital Media Producer Utah Museum of Fine Arts t: 801.585.0125 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~