Many people have written me asking for references relating to the U.P.C.
I have listed a few below

1: "Revolution at the Checkout Counter" by Stephen A. Brown
Distributed by Harvard University Press
Cambridge, MA Published 1997
ISBN 0-674-76720-9
An excellent history of the development of the U.P.C. by the Ad Hoc committee's attorney.

2: Punched Cards to Bar Codes" by Benjamin Nelson
Published by Helmers Publishing Co. 1997
174 Concord St.
Petersborough, NH 03458
ISBN 0-911261-12-5
Excellent history of bar codes. Also describes over 270 different codes.

3: IBM Systems Journal, Volume 14, number 1, 1975
Copyright 1975 by IBM
Describes supermarket systems. May not be easily available.

4: Smithsonian, February 1999, Volume 29, Number 11
Published by the "Smithsonian"
900 Jefferson Dr. , SW
Rm. 1301, MRC 406
Washington, DC 20560
This issue of the magazine has an excellent article "Bar Codes: Reading between the lines"

5: Business Week, April 7, 1973, No. 2274
Published by McGraw-Hill Inc.
1221 Avenue of America New York, NY 10020This issue of the magazine has the first article ever
written about the U.P.C. as we know it today.

6: MAD, April 1978, Volume 1, No. 198
Published by E.C. Publications, Inc.
485 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10022
The article "Code Front Moving in Department" in this issue is a series of cartoons related to the U.P.C.

References below are suggested by Benjamin Nelson

The Bar Code Book Author: Robert C. Palmer Helmers Publishing Inc 174 Concord St. Petersborough, NH 03458 Published 1995 ISBN# 0911261095	Lines of Communication Author: Craig Harmon Helmers Publishing Inc 174 Concord St. Petersborough, NH 03458 ISBN# 0911121079
Getting Started With Bar Codes Author: Richard Meyers & Rick Rushnell Delta Services 221 Duncan Trail Longwood, FL 32779 Published 1998 ISBN# 0943779502	Bar Codes & Other Automatic Identification Systems Author: Robert D. LaMoreaux Pira International Randalls RD. Leatherhead, Surry KT22 7RU England
A Guide to Bar Coding Bar Coding Systems, Inc. 7000 Central Parkway Suite 1210 Atlanta, GA 30328	Bar Code Symbology Intermec Corp. Author: David C. Allais 6001 36th Ave. West Everett, WA 98203
Guide to Bar Code & OCR Technology Caere Corporation 100 Cooper Court Los Gatos, CA 95030	Guide to Bar Code Systems Author: Harry E. Burke Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. 135 West 50th St. New york, NY 10020
Automatic Identification, Making it Pay Author: Kevin R. Sharp Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. Inc. 115 5th Ave. New York, NY 10003

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Revised: October 2001

George J. Laurer

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