Richard Siegersma

General Manager

Thorpe-Bowker

Australian ISBN agency since 1997

International ISBN - Administration restructure

- Revision Thorpe-Bowker Australian ISBN

agency since 1997. Formation of new ISBN International

organisation owned, funded and governed by local agencies to oversee and regulate system.

Support previously provided by Prussian Cultural Foundation and Staatsbibliothek

Royalty from PIID (ISBN Directory)

Standard last revised in 1992.

Responsibilities of new authority To be the governing body for ISO 2108. To agree and implement policies for ISBN. To promote the use of ISBN internationally. To provide training and advice to local

agencies. To represent ISBN on other standards

bodies. To compile an international publisher

directory. To liaise with bodies on metadata and

identification.

The present

Concerns about future capacity of the ISBN system, resulting from: increased publishing output. proliferation of electronic versions. growth of print on demand. electronic sales of chapters and other

parts of books. need to unambiguously identify

versions. increasing number of countries in the

system.

Ample ISBN 10 still available in Australia

10s - 720 100s - 1054 1000s - 2828

Priorities for the revision

Secure future capacity. Protect present and future supply

chain applications. Compatibility with other product

supply chains. Clarify and confirm scope of ISBN. Provide for core metadata. Ensure robust governance for ISBN.

Changes in the standard

New number structure. Restatement of allocation

principles. Metadata framework. Updated user manual and

guidelines.

Considerations

Existing 10 digit numbers can be converted retrospectively.

Check digit changes after addition of prefix.

Existing publisher prefixes will not be retained for 979 allocations.

Agencies will provide assistance. Online tools are available

Principles for ISBN assignment

Exclusions remain as before. e.g. not for greetings cards, music, serials etc.

Coverage includes digital monograph publications on physical carriers or internet.

Separate identifier required for each electronic version separately traded.

ISBNs for parts of books traded separately.

ISBN Metadata Set

ISBN Registrants will have to supply agency with basic information about the publication to which ISBN is assigned.

Simple ONIX compliant metadata set. ISBN, Product form, Title, Contributor(s),

Series (if applicable), Edition, Language, Publisher, Imprint, Country, Pub date, ISBN of parent publication (if applicable)

Responsibility for changes

ISBN Agency will work with national and regional trade bodies and libraries.

Publishers, booksellers, libraries should ‘audit’ ALL their systems to see where ISBN is used.

Guidelines show examples of systems and departments affected e.g. product information editorial management production systems EDI systems order fulfilment/warehouse management accounting rights, contracts and royalty systems Searches available on all formats

Free Conversion toolhttp://www.thorpe.com.au/isbn/

Communications

Agree your own timeline for the move to 13 digits. Suggest that the major publishers, booksellers and libraries communicate their own detailed plans to each other.

Eg. Library of Congress statement:“For CIP and other bibliographic records created after October 1, 2004 and before January 1, 2007, LC will group pairs of ISBN-13 and ISBN-10 by manifestation in repeated MARC21 020 fields, with the ISBN-13 input preceding the ISBN-10, each number qualified as appropriate.”

ISBN Agency (Australia) will create a register of compatible organisations (We need to be told).

WBN will feature ISBN 13 compatible organisations monthly (promoting awareness).

Collection of metadata

Template for paper-based form. Delivered by post or web

Simple ONIX entry tool. Output in ONIX XML or MARC Basic database for small publishers

Detailed ONIX specification and XML schema.

Data element Comments ONIX element(s)

ISBN In the 13 digit ISBN format <ProductIdentifier>

Product form Coding which indicates the medium and/or format of the product

<ProductForm> <EpubFormat>

Series When applicable <Series> composite

Title The title of the publication, together with sub-title where applicable

<Title> composite

Contributor Contributor role code(s) and contributor name(s)

<Contributor> composite

Edition Edition number (for editions after the first), type and statement

<EditionTypeCode> <EditionNumber> <EditionStatement>

Language(s) of text Using ISO 639-2/B language codes <Language> composite

Imprint The brand name under which the publication is published

<ImprintName>

Publisher The person or organization that owns the imprint at the date of publication

<Publisher> composite

Country of publication Using ISO 3166-1 country codes <CountryOfPublication>

Publication date The date of first publication under this ISBN. In the ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD)

<PublicationDate>

ISBN of parent publication ISBN of the parent publication of which this publication is a part, when applicable

<RelatedProduct> composite

Metadata specification

ISBN Logbook (release date late 2005) (will be ONIX compatible)

ISBN Logbook - Detail

Publisher Prefix (s)

ISBNTitles

Key messages

New standard permits continuity both with existing 10 digit ISBNs and into the future.

Reflects changes in global commerce and retail environment.

Integrates book trade in a universal numbering system.

Facilitates all known or anticipated supply chain needs for monographic publishing.

Useful web addresses

ISBN revision web site: www.nlc-bnc.ca/iso/tc46sc9/2108.htm

FAQs: www.nlc-bnc.ca/iso/tc46sc9/isbn.htm

International ISBN Agency:www.isbn-international.org/

USA market information www.isbn.org