ISBN (International Standard Book Number)

1. INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(ISBN)

2. THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK
NUMBER (ISBN)
IT IS A UNIQUE NUMERIC COMMERCIAL BOOK IDENTIFIER.
AN ISBN IS ASSIGNED TO EACH EDITION AND VARIATION
(EXCEPT REPRINTING) OF A BOOK
THE ISBN IS 13 DIGITS LONG IF ASSIGNED ON OR AFTER 01
JAN 2007, AND 10 DIGITS LONG IF ASSIGNED BEFORE 2007
THE METHOD OF ASSIGNING AN ISBN IS NATION-BASED AND
VARIES FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY, OFTEN DEPENDING ON
HOW LARGE THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY IS WITHIN A
COUNTRY.

3. HISTORY OF ISBN
 THE INITIAL ISBN CONFIGURATION OF RECOGNITION
WAS GENERATED IN 1967 BASED UPON THE 9-
DIGIT STANDARD BOOK NUMBERING (SBN) CREATED
IN 1966.
 THE 10-DIGIT ISBN FORMAT WAS DEVELOPED BY
THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR
STANDARDIZATION (ISO) IN 1970
 THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(ISBN) SYSTEM WAS INTRODUCED IN THE WORLD IN
1972 AND IN INDIA THIS SYSTEM WAS PUT INTO
OPERATION IN JANUARY 1985 BY RAJA RAMMOHAN
NATIONAL AGENCY FOR ISBN

4.  THE STANDARD BOOK NUMBERING (SBN) CODE IS
CREATED BY GORDON FOSTER, EMERITUS
PROFESSOR OF STATISTICS AT TRINITY COLLEGE,
DUBLIN, FOR THE BOOKSELLERS AND
STATIONERS WH SMITH AND OTHERS IN 1965.
 THE ISBN CONFIGURATION OF RECOGNITION WAS
GENERATED IN 1967 BY DAVID WHITAKER
(REGARDED AS THE "FATHER OF THE ISBN") AND
EMERY KOLTAY (WHO LATER BECAME DIRECTOR
OF THE U.S. ISBN AGENCY, BOWKER).
HISTORY OF ISBN

5.  A 13-DIGIT ISBN CAN BE SEPARATED INTO ITS
PARTS (PREFIX ELEMENT, REGISTRATION
GROUP,REGISTRANT, PUBLICATION AND CHECK
DIGIT), AND SEPARATE THE PARTS
WITH HYPHENS OR SPACES
 SEPARATING THE PARTS (REGISTRATION
GROUP, REGISTRANT, PUBLICATION AND
CHECK DIGIT) OF A 10-DIGIT ISBN IS ALSO DONE
WITH EITHER HYPHENS OR SPACES

6. HOW ISBNs ARE ISSUED
 ISBN ISSUANCE IS COUNTRY-SPECIFIC, IN THAT
ISBNs ARE ISSUED BY THE ISBN REGISTRATION
AGENCY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT
COUNTRY OR TERRITORY REGARDLESS OF
THE PUBLICATION LANGUAGE.
 THE RANGES OF ISBNs ASSIGNED TO ANY
PARTICULAR COUNTRY ARE BASED ON THE
PUBLISHING PROFILE OF THE COUNTRY
CONCERNED

7. HOW ISBNs ARE ISSUED
 SOME ISBN REGISTRATION AGENCIES ARE
BASED IN NATIONAL LIBRARIES OR WITHIN
MINISTRIES OF CULTURE AND THUS MAY
RECEIVE DIRECT FUNDING FROM
GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT THEIR SERVICES
 IN OTHER CASES, THE ISBN REGISTRATION
SERVICE IS PROVIDED BY ORGANISATIONS
SUCH AS BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA PROVIDERS
THAT ARE NOT GOVERNMENT FUNDED

8. ADVANTAGES OF ISBN
UNIQUE INTERNATIONAL IDENTIFIER OF
PUBLICATIONS
ALLOWS COMPILATION AND UPDATING OF
BOOK TRADE DIRECTORIES
ORDERING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS
IT IS MACHINE READABLE
RIGHT MANAGEMENT DONE THROUGH ISBN
SALES DATA MONITORING DONE THROUGH
ISBN

9. FUNCTIONS & SCOPE OF ISBN
KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
SHORT, CLEAR AND MACHINE READABLE
IT ACCOMPANIES A PUBLICATION FROM ITS
PRODUCTION ONWARDS AND ESSENTIAL
INSTRUMENT IN MODERN BOOK TRADE

10.  PRINTED BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS
 NON PRINTED BOOKS
EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS
AUDIO BOOKS
CD ROMS, INTERNET PUBLICATIONS
MIXED MEDIA PUBLICATIONS
NUMBERING IN ISBN SYSTEM

11.  NOT ALLOTTED TO EPHEMERAL PRINTED
MATERIAL SUCH AS DIARIES, CALENDARS,
NOTEBOOKS, ADVERTISING MATTERS
 FOR CARTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS, THE ISBN
RULES APPLY
NUMBERING IN ISBN SYSTEM

12. STRUCTURE OF ISBN

13. STRUCTURE OF ISBN

14. STRUCTURE OF ISBN

15. STRUCTURE OF ISBN

16. STRUCTURE OF ISBN

17. IDENTIFIER
IDENTIFYING
GROUP
TYPE
(NATIONAL
OR
LANGUAGE)
ISBN EXAMPLE
(BOOK)
0 English Language ISBN 0-330-28498-3
1 English Language ISBN 1-58182-008-9
2 French Language ISBN 2-226-05257-7
3 German Language ISBN 3-7965-1900-8
81 India National ISBN 81-7215-399-6
93 India National ISBN 93-5025-214-7
955 Sri Lanka National ISBN 955-20-3051-X
99912 Botswana National
99968 Botswana National
GROUP IDENTIFIER

18. ISBN-10 CHECK DIGITS
 THE 2001 EDITION OF THE OFFICIAL MANUAL
OF THE INTERNATIONAL ISBN AGENCY SAYS
THAT THE ISBN-10 CHECK DIGIT– WHICH IS
THE LAST DIGIT OF THE TEN-DIGIT ISBN –
MUST RANGE FROM 0 TO 10 (THE SYMBOL X
IS USED FOR 10), AND MUST BE SUCH THAT
THE SUM OF ALL THE TEN DIGITS, EACH
MULTIPLIED BY ITS (INTEGER) WEIGHT,
DESCENDING FROM 10 TO 1, IS A MULTIPLE
OF 11.
 FOR EXAMPLE, FOR AN ISBN-10 OF
0-306-40615-2

19.  ISBN check digit is calculated. The ISBN-13 check digit, which is
the last digit of the ISBN, must range from 0 to 9 and must be
such that the sum of all the thirteen digits, each multiplied by its
(integer) weight, alternating between 1 and 3, is a multiple of 10.
 For example, the ISBN-13 check digit of 978-0-306-40615-? is
calculated as follows:
9×1 + 7×3 + 8×1 + 0×3 + 3×1 + 0×3 + 6×1 + 4×3 + 0×1 + 6×3 +
1×1 + 5×3
= 9 + 21 + 8 + 0 + 3 + 0 + 6 + 12 + 0 + 18 + 1 + 15
= 93
93 / 10 = 9 remainder 3
10 – 3 = 7
 Thus, the check digit is 7, and the complete sequence is ISBN
978-0-306-40615-7.
ISBN-13 CHECK DIGITS

20. VERSO OF THE TITLE PAGE
LOWER SECTION OF OUTSIDE BACK COVER
FOOT OF THE TITLE PAGE
BOTTOM OF THE BACK DUST JACKET
BASE OF THE SPINE
LABEL OF THE CONTAINER
TITLE DISPLAY (CD-ROM)
THE CREDIT TITLE (FILMS, VIDEOS)
PRINTING OF ISBN

21. ISBN IN BAR-CODED FORM
IN AGREEMENT WITH EAN (INTERNATIONAL
ARTICLE NUMBERING AGENCY), ISBN AGENCY
CONVERTED ISBN INTO EAN BAR CODE.
THE DIGIT 978 REPRESENTS BOOK
FIVE DIGIT ADD ON CODE
INDICATE THE PRICE

22.  ORDERING
 CATALOGUING
 LENDING
 NATIONAL LENDING RIGHT
INTER LENDING
PRACTICAL USE OF ISBN

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