Schools, libraries prep for ISBN-13

Anonymous Patron writes “This eSchool News online article on ISBN-13 is marked as being subscription, though clicking through via A Google News Search allowed me to read it.

They say In a move that could cause problems for schools with older versions of library automation or book-cataloging software, the International Standard Book Number (ISBN), the unique identifier used to track published materials worldwide, is being changed from a 10-digit format to a 13-digit code. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ordered the change to conform the code to a unified worldwide numbering system and to provide more ISBNs to parts of the publishing industry and areas of the world that do not have enough of the numbers.

OCLC Has Announced (last year) Interim Support for ISBN 13. The full ISBN Standard Revision is available. The ISBN will change from 10 to 13 digits on 1 January 2007″

February 24, 2005 by Uncategorized 3

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3 Responses

  1. Anonymous Patron says:
    February 24, 2005 at 3:12 pm

    actually, it’s 14 digits…
    If you read more in-depth at the BISG.org site:

    http://www.bisg.org/barcoding/isbn13_changes.html/ #9

    — Ender, Duke_of_URL

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  2. Anonymous Patron says:
    February 24, 2005 at 3:15 pm

    my bad…
    Details are slightly above that link:

    http://www.bisg.org/barcoding/isbn13_changes.html/ #8

    — Ender, Duke_of_URL

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  3. kylere says:
    February 24, 2005 at 7:42 pm

    Oh my
    This will only trigger the dreaded Y100000000000000 Problem!!!!

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