Gary Pengelly General Manager ThorpeBowker Australian ISBN agency since 1997

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Gary Pengelly General ManagerThorpe-BowkerAu
stralian ISBN agency since 1997

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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.
• Standard last revised in 1992.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Changes in the standard

• New number structure.
• Restatement of allocation principles.
• Metadata framework.
• Updated user manual and guidelines.

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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

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Where are we at?

• Four months from ALL ISBNs being represented in
  their 13 digit form
• There are probably enough current numbers to take
  us through into 2008. This means 978 prefix with
  a 10 digit equivalent
• Once we start seeing 979 ISBNs there will be no
  10 digit equivalent meaning
• anyone on a DOS version of POS system who
  converts back to 10 digit equivalent will not be
  able to do so any longer
• MUST recalculate the check digit if converting

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What needs to happen?

• Conversion routines need to be run for all
  current ISBNs to reflect 13 digit equivalent
  prior 1/1/2007
• ONIX will be the standard for exchange of new
  title information
• Commercial messaging via PacStream BISAC?
• POS vendor position - Barcode

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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.

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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)

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Responsibility for changes

• ISBN Agency is working with national and regional
  trade bodies and libraries.
• Publishers, booksellers, libraries should have
  audited 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

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Free Conversion tool
http//www.thorpe.com.au/isbn/
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Collection of metadata

• On line applications such as BowkerLink.
• Simple ONIX files.
• Excel template for submission of basic metadata.

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Metadata specification
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ISBN Logbook
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ISBN Logbook - Detail
Publisher Prefix (s)
Titles
ISBN
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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.

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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/
• Australian ISBN Agency www.thorpe.com.au/isbn -
  full ISBN manual available