Verification Sources

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Verification Sources
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Bibliographies

• Trade
• National
• Current

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Book Sources

• Bowker
• Books in Print
• Forthcoming Books

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ISBN

• International Standard Book Number
• Bowker provides ISBN service to US publishing
  industry www.bowker.com
• Shared endeavor between ISBN agency and the
  publisher

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Components of ISBN

• Part 1, the group identifier
• Part 2, the publisher or producer identifier
• Part 3, title identifier
• Part 4, the check digit

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ISBN/Bookland EAN

• Printing of ISBN in machine readable coding
• Translated into an ISBN Bookland EAN (European
  Article Numbering) barcode

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Components of ISBN Bookland EAN

• Printing the ISBN in Bookland EAN symbology  

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Five-Digit Add On Code

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Serials

• Definition
• AACR2 defines a serial as a publication in any
  medium issued in successive parts bearing numeric
  or chronological designations and intended to
  continue indefinitely.

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Serials

• Categories of Serials
• Periodicals and newspapers
• Continuations
• Supplements and special issues
• Monographs treated as serials
• Government document serials
• From Serials Management A Practical Guide
• By Chiou-Sen Dora Chen

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Serial Publication Problems

• Title changes
• Frequency changes
• Publication size changes

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ISSN

• International Standard Serial Number
• www.issn.org

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Serials Vendors

• Rule of thumb More than 100 periodical titles on
  order employ an agent/vendor
• Benefits
• Saves staff time
• Simplifies acquisitions process
• Vendor will usually accommodate local needs
• Vendor provides information on new publications,
  changes in existing publications

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Serial Sources

• Ulrichs International Periodicals Directory
• Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast
  Media
• The Standard Periodicals Directory

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Media Sources

• Book Sources
• Video Source book by Gale
• Gale Directory of Databases
• Web Sources
• www.aent.com
• www.libraryvideo.com
• www.cdnow.com
• www.dvdexpress.com