ISBN

ISBN Numbers

The ISBN is the International Standard Book Number which is an internationally agreed upon standard number that identifies an item uniquely. Publishers started using ISBNs in 1968 and it was ten digits in length. In January 2007 the book industry started using a thirteen digit ISBN. Library Resources will continue to keep the ten digit number in the MARC record and add the thirteen digit number as soon as possible to all records in ASD OPAC.

Example:

001		ocm47352907
003		OCoLC
005		20010910121307.0
010		00109987
040		ZWA\|cZWA\|dBKL\|dXY4
020		0064472973 (pbk.) :\|c$4.99
020		9780064472975 (pbk.) :\|c$4.99
049		XY4A
100	1	Bird, Isobel.
245	10	Blue moon /\|cIsobel Bird.
250		1st Avon ed.
260		New York :\|bAvon Press,\|cc2001.
300		235 p. ;\|c18 cm.
440	0	Circle of three ; 07

When an ISBN is found on an item but the MARC record in WorkFlows does not show the ISBN, please send the item to Library Resources. You can send a copy of the FIRST SEARCH printout instead if the 13 digit ISBN is in the FIRST SEARCH printout. You will need to provide a note on the submission.

If an ISBN exists on a MARC record in WorkFlows it shall not be removed. If you cannot find a FIRST SEARCH printout for an ISBN that is on the resource, send the resource to the attention of the cataloger.