1. Richard Siegersma General Manager Thorpe-Bowker Australian ISBN agency since 1997

2. 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.  Support previously provided by Prussian Cultural Foundation and Staatsbibliothek  Royalty from PIID (ISBN Directory)  Standard last revised in 1992.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Ample ISBN 10 still available in Australia  10s - 720  100s - 1054  1000s - 2828

6. 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.

7. Changes in the standard  New number structure.  Restatement of allocation principles.  Metadata framework.  Updated user manual and guidelines.

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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)

11. Responsibility for changes  ISBN Agency will work with national and regional trade bodies and libraries.  Publishers, booksellers, libraries should ‘audit’ 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

12. Free Conversion tool http:// www.thorpe.com.au/isbn/

13. Communications  Agree your own timeline for the move to 13 digits. Suggest that the major publishers, booksellers and libraries communicate their own detailed plans to each other.  Eg. Library of Congress statement: “For CIP and other bibliographic records created after October 1, 2004 and before January 1, 2007, LC will group pairs of ISBN-13 and ISBN-10 by manifestation in repeated MARC21 020 fields, with the ISBN-13 input preceding the ISBN-10, each number qualified as appropriate.”  ISBN Agency (Australia) will create a register of compatible organisations (We need to be told).  WBN will feature ISBN 13 compatible organisations monthly (promoting awareness).

14. Collection of metadata  Template for paper-based form.  Delivered by post or web  Simple ONIX entry tool.  Output in ONIX XML or MARC  Basic database for small publishers  Detailed ONIX specification and XML schema.

15. Data elementCommentsONIX element(s) ISBNIn the 13 digit ISBN format Product formCoding which indicates the medium and/or format of the product SeriesWhen applicable composite TitleThe title of the publication, together with sub-title where applicable composite ContributorContributor role code(s) and contributor name(s) composite EditionEdition number (for editions after the first), type and statement Language(s) of textUsing ISO 639-2/B language codes composite ImprintThe brand name under which the publication is published PublisherThe person or organization that owns the imprint at the date of publication composite Country of publicationUsing ISO 3166-1 country codes Publication dateThe date of first publication under this ISBN. In the ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD) ISBN of parent publicationISBN of the parent publication of which this publication is a part, when applicable composite Metadata specification

16. ISBN Logbook (release date late 2005) (will be ONIX compatible)

17. ISBN Logbook - Detail Publisher Prefix (s) ISBN Titles

18. 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.

19. 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/  USA market information www.isbn.org www.isbn.org