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Introducing –13 digit isbn Janet Broome

Introducing –13 digit isbn Janet Broome. Isbn 13 – why should you care. Affects Unicorn Functionality It is a factor in your upgrade plans (1) Title Control Number – (Bibload report, match and load in Smartport

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Introducing –13 digit isbn Janet Broome

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  1. Introducing –13 digit isbnJanet Broome

  2. Isbn 13 – why should you care • Affects Unicorn Functionality • It is a factor in your upgrade plans • (1) Title Control Number – (Bibload report, match and load in Smartport • (2) Searching in WorkFlows and iBlink – isbn indexes, also “general”, “words or phrase” • (3) EDIFACT • (4) isbn validation

  3. What are isbn’s for? • isbn – International Standard Book Number - uniquely identifies the edition of a published book • Created by the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) • isbn’s are catlalogue numbers for books • isbns allow for ease of use between:- • Booksellers, Publishers, Libraries

  4. The Traditional isbn • Now known as isbn-10 • Example:0-89480-754-4 • •Four parts including: • –PART 1:Country code • –PART 2:Publisher code • –PART 3:Unique identifier for the particular title/edition • –PART 4:A check digit (a calculated value) • •The check digit is sometimes the letter “X”

  5. Side by Side Comparison

  6. The new isbn • •Known as ISBN-13 • •Example: 978-0-89480-754-1 • •Five parts including: • –PART 1:978(the prefix for now) • –PART 2:Country code • –PART 3:Publisher code • –PART 4:Identifies the particular title/edition • –PART 5:A check digit (derived with a different calculation) • •The check digit is a NUMBER neverthe letter “X” • •ISBN-13 check digit ≠ ISBN-10 check digit (usually) • Parts 2-4 are derived from ISBN-10

  7. Why isbn 13 • The world is running out of 10 digit numbers • Question – So why not 11 digits? • Answer – An opportunity to jump on the EAN bandwagon • EAN : Was the European Article Number • EAN: Now International Article Number • EAN is like the UPC • UPC-A General Use barcode, as applicable to all products, except pharmaceuticals • Isbn 13: The Bookland EAN

  8. Timeline for isbn 13 • Transition period for now • 2005 and 2006 • Publishers issue both isbn 10 and 13 • Cutoff is January 1, 2007 • –OnlyISBN-13 to be issued • –979 prefixes will eventually be used, not just 978

  9. LC and OCLC • •LC is putting ISBN-13 & ISBN-10 in consecutive tags • 020 __ 9781873671000 (ISBN-13 first) • 020 __ 1873671008 (ISBN-10 second) • •OCLC is putting ISBN-13 in 024 (indicator 1 = 3) • 020 __ 1873671008 (ISBN-10 in 020) • 024 3_ 9781873671000 (ISBN-13 in 024) • •Ask your MARC vendor(s) for their ISBN-13 practices & plans!

  10. www.loc.gov/marc • More detailed information

  11. Why Should You Care • It Affects Unicorn Functionality • Title Control Number • Bibload report and Smartport “match and load”

  12. Title Control Number Lookup – Access Point in Item/Search and Display

  13. Title Control Number and Match Update – Title Control Number Source in BibLoad

  14. Title Control Number Matching – “Match and Load” in SmartPort

  15. Title Control Number Matching Title control number: long enough already (14) – Letter “i” + 13 digits GL3.0 GL3.1 upgrade will convert ISBN-10 Title Control Num to ISBN-13 –978 prefix is added “on the fly” –Check digit is recalculated •As of GL3.0/GL3.1, 020 tag ISBN-10 converted toISBN-13 for matching –In both bibload and SmartPort (if using ISBN as match point) –If ISBN-10 is found in first (or only) 020 978 prefix is added “on the fly” Check digit is recalculated “on the fly” –Database is checked for Title Control Num match on ISBN-13 form

  16. Title Control Number is updated, not MARC data • 020 and 024 tags are never altered • Only the title control key is converted

  17. Why should you care • Searching • (General, Words or phrase, everything)

  18. Indexing

  19. Indexing

  20. Indexing

  21. Indexing • Indexing Twice in GL 3.1 • After upgrade works straight away on newly added records • Works for any record that gets updated • “Rebuild Text Database” to retrospectively convert records prior to GL 3.0 and GL 3.1 upgrade

  22. Title Control Num and Searching : 3 scenarios • Two isbn’s in 020 tag • ISBN 13 • ISBN 10 • One isbn in 020 tag • ISBN 10 • One isbn in 020 tag • ISBN 13

  23. Scenario 1

  24. Scenario 2

  25. Scenario 3

  26. Why Should I care? • EDIFACT

  27. EDIFACT • A suppliers EDIFACT tranmission may use ISBN • EDIFACT Support of paired ISBN avaialable in GL3.0/GL3.1

  28. Why should I care? • ISBN validation • ISBN validation has been available since 2003.1 • ISBN 13 validation is available in GL 3.1 • Patch for 3.0

  29. Should I be concerned? • If you are a library that imports and exports data • Uses acquisitions/EDIFACT • Uses Smartport • Should be planning an upgrade to GL 3.1 (preferred)

  30. 2003.0 customer or lower • Question? I am a 2003.0 customer, I do not import records or use EDIFACT, but I do catalogue records with 13 digit isbn’s will searching be affected • Answer? The isbn will be indexed as a 13 digit isbn

  31. Upgrade Options for GL releases • If you are at 2002 you need to upgrade to 2003.1 • If you are at 2003.0 you can upgrade to GL 3.0 without upgrading to 2003.1 first • If you are at 2003.1 you can upgrade to GL 3.1 without upgrading to GL 3.0

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