Date: 13 Mar 2004 08:59:36 -0000
From: Sharad Jadhav
Dear Members,
ISBN Standard Revision
The Guidelines for the Implementation of 13 Digit ISBNs
Major changes to be aware of, and addressed by the guidelines, include the following:
1. The ISBN will change from 10 to 13 digits on 1 January 2007
2. Existing ISBNs will be prefixed by 978
3. The resulting 13-digit number will be identical with the
EAN-13 number that is currently encoded in the bar code
4. The 979 prefix will be introduced when the current
stock of numbers is exhausted
5. Publishers' identifier prefixes are not likely to remain
the same for ISBNs using the 979 prefix
6. Bar codes will carry the 13-digit ISBN with hyphenation
above the barcode and the EAN-13, the identical number
without hyphens or spaces, below the bar code.
More information is available on
http://www.isbn-international.org/revision.html
Sharad Jadhav
Librarian
Maharashtra Academy of Naval Education
And Training,
MIT Campus, Paud Rd.,Pune 411038 MS
Homepage : http://www.geocities.com/sharad7703
sharad1977@indiatimes.com
