Library Cataloging

ISBN Checkers

Owen Massey brought another ISBN checker to my attention, with several additional features.

Checks and corrects the check digit of ISBNs, ISSNs, ISMNs and 13-digit EANs, or if the check digit is not supplied, calculates the required check digit.
Hyphenates correctly most ISBNs and all ISMNs and ISSNs.
If the EAN (commercial barcode) is for a book, serial or item of music, extracts and displays the appropriate ISBN, ISSN or ISMN and calculates the correct check digit.
If the EAN is for a serial publication and is longer than 13 digits, also extracts the issue number information contained in the extra digits.

- Isbn Converter
Convert ISBNs between 10 and 13 digit formats using this tool. It is only valid until the time when prefixes other than 978 will be used.Is anyone considering converting all their 10 digit ISBNs to 13? Without the identifying ISBN prefix they would have...

- Isbn
The Nov. issue of the NISO Newsline has the article The 13-Digit ISBN: There's Time, But Act Fast!Worldwide, the industry will move to from a 10-digit to a 13-digit ISBN on January 1, 2007. Experts from NISO and counterpart organizations, working...

- Isbn
Does anyone know of a tool to check a batch of ISBNs? I've found some ISBN checkers and validators that will take one ISBN and check it but how about 1000 or 10,000 run in batch mode? It would be nice to run the ISBNs in our catalog against a checker...

- Isbn
Sometimes it is useful to verify an ISBN. Some online verifiers are:ISBN (Bookland EAN) Online Bar Code Symbol Generator gives a barcode as well as providing a check digit, or verifying that the ISBN is correct. The program may be downloaded or used online.The...

- Isbn
The Frequently Asked Questions about changes to the ISBN page covers many questions, including:Why is the ISBN being changed?How is it that a 10-digit ISBN system can run out of numbers?What are the changes to the ISBN system?How does this change to a...

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