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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 13-digit ISBN work exactly?
Why this solution and not others?
Who will be affected by these changes?
What are the impacts of changing to the 13-digit ISBN?
When will these changes take place?

- Isbn Service
LibraryThing has a new API, one that corrects ISBNs and returns both a 10 and 13 digit ISBN. Very Restful. Just send an ISBN to http://www.librarything.com/isbncheck.php?isbn= and it will:Give it any old ISBN and it does the math to return the ISBN10...

- Using Barcodes In Search
Brian Surratt at Texadata mentions he is having some success scanning barcodes on the back of books when doing ISBN searches on OCLC. It is not yet 100% accurate, many of these numnbers are in the 024 field. Yet it is working and will only get better...

- 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 LC Plan to Accommodate 13-Digit ISBN is now on-line.The ISBN is being expanded from 10 digits to 13. The date for fully adopting ISBN 13 is January 1, 2007. The revised International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard is due to be published...

- 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...

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