All you want to know about ISSN-ISBN

Its all you want to know about ISSN and ISBN Numbers that are becoming part of day to day reality of academics.

1. ISSN-ISBN: The Basics Mira K Desai Associate Professor University Department of Extension Education

2. Similarities They indicate serial numbers. They are used for identification and standardization purposes. They have global currency. They refer to print publications of different nature- now electronic included. They are useful in Electronic archiving, cataloguing and distribution, subscriptions and management of titles.

3. Differences ISSN International Standard Serial Number 8-digits 1976 France and UNESCO Free Continuing resource- Serial publication- Ongoing Integrating resource http://www.issn.org/ ISBN International Standard Book Number 10-digits now 13-digits 1970 US Depending upon national office may be charged Books http://rrrlf.nic.in/isbn.asp

4. Differences ISSN International office or country office Journals, newspapers, or other types of serials annual publications (reports, directories, lists, etc.), journals, magazines, collections, websites, databases, blogs, etc. All continuing resources, irrespective of their medium (print or electronic) ISBN ISBN registration agency Text-based monographic publications (i.e. one-off publications Different product form (e.g. paperback, EPUB, . pdf ) should be identified separately. Unlike the ISBN, which contains country and publisher prefixes, the ISSN contains no inherent meaning . Has many bar codes as indicator of nature of publication.

5. Process of Application? ISSN Publishers should complete an application form and send it to the Centre (http://nsl.niscair.res.in/issn.jsp) together with a representation of the serial (either a sample issue, or print ready copy, publisher information, and any other pages giving information about the serial. ISBN The publisher of the book should apply for the ISBN which may be group, organisation , company or individual who is responsible for initiating the production of a publication. Has to apply to national ISBN agency.

6. Agencies ISSN ISBN International ISBN Agency https://www.isbn-international.org/ http://www.issn.org/

7. Indian National Centre for ISSN Country code: IND Centre code: 20 Indian National Centre for ISSN NISCAIR 14, Satsang Vihar Marg Special Institutional Area New Delhi-110067 New Delhi Tel: [phone] Website: http://nsl.niscair.res.in/issn.jsp

8. Raja Rammohun Roy National Agency for ISBN West Block-I, Wing-6, 2nd Floor, Sector -I, R.K. Puram , New Delhi-110066 Phone: [phone] National Agency for ISBN

9. Why you need ISSN? Bibliographical tool: students, researchers, writers of summaries and librarians can use it to give the precise references. Standardised identification digital code, used in IT applications to: - update files, - establish links between different files, and - search for and exchange data. Libraries use the ISSN to:  identify titles, order and verify serial publications, and claim missing issues. It also simplifies lending operations between libraries, as well as controls and verifications on union catalogues. The ISSN is a practical and cost-effective communication tool between publishers and suppliers. It helps commercial distribution systems to be fast and efficient.

10. Why you need ISBN? International Standard Numbering System for Books, Software, Mixed Media etc. in Publishing, Distribution, and Library Practices While an ISBN is not required to publish a book, it is needed if one wants to sell it through standard book distribution channel.

11. Examples ISSN ISBN

12. Can a Publication has both numbers? This situation occurs most commonly with books in a series and with annuals or biennials. The ISBN identifies the individual book in a series or a specific year for an annual or biennial. The ISSN identifies the ongoing series, or the ongoing annual or biennial serial.