Re: ISBN

[JYL CHICKOWSKI <jwolf@TENET.EDU>]

The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) consists of 10 digits.  The
first digit signifies the country of publication.  The next set of digits
is the publisher's code (the largest publishers seem to have the shortest
codes); the next set is the code for the item itself and the last digit is
the check digit, derived from an algorithm that checks the accuracy of the
other numbers.  The different sets of numbers are divided by hyphens.
Hope this helps.

Jyl Chickowski
Supervisor, Library Processing
Spring Branch ISD
Houston, Texas
jwolf@tenet.edu

On Sat, 5 Mar 1994, Mary M. Lough wrote:

> Could someone write back and tell me what the numbers of the
> ISBN numbers stand mean.  Does the last one or two check the
> others to make sure they are correct?
>
> The person asking needs a documentation to site in his research
> paper.  Send that also.
>
> Thanks.
> Mary
>
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