Croatia

The Croatian ISMN Agency has been operating in the National and University Library since November 1995. The ISMN is administered by the Croation ISBN Agency. All ISMN items are accessible through the online catalogue of the Croatian National and University Library.

Contact Address:

Nacionalna i sveucilišna knjiznica
Hrvatski ured za ISMN
Att.: Jasenka Zajec
Hrvatske bratske zajednice 4
HR-10000 Zagreb

Tel: (+385 1) 616 42 88
Fax:(+385 1) 616 43 71
E-mail: isbn@nsk.hr
URL: http://www.nsk.hr/ismn

Statistics:

ISMN is well-known and used among Croatian music publishers, and almost 95 % of them are registered in the database.

An average of 150 titles of sheet music is published annualy, mostly scores, songbooks and music handbooks. Bar coding is used for most of these publications. The most prominent music publisher in the country is the Croatian Composers' Society.