Links to Cooperating Institutions

International ISBN Agency: http://isbn-international.org
International Standard Book Number

The ISBN is a unique machine-readable identification number, which marks any book unmistakably. This number is defined in ISO Standard 2108. The number has been in use now for thirty years and has revolutionised the international book-trade. 161 countries and territories are officially ISBN members. The ISBN accompanies a publication from its production onwards.

The administration of the ISBN system is carried out on three levels:

- International ISBN Agency;
- ISBN group agencies; and
- publisher level.

For more information refer to the ISBN Users' Manual which can be found on the ISBN website.

IAML: http://www.cilea.it/music/iaml/iamlhome.htm
International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres

The International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres was founded in 1951 to promote international cooperation and to support the interests of the professions. The membership comprises major music collections, music and audio-visual librarians, music archivists and documentation specialists, musicologists, music publishers and dealers.

IAML's principal aims are:

• to encourage and promote the activities of music libraries, archives and documentation centres;
• to promote a better understanding of their cultural importance;
• to support and facilitate the realization of projects in music bibliography, music documentation and music library and information science;
• to promote the availability of all publications and documents relating to music, including international exchange and lending;
• to support the development of international and national standards for cataloguing, preservation and availability of music materials;
• to promote professional education and training;
• to further the bibliographic control of music collections of all kinds;
• to support the protection and preservation of musical documents of all periods.

ISSN: http://www.issn.org
International Standard Serial Number

The ISSN is a unique identifier for all kinds of serials. Certain publications, such as a year-book, annuals, monographic series, etc. should be assigned an ISSN for the serial title (which will remain the same for all the parts or individual volumes of the serial) and an ISBN for each individual volume. Publishers of serials should apply to the International ISSN Centre or to their national ISSN centre to obtain ISSNs for their serial publications.

BASIC: http://www.bisg.org/basic.htm
Book And Serial Industry Communications

Created by the merger of the Book and Serial Industry Systems Advisory Committees (BISAC and SISAC), BASIC is responsible for developing U.S. standards, policies, and procedures related to electronic business communication, bar coding, and electronic commerce. It develops the U.S. positions within EDItEUR and works closely with the U.S. ISBN Agency.

CERLALC: http://www.cerlalc.org
Centro Regional para el Formento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe

CERLALC is the Regional Centre for the Promotion of Books in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was founded in 1971 as a result of an agreement between the UNESCO and the Government of Colombia.
In the book sector, the organization formulates, encourages, and supports initiatives of Latin American and Caribbean nations. Some of its main aims are: improve the book infrastructure in general (production, dissemination and distribution of books), help to develop and coordinate the book market, support book and reading promotion activities.
CERLALC has been very helpful regarding the establishment of ISBN agencies and the introduction of the ISBN system in the region.

EAN: http://www.gs1.org/
European Article Numbering

GS1 (formerly EAN International) manages a world-wide system that allows the identification and the communication of data on products, services, utilities, transport units and locations. It develops and maintains coding standards for all users. Its aim is to develop a global, multi-sectorial standards system thus providing a common language for national and international trade.

EDItEUR: http://www.editeur.org

EDItEUR is the Pan-European Book Sector EDI Group. It's brief is to coordinate the development, promotion and implementation of EDI in the books and serials sectors.
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the direct communication of trading messages between computer systems, using national and international telecommunications networks. It enables trading partners to manage their whole supply chain more effectively.

IFPI (ISRC): http://www.ifpi.org
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry

IFPI is the International Trade Association representing some 1,300 record producers in over seventy countries around the world.
IFPI's role: The recording industry's commercial success depends upon its ability to invest and nurture new talent, and to receive remuneration for its works. IFPI's goal is to ensure that the recording industry is able to realise its potential throughout the world--by securing effective legislation to protect the recording industry's rights; adequate enforcement of that legislation, and unrestricted access to markets--and this is extended equally to the on-line environment. In order to achieve this, IFPI activities cover a number of areas, including: anti-piracy; new technologies; promoting national legislation and international conventions; providing information.
The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) is the standard international identifier for sound recordings. It numbers each recording of a piece, regardless of the context or carrier on which it is issued.

International DOI Foundation: http://www.doi.org

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is an identification system for intellectual property in the digital environment. Developed by the International DOI Foundation on behalf of the publishing industry, its goals are to provide a framework for managing intellectual content, link customers with publishers, facilitate electronic commerce, and enable automated copyright management.

Internet Engineering Task Force:
http://www.ietf.org
Uniform Resource Name

The URN (Uniform Resource Name) is an identification system for elecronic information, not limited to publications. The URN syntax allows the integration of the ISBN and other international standard numbers if so desired. Under the Nordic Metadata Project a proposal was made to use URNs for the identification of the legal deposit in European national libraries, provided no other international standard numbers were assigned to the item. The use and function of URNs would be very similar to DOIs.

ISAN: http://www.isan.org
International Standard Audiovisual Number
The International Standard Audiovisual Number (ISAN) (ISO 15706) is applied to all audiovisual works. The term "audiovisual work" means any work consisting of an animated series of images, whether or not it is accompanied by sound. An ISAN identifies works, not publications or broadcasts as their physical representations. ISAN makes it possible for all rights holders (authors, interpreters, producers) to identify the audiovisual work.

ISO: http://www.iso.ch
International Standard Organisation

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 130 countries, one from each country. ISO is a non-governmental organization established in 1947. The mission of ISO is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity. ISO's work results in international agreements which are published as International Standards.

Intern. ISWC Agency: http://www.iswc.org
International Standard Work Code

The International Standard Work Code (ISWC) specifies a means of uniquely identifying intellectual property, such as musical and literary works, of the kinds which are within repertoires controlled by members of CISAC (The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers). It standardises and promotes internationally the use of standard codes so that intellectual properties can be uniquely distinguished from one another within computer databases and related documentation. It is thus indispensable for copyright managment. The ISWC identifies a creation, not its physical manifestations.

Uniform Code Council, Inc. (UCC):
http://www.uc-council.org

The mission of the UCC is to take a global leadership role in establishing and promoting multi-industry standards for product identification and related electronic communication. The goal is to enhance supply chain management thus contributing added value to the customer.