Links to Cooperating Institutions

ISMN: http://ismn-international.org
International Standard Music Number

The ISMN is a unique identifier for all printed music publications, whether available for sale, hire, or gratis – whether a part, a score, or an element in a multi-media kit.
The International Agency is responsible for the maintenance of the ISMN system, the standard and its application. Publishers prefixes are distributed on a national or regional level by ISMN agencies. Publishers usually administer their own contingents of title numbers as received from the ISMN agency.
ISO Standard 10957 gives the basic rules of the ISMN system. A more explicit ISMN Users' Manual is available free of charge from the International ISMN Agency.


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.


BISAC: http://www.bisg.org
Book Industry Sandards and Communications

BISAC 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 Fomento 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: to improve the book infrastructure in general (production, dissemination and distribution of books), to help to develop and coordinate the book market, to 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.


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.


GS1 (formerly EAN International): www.gs1.org

GS1 is a voluntary standards organization charged by the GS1 board with the management of the EAN.UCC System and the Global Standard Management Process (GSMP). The EAN.UCC System standardizes bar codes, EDI transactions sets, XML schemas, and other supply chain solutions for more efficient business. By administering the assignment of company prefixes and coordinating the accompanying standards, GS1 maintains the most robust item identification system in the world.


IFLA: http://www.ifla.org
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

IFLA was established as a small association of mainly national library associations and academic libraries. Founded in 1927 the Federation was one of the first international non-profit, non-governmental organizations aiming to further the cause of librarianship. Its primary function is to provide librarians throughout the world with a general forum for international contacts and exchange of ideas and experiences, principally in the field of bibliography. Through its global network of information professionals, IFLA supports and coordinates research and studies, cooperates with other international organizations in the field of information, documentation and archives, and serves as a body through which librarianship can be represented in matters of international interest.
IFLA's Core Programmes represent IFLA's international efforts in the field of universal bibliographic control, universal availability of publications, preservation and conservation of library materials and on universal electronic dataflow and telecommunications.


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 70 countries around the world.
IFPI's role: The recording industry's commercial success depends upon its ability to invest in 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/html.charters/urn-charter.html
Uniform Resource Name

The URN (Uniform Resource Name) is an identification system for electronic 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.


IPA: http://www.ipa-uie.org
International Publishers Association

IPA is the professional organisation of national publishers associations which are recognized as representative of book and music publishers in each country. The office of the Secretariat is in Geneva, Switzerland. It is a non-governmental organization, accredited to the United Nations.
The Association's primary mission is to safeguard the fundamental freedoms to publish and to read. It defends the rights of publishers to create and distribute the works of the mind without hindrance while respecting the local and international rights attached to these works. Development of adequate copyright legislation, nationally and internationally, is of particular concern to the IPA.


ISAN: http://www.isan.org
International Standard Audiovisual Number

The ISAN (International Standard Audiovisual Number) is a voluntary numbering system for the identification of audiovisual works. It provides a unique, internationally recognized and permanent reference number for each audiovisual work registered in the ISAN system.
The ISAN identifies works, not publications or broadcasts. The ISAN remains the same for an audiovisual work regardless of the various formats in which the work is distributed (e.g. DVD, video recording) or the uses to which it is put.


ISO: http://www.iso.org
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.

Please find here the ISO Website where ISO 2108 may be purchased. The ISO/TC 46 is located here and subcommittees are also listed under this address. Technical committees of the ISO may be found by following this link.


ISWC:
http://www.lac-bac.gc.ca/iso/tc46sc9/iswc.htm
International Standard Musical Work Code

The International Standard Musical Work Code (ISWC) specifies a means of uniquely identifying intellectual property, such as musical 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.