The International ISBN Agency

Easily recognisable as the identifier for all kinds of books, the International Standard Book Number is key to an efficient and effective book supply chain.

The International ISBN Agency is the registration authority for the Standard on a global basis. 

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  • ISBN Regional Meetings for 2019 get underway
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    The first two regional ISBN meetings of 2019 have taken place. A regional meeting is a meeting of representatives of national ISBN agencies who share a common geography, language or market and it provides a useful opportunity for agencies to discuss issues affecting a specific area.

    First up, in May 2019, the meeting of the Nordic-Baltic agencies was held. The venue was the National Library of Estonia in Tallinn, kindly hosted by the Estonian ISBN Agency. In addition to Estonia and the International ISBN Agency, delegates from the ISBN agencies in Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania...

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  • Conference Held by the National Book Chamber of Moldova
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    The National Book Chamber of the Republic of Moldova (NBCRM) recently organised a conference of the editors/representatives of the editorial system of the Republic of Moldova. This event was held on 18 April 2019 and took place the headquarters of the "Andrei Lupan" Scientific Library (Institute).

    The event was supported and sustained by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research, in partnership with the Moldovan Publishers Association, the Institute for Information Society Development (IDSI), and "Andrei Lupan" Scientific Library (Institute).

    The event included...

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