Re: Indexing ISBNs

[Wee Joo Gim <clbweejg@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We have  asked for this years back since  we started to implement the
Innopac system but was given the answer that that could be done at cost.
We were trying to press for free enhancement but got informal feedback
that most libraries in the States did not rely on the ISBNs as the match
point in the downloading of MARC records from external sources as they use
the OCLC's record number since they do copy cataloguing from OCLC's source
as members of OCLC.  There were some viewpoints expressed that ISBN is
not a "reliable" match point since some titles carry wrong ISBNs - this to
me is the fault of the publishers that led to the confusion and hence the
eventual mismatch, and publishers should be informed to rectify it.

Personally I also support that the indexing of the 10 numbers of the
ISBNs is a good  enhancement to provide additional match point to help
libraries to download MARC records from external sources (e.g. some
vendors that offer books with MARC records).  Most vendors that offer
books with MARC  actually  use the ISBNs for the matching of their
customers' brief order records against their records in the supply of MARC
records to their customers. 



Joo-Gim Wee (Ms)
Deputy Librarian (Technical Services)
National University of Singapore

On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Diane Goodman wrote:

> I would also support indexing only the 10-number ISBN part of the 020 field. Would this help with the following problem?
> 
> Since we get bib. records from various sources, we set ISBN as a match point. When you have "0671234567" in a brief "order" bib. and the incoming full bib. has "0671234567 (pbk)," it is NOT considered a match, and the record will not overlay.
> 
> Diane L. Goodman
> Technical Service Manager
> Sarasota County Library System
> Sarasota, Florida
> dgoodman@xxxxxxxxxx 
> 
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