ISBD(NBM) - IFLA

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8.1 Standard number (or alternative)
8.1.1 The ISBN or other standard number is given when known.
8.1.2 The standard number is preceded by the letters ISBN, ISSN, etc., and transcribed in
accordance with the relevant standard.
8.1.3 When a standard number is incorrectly printed in the publication, the corrected number is
given, if known, followed by a point, space, dash, space and the invalid number is given as it appears, with
the qualification "invalid" (or its equivalent in another language and/or script) enclosed in parentheses.
e.g.
. – ISBN 0-340-16427-1. – ISBN 0-340-16427-2 (invalid)
8.1.4 A brief statement of format, etc., sufficient to relate any standard number (or alternative) to
the material to which it belongs may be supplied as a qualification of the number. Standard abbreviations
in the language of the bibliographic agency may be used.
e.g.
. – RK 11719 (stereo)
. – ISBN 0-525-56142-X (Beta)
8.1.5 When there is no standard number (or alternative), a brief statement of format, etc., may
be given as the first statement in the area, enclosed in parentheses.
e.g.
. – (artist's signed edition)
8.1.6 Whether or not a commercially issued sound recording has a standard number, the label
name and all issue numbers supplied by the issuing company must be given.
8.1.7 The issue number must include a label name, which can be followed by a numerical
symbol alone or by a symbol composed of letters and numbers; spaces and marks of punctuation are
transcribed exactly as they appear on the source of information.
e.g. . – Telefunken 6.35368
. – Pathé 2C 066-16.130
8.1.8 When the item consists of two or more units numbered consecutively, the issue number is
given as an inclusive figure.
e.g. . – La voix de son maître AN 133-134
When the numbering is not consecutive, the numbers are transcribed in full.
e.g. . – HMV XQD 1784, NQD 1003-1004
When there is an issue number for the whole item and also numbers for the individual units, the issue
number for the whole item is given. The numbers of the individual units must be given in parentheses
following the number for the item as a whole.
e.g. . – Erato ERA 9156 (9157-9162)
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