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International registration systems ISBN, ISMN and ISSN

ISBN

The International Standard Book Numbering System was initiated at the end of the 60s in Great Britain as a national system. It gradually spread all over the world in more then 190 countries. In the Czech Republic it is in operation since 1989.

The system uses the 13-digit ISBN number for an unambiguous identification of books (i.e. non-periodical publications). The ISBN number is mostly used in book market, libraries and by publishers.

The supreme body of the whole system is the International ISBN Agency in London. It produces on its websites the international directory of publishers (Global Register of Publishers) listing also the data about publishers of the Czech Republic. The supreme body of the system in the Czech Republic is the National Library of the Czech Republic , Czech National ISBN and ISMN.

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NUMBER OF PUBLISHERS PARTICIPATING IN THE ISBN SYSTEM

YearNumber of Publishers
YearNumber of PublishersYearNumber of Publishers YearNumber of Publishers
1989 238 1999 2745 2009 4583 2019 7414
1990 650 2000 2898 2010 4875 2020 7608
1991 1158 2001 3081 2011 5074
1992 1210 2002 3267 2012 5382
1993 1554 2003 3448 2013 5796
1994 1813 2004 3619 2014 6095
1995 2017 2005 3775 2015 6389
1996 2180 2006 3908 2016 6716
1997 2366 2007 4073 2017 6986
1998 2552 2008 4344 2018 7225

ISMN

The International Standard Music Numbering System (ISMN) works since 1995. In the Czech Republic is in operation since 1996. The system is designed only for printed music.

The system uses the 13-digit ISMN number for an anambiguous identification of music items. The ISMN is mostly used in book market, libraries and by music publishers.

The supreme body of the whole system is the International ISMN Agency in Berlin. The supreme body of the system in the Czech Republic is the National Library of the Czech Republic, Czech National ISBN and ISMN.

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E-mail: ismn@nkp.cz
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NUMBER OF MUSIC PUBLISHERS PARTICIPATING IN THE ISMN SYSTEM

YearNumber of Music Publishers
YearNumber of Music Publishers YearNumber of Music Publishers
1996 11 2008 64 2020 145
1997 21 2009 68
1998 27 2010 73
1999 35 2011 83
2000 40 2012 91
2001 43 2013 95
2002 50 2014 100
2003 51 2015 103
2004 53 2016 113
2005 55 2017 117
2006 58 2018
132
2007 61 2019 137

ISSN

The International Standard Serials Numbering System was initiated at the end of the 60s in United States where the R.R. Bowker Co. was assigning ISSNs for serials of the whole world. At the beginning of the 70s assigning ISSNs was distributed to individual countries and the system spread since that time to more then 90 countries. In the Czech Republic the system works since the 70s.

The system uses 8-digit ISSN numbers for unambigous identification of key titles of continuing resources (formerly serial publications). With the change of the key-title is changed also its ISSN.  The ISSN is mostly used in book market, libraries and by publishers.

The supreme body of the system is the International ISSN Centre in Paris. The supreme body of the Czech Republic is the Czech National ISSN Centre seated in the National Technical Library in Prague.

Eva Knollová