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By David Rothman

From Michael Cairns of Personanondata and Information Media Partners:

imageimageThe Book Industry Study Group will hold a webinar on the future of the ISBN and identifiers. It will take place on Tuesday September 15, from 11 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern time. I encourage you or your staff to register for this session—it is free. Following is the session description to be run by Mark Bide:


The book industry has had the ISBN for nearly 40 years; there has been little cause for excitement. Now, suddenly the whole subject of “identifiers” has become a hot topic, particularly when it comes to digital books and other online resources. This BISG Webcast will explore why the book industry has standard identifiers, and consider the future of the ISBN (International Standard Book Number), as well as the role of newer identification standards like ISTC (International Standard Text Code) and ISNI (International Standard Name Identifier). What do you need to know to make informed decisions about how—and whether—to use them?"

Mark Bide is Executive Director of EDItEUR, the global trade standards organization for the book and serial publishing industries. He is also the Project Director for the ACAP Project, and a Director of Rightscom, the specialist media consultancy. 

Registration information is here.

In addition, background to this seminar can be found in a blog post I wrote, The ISBN is Dead, where I raise some of the critical issues regarding the future of ISBN that Mark will address in his session.

Lastly, consider subscribing to my blog posts, where you will find a post I wrote last week estimating the number of Google Orphans, which is a critical aspect of the Google Book Settlement agreement.

Editor’s note: Michael is former president of Bowker, which among other things handles U.S. ISBNs.

On the Book Industry Study Group: The address is bisg.org. However, at least from my location, I couldn’t reach the site just now.

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