The Universal Standard Book Number (USBN): why, how and a progress report
Program: electronic library and information systems
ISSN: 0033-0337
Article publication date: 1 February 1976
Abstract
Outlines the reasons why the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is proving to be an unreliable identifier for records in bibliographic data banks and suggests how the Universal Standard Book Number (USBN) could be used as an effective substitute. Results are given of an analysis of the 4% duplicate rate found by Beale and Lynch, together with the details of the work in progress at the University of Bradford.
Citation
Ayers, F.H. (1976), "The Universal Standard Book Number (USBN): why, how and a progress report", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 10 No. 2, pp. 75-80. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046736
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1976, MCB UP Limited