The New ISBN-13

Dear Professionals,
The International Standard Book Number standard will change from 10 digits to 13 digits from 1 January 2007.

The 10 Digit ISBN Number has the following parts:

1. The first part of the ISBN identifies a country, area or language area participating in the ISBN system.(Group identifier)
2. The second part of the ISBN identifies a particular publisher within a group.(Publisher identifier)
3. The third part of the ISBN identifies a specific edition of a publication of a specific publisher.(Title identifier)
4. The check digit is the last digit of an ISBN.(Check digit).

In ISBN 13 in addition to these numbers EAN Number will be added.
ISBN can be transformed into an EAN by adding the 3-digit EAN product code for books (978) in front of the ISBN and recalculating the check digit. So ISBN 0-901690-54-6 becomes EAN 978-0-901690-54-8.{EAN= European Article Number}
More details about ISBN- 13 Digit visit ISBN Agency Australia at
http://www.thorpe.com.au/isbn/isbn13.htm
For ISBN FAQ for Librarians see
http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/ISBN.html