[bksvol-discuss] Re: ISBN only on outside of back cover of a book how to handle
- From: rdols@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 12:44:56 +0000 (UTC)
Good tip, Roger. I'm the one who proofed this book that Kevin is asking about,
and I often cross-check ISBNs with Amazon or a large library catalog such as
WorldCat. In the case of this book, it wasn't even necessary to check online
because the back of the book clearly labeled the number as "ISBN."
As a librarian, I've been trained to look for ISBN numbers on the copyright
page, since that's where they will be if they're inside the book (it always
depends on the publisher. There's no requirement that a book has to put an ISBN
on the copyright page.) This book didn't have one on the copyright page; it was
a self-published book and the author put his address and a link to his web
page.
Having verified that there is no ISBN printed anywhere inside the book, I'll
rephrase Kevin's question: in such a case, should we scan the back cover too?
Or are we satisfied with having the ISBN exist only in Bookshare's metadata?
Rachel
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From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 7:15:35 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ISBN only on outside of back cover of a book how
to handle
One can verify that it is an ISBN or not by entering it in the search field of
some site that allows search by ISBN and have most all of them in their
database. I am thinking of sites like Amazon, Good Reads or Open Library. As to
how to handle it when scanning, I don't know of any requirement that the ISBN
be scanned. Just keep it on hand when submitting it to enter to get the
metadata. For that matter, you don't even have to do that if you want to enter
the metadata yourself. Do check the copyright page carefully though. It should
be there, but it doesn't have to be.
On 11/22/2013 6:55 PM, Cindy Rosenthal wrote:
Are you sure that was the ISBN number? Was that a book you purchased ather than
one you got frm a library? (I ask because otherwise it could be a library ID
number
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Kevin Fjelsted < kfjelsted@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
wrote:
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I scanned a book a while back in which the ISBN number was on the outside of
the rear cover yet no where else listed within the book.
How does one handle this for scanning?
There are some other promotional items on the outside rear cover as well but no
real content.
-Kevin
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