Re: Laundry list for NGC (long post) -- How does Koha measure up?

Hmmmm.... UPC/EAN-code may indeed be an alternative. It would certainly
be no worse than an ISBN.

Lynn

Anders Ringnér wrote:
> From: "Lynn Reynish" <lreynish <at> RPL.REGINA.SK.CA>
>> This does sound like a great project. However, I will note that ISBN is
>> probably not enough if you want to include CDs and DVDs - most of which
>> don't have ISBNs. Amazon uses an ASIN for these items but I'm not
>> sure if
>> there are any widespread standard numbers in use for CDs or DVDs outside
>> of mainstream Western classical/pop/rock music (which often has a music
>> number). ISBNs have their own problems of course - but at least they
>> exist
>> for a lot of items.
>
> Would using the UPC/EAN-code be an alternative? If we then converted all
> ISBN-10 to ISBN-13, which in fact is identical to the EAN, we'd end up
> with
> the same style of numbers for all objects, regardless of format (book,
> CD,
> DVD and so on). All pictures would be stored by their EAN-code.
>
> /Anders

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Lynn Reynish
ILS Librarian
Regina Public Library
lreynish <at> reginalibrary.ca