SV: Re: [NGC4LIB] Laundry list for NGC

I agree with Karen. Concistency is of great importance.
Publisher numbers are problematic in that way.

I don't know how finicky OCLC are, but if they allow
records to be upgraded with EAN/UPC, that would be the best
solution. If not, one could, using a bar code scanner,
easily upgrade local records with EAN/UPC.

The most important point is that EAN/UPC will be exactly
the same as the ISBN from January 1st. Then we could use
the same identifier for (almost) all new media.

--- Karen Coyle <kcoyle <at> KCOYLE.NET> skrev:

> Except for the ISBN, the UPC/EAN code isn't always stored
> in
> bibliographic records created in the US. The numbers that
> are stored for
> CDs are the publisher numbers ("Philips 422 416-2") and
> they are not
> entered in a consistent format, unfortunately. UPC/EANs
> do seem to be
> showing up on newer CD records. So getting a link to CDs
> is going to
> take some thought. (I looked on Amazon, and CDs seem to
> be identified
> only by the ASIN, which Amazon assigns when there isn't
> another reliable
> identifier.)
>
> I imagine that DVDs will be equally difficult.
>
> kc
>
> Lynn Reynish wrote:
> > 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
> >
> > --
> > Lynn Reynish
> > ILS Librarian
> > Regina Public Library
> > lreynish <at> reginalibrary.ca
> >
> >
>
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