ISBN INDIA

What is ISBN system, can you tell me when this system introduce in india , plz tell me related information along with contact info ??

ISBN stand for international Standard Book Number which is a unique International Publisher’s Identifier number, which is meant for monograph publications, ISBN system was introduced in the world in 1972 and in India ISBN system was put into operation in January 1985 by Raja Rammohan National Agency for ISBN and in the alphabetical order of member countries,

International Standard Book Number are assigned to monographic publications and certain types of related products that are available to the public, whether those publications and related products are available on a gratis basis or to purchase, here some examples of types of monographic publications to which an ISBN shall be assigned are:
Printed books and pamphlets
Braille publications
Publications that are not intended by the publisher to be updated regularly or continued indefinitely
Individual articles or issues of a particular continuing resource (but not the continuing resource in its entirely)
Maps
Educational/instructional films, videos and transparencies
Audio books on cassette, or CD, or DVD (talking books)
Electronic publications either on physical carriers (such as machine-readable tapes, diskettes, or CD-ROMs) or on the Internet


Address
Raja Ram Mohun Roy ISBN Agency
Department of Higher Education
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Room No. 13, Jeevan Deep Building,
4th Floor, Parliament Street,
New Delhi.

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