ISBDs (International Standard Bibliographic Description)

The ISBDs main goal : offer consistency when sharing bibliographic information

A stress was laid on the need of standardisation in bibliographic description during international conference on cataloguing principles (1961) held in Paris.

To solve this problem

ICME (International Meeting on Cataloguing Expert) was sponsored by IFLA & held in Copenhagen (1969).

Formed a committee

Committee submitted report in 1971. Which is known as ISBD(M) . (M) means Monograph

In its application many ambiguities & lack of details were discovered

To resolve this problem – IFLA conference (1973, Grenoble) was held

After conference two documents were published

ISBD(M)      “M means Monograph”

ISBD(S)        “S means Serial”

In 1975 ISBD(G) “General” was developed

Serve as single frame work for all types of publications in all types of media

ISBD(G) was later on incorporated into AACR II

ISBD(G) acted just as some guiding principles

It was not use as a working tool for the cataloguer

So, IFLA brought out the following ISBDs on the basis of ISBD(G)

1.        ISBD(M) 

2.        ISBD(S)

3.        ISBD(CM)   ; Cartographic Material

4.        ISBD(OB) ; Old printed books

5.        ISBD(PM) ; Printed music

6.        ISBD(AV)    ; Audio Visual

7.        ISBD(CP) ; Component parts

8.        ISBD(CF)     ; Computer Files

As ISBD has so many numbers they are called ISBDs

Elements of ISBD(M)

Title & statement of responsibility

Edition

Imprint

Collation

Series

Notes

ISBN, Binding, Price

ISBD – Punctuation

[] - Information  is not available in the proper place

() – To denote omission

/ - Before statement of author

: - Proceeds the name of publisher/subtitle

= - Parallel title

-    Place of publication

, - Year of publication etc.

Abbreviation – ISBD

S.l. (Sine Loco) – Use when place of publication is unknown

S.n. (Sine Nomina) – Use when name of publisher unknown