FAIRsharing record for: International Standard Bibliographic Description

This FAIRsharing record describes: The consolidated edition of the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) specifies the requirements for description and identification of single-part resources and multi-part resources. This consolidated edition merges the texts of the seven specialized ISBDs (for books, maps, serials, sound recordings, computer files and other electronic resources, etc.) into a single text. The ISBD is useful and applicable for descriptions of bibliographic resources in any type of catalogue. In this edition the stipulations for cataloguing the various resources have been made more consistent with each other and brought up to date. The area 0 for content form and media type is included for the first time. The designation of mandatory ISBD elements has been brought into conformity with the requirements for a basic level national bibliographic record as determined by the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR).