Document Library: Standards: ISBN-13

ISBN-13: For School Districts....

What does ISBN-13 Mean for School Districts?

The ISBN-13 transition has required school districts (along with all other segments of the book industry) to begin using 13-digit product identifiers when transacting business with their suppliers for books and instructional materials. Each school district's textbook requisitioning/purchasing system needs to accommodate 13-digit identification numbers. Some school districts may need to implement a systems change in order to accommodate this.

AAP sent a letter to school districts across the country to alert them to the fact that the International Standards Book Number (ISBN) will change from 10 digits to 13 digits on January 1, 2007. In a mailing that went to more than 7,000 school districts, the School Division outlined the reasons behind the changeover, its implications, and publishers' efforts to facilitate the transition.

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