I represent BSI on the ISO Committee (ISO TC 46/SC 4: Technical Interoperability in Information and Documentation http://www.niso.org/international/SC4/index.html ) which deals with ISIL.
In October, I was approached by the Danish National Library Authority for a contact at the BL which, after discussion with BL staff, I duly gave in early November.
> If only there was a unique number that could be assigned to a
> library, like
> an ISSN is for a serial.
>
> There is!
>
> ISO 15511:2003 Information and documentation ? International Standard
> Identifier for Libraries and Related Organisations (ISIL):
>
> "The purpose of ISO 15511:2003 is to define and promote the
> use of a set of
> standard identifiers for the unique identification of
> libraries and related
> organizations with a minimum impact on already existing systems."
>
> (In the UK this is BS ISO 15511:2003)
>
> The Registration Authority for ISO 15511 is the Danish
> National Library
> Authority - see http://www.bs.dk/isil
>
> The site says that "Member bodies of ISO implementing this
> standard shall
> be responsible for the assignment of identifiers for
> libraries and related
> organizations within their borders. The ISIL shall be administered by
> appropriate national agencies whose role is widely accepted
> in the library
> sector within the country. The Registration Authority will
> contact the
> national body of ISO if any doubt about which body is to run
> the national
> agency."
>
> Presumably in the UK that means British Standards and the
> British Library?
> Does anyone out their know their ISIL yet?!
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