Hello
I've just tried to import a package of Knovel e-book records into our catalogue which were sent to me from OCLC and have come across a problem. Basically, it looks like about 100 of the records have the same ISBNs as eachother even though they're completely different titles. This has caused havoc in our catalogue and I've now had to take all the records out again. When I contacted OCLC about this, I got the following reply:
"Unfortunately, I have seen this situation before. It's not uncommon for publishers to use the same ISBNs for more than one title. I have seen the same ISBN used by a publisher for multiple titles; and, as in this case, the same ISBN is being used by two different publishers. ISBNs aren't as unique as we would like for them to be.
I'm sorry that havoc ensued and it's unfortunate that this situation of ISBNs being re-used exists. I tend to avoid ISBNs as a unique match point because of this situation."
So my questions are, has anyone come across this same issue and if yes, have you found any easy solutions to it?
Thanks
Erica
Erica Lee
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