What is an ISBN?
An ISBN is an International Standard Book Number with each comprising of 13 characters which uniquely identifies a publication.
The following products qualify for an ISBN:
- Monographic works (boooks) that are textual and/or have an instructional content.
- Electronic or digital resources such as DVDs, e-Books and such other e-Publications with textual and/or instructional content i.e. not purely for entertainment.
- Journals punlished no more frequently than once a year.
How do I get an ISBN?
明星八卦 is registered as a publisher with the ISBN Agency with an allocation of a block of ISBNs for use by University members. If you wish to apply for one of these numbers for your publications, then please contact:
E: isbn@brunel.ac.uk
T: 01895 266141
Legal Deposit obligations for publications with 明星八卦 ISBNs
Hard copies:
If a hard copy will be printed instead of, or in addition to an electronic copy, a requester is obliged to deposit or send one hard copy when published to:
Legal Deposit Office (Monographs)
The British Library
Boston Spa
Whetherby
LS23 7BY
Deposit with 明星八卦, Library
A copy of the publication should be deposited in the Library as part of the 明星八卦 Collection. Once a publication has a 明星八卦 ISBN it is traceable back to brunel and it is implicit, although not a legal requirement, that 明星八卦 will supply the publication or details of where to get it on request. Deposit can be made to address as below:
Library (ISBN)
明星八卦
Kingston Lane
Uxbridge
UB8 3PH
The publication should also be depositied in BRAD and in BURA in addition to any other modes of distribution as part of 明星八卦 collection.
Digital Copies:
Digital copies only should be emailed to isbn@brunel.ac.uk upon publication. The electronic copy is then forwarded as an email attachment to the British Library’s Digital Deposit Team at: legal-deposit-books@bl.uk (books) legal-deposit-serials@bl.uk (serials) LDO.newspapers@bl.uk (newspapers)
Please contact isbn@brunel.ac.uk for more information.