Trinidad and Tobago ISBN Agency

Functions of the National ISBN Agency

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To promote participation in the ISBN system within the country. To manage and administer the affairs of the national agency. To decide in cooperation with publishers and their representative agencies, the range of publisher identifiers required. To allocate publisher identifiers to eligible publishers and to maintain a register of publishers and their identifiers. To advise publishers on the correct and proper implementation of the system. To provide materials and resources that ensure the proper implementation of the ISBN standard. To make available computer print-outs of ISBNs to publishers numbering their own books with check digits already calculated. To inform publishers of any invalid or duplicate ISBNs assigned to them. To provide technical advice to publishers and ensure that standards and approved procedures are observed. To maintain liaison with all elements of the book industry and introduce new publishers to the system. To keep and make available the files of assigned publisher identifiers and title numbers. To handle relations with the Regional ISBN Agency on behalf of all the publishers in Trinidad and Tobago. To report regularly to the Regional ISBN Agency.