Yes, what Katelyn said. When I was a beginning cataloguer they set me loose on a collection of hymn books, most of which had false ISBNs. Of course if you're dealing with mainstream publications, it's less likely. Elaine On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:56 PM, Robin Sheat <robin@catalyst.net.nz> wrote:
Katelyn Browne schreef op ma 16-06-2014 om 16:27 [-0400]:
This seems tricky to me--if the barcode is the ISBN, then you can never have multiple copies of the same book (because barcodes must be unique).
If you will really never have multiple copies of an item
In addition to this, be aware that duplicate ISBNs are a very real thing, even though it shouldn't be possible.
e.g.:
http://www.abebooks.com/9780943161853/Walter-Breens-Encyclopedia-Early-Unite... http://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/isbn/9780943161853/page-1/
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