Is this information from Mac Elrod and Shlomo Sanders the frequency of
ISBNs publicly bloggable? It's very interesting.
- David Weinberger
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Shlomo Sanders <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From a large sample of data that we get from publishers:
>
> - Only 24.5% with one ISBN!
> - 40% with multiple ISBNs!
> - Largest group has no ISBN!
>
>
> *ISBN Count* *Percentage of records with X ISBNs* 0 38.57% 1 24.49% 2
> 17.00% 3 5.88% 4 10.77% 5 2.14% 6 0.65% 7 0.09% 8 0.12% 9 0.24% 10
> 0.04%
>
>
> Thanks,
> Shlomo
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Forum [
> mailto:[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf
> Of J. McRee Elrod
> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 20:34
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [BIBFRAME] Instance of ISBNs in MARC records
>
> In SLC's database of over 300,000 records, over 169,000 have no ISBN, over
> 114,000 have one, over 19,000 have two, and the number of ISBNs ranges up
> to 36 in one record.
>
> For us, Instances can't be based on ISBNs.
>
>
> Total Records: 315389
>
> 020s Records
>
> 00 169021
> 01 114221
> 02 19745
> 03 7403
> 04 3238
> 05 1149
> 06 344
> 07 118
> 08 29
> 09 42
> 10 11
> 11 16
> 12 10
> 13 12
> 14 4
> 15 5
> 16 3
> 17 7
> 18 1
> 19 1
> 21 1
> 22 1
> 23 1
> 25 3
> 27 1
> 28 1
> 36 1
>
>
>
> __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod ([log in to unmask])
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