Post 2018 Revisions

“ISBD: One Standard, Two Revisions”, by Rehab Ouf in IFLA Standards Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 1, March 2023, pp. 22-26.

“ISBD: A Standard Profile”, by Elena Escolano Rodríguez, in IFLA Standards Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 1, March 2023, pp. 15-19.

“One More Time” One Standard, Two Revisions”, by Rehab Ouf, in IFLA Metadata Newsletter, vol. 8, no. 2, December 2022, pp. 17-19.

“The Updating of ISBD and its transformation”, by Elena Escolano Rodríguez, in Italian Journal of Libraries, Archives and Information Science, vol. 13 no. 2 (2022).

“50 Years of ISBD and More…”, by Rehab Ouf, in IFLA Metadata Newsletter, vol. 7 no. 2, December 2021, pp. 46-49.

“ISBD in 2020: Looking Back and Looking Forward”, by Rehab Ouf, in IFLA Metadata Newsletter, vol. 6 no. 2, December 2020, pp. 30-34.

“A Busy Year for the ISBD”, by Rehab Ouf, in IFLA Metadata Newsletter, vol. 5 no. 2, December 2019, pp. 42-45.

Update on the Work of the ISBD Editorial Group“, by Elena Escolano Rodríguez, presented to Committee on Standards open session, at the World Library and Information Congress: 85th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Athens, Greece, 26 August 2019.

ISBD vocabularies past work and groups reference lists

ISBD/XML Study Group Related References

Mapping ISBD Elements to FRBR Entity Attributes and Relationships

Bibliography – consolidated editions

2009. Carlo Bianchini, Mauro Guerrini. “From Bibliographic Models to Cataloguing Rules: Remarks on FRBR, ICP, ISBD, and RDA and the Relationships Between Them.” Cataloguing and Classification Quarterly, vol. 47, issue 2: p. 105-124.

2009. Elena Escolano, Dorothy McGarry. “International Standard Bibliographic Description: Updating the Consolidated ISBD,”  International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control, vol. 38, no. 1 (Jan./Mar. 2009):11-12.

2008. Uduak U. Enang. “The Use of International Standard Bibliographic Descriptions (ISBD) and the Quality of Books Published in Nigeria.” Library Philosophy and Practice, ISSN 1522-0222, available in HTML and in PDF.

Bibliography – pre consolidated editions

2006. J.H. Bowman. “The Development of Description in Cataloguing prior to ISBD.” Aslib Proceedings, vol. 58, no. 1/2: p. 34-48.

2006. 顾犇. “《国际标准书目著录》及其最新发展”. 国家图书馆学刊, 2006年第3期(7月):56-60.
English title:  Ben Gu. “ISBDs and Their Recent Developments”. Journal of the National Library of China, no. 3 (July 2006):56-60.
Also available online

2004. John Byrum. “IFLA’s ISBD Programme: Purpose, Process, and Prospects” revised version of next item, presented to the Second IFLA Meeting of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code (August 2004).

2004.  John Byrum. “IFLA’s ISBD Programme: Purpose, Process, and Prospects.” In IFLA Cataloguing Principles: Steps towards an International Cataloguing Code, edited by Barbara B. Tillett, Renate Gömpel and Susanne Oehlschläger, p. 34-39. IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control, vol. 26. München: K.G. Saur.

2003. David J. Fiander, D. Grant Campbell. “An XML Definition for an ISBD-based Encoding Scheme.” Journal of Internet Cataloging, vol. 6, issue 4:p. 29-58.

2003. Ingrid Parent. “From ISBD(S) to ISBD(CR): a Voyage of Discovery and Alignment.” Serials Librarian, vol. 43, issue 4:p. 73-81.

2002. Sten Hedberg. “ISBD(ER) and Its Role in the Management of Electronic Resources.” Serials Librarian, vol. 41, issue 3/4:p. 43-56.

2000. John Byrum. “The birth and re-birth of the ISBDs: process and procedures for creating and revising the International Standard Bibliographic Descriptions,” paper presented to the 66th IFLA Annual Conference (August 2000). Also in IFLA Journal, vol. 27, no. 1 (2001):p. 34-37.

1998. John D. Byrum and Ann Sandberg-Fox. “From ISBD(CF) to ISBD(ER): process, policy, and provisions.” Library Resources & Technical Services, vol. 32, issue 2 (Apr. 1998):p. 89-101.

1994. John Byrum. “The ISBDs: What They Are and How They Are Used.” International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control, vol. 23, no. 4 (Oct./Dec. 1994):p. 67-71.

1987. B. Jover. “The review of the International Standard Bibliographic Descriptions (ISBD) and non-roman script publications.” In Automated systems for access to multilingual and multiscript library materials, edited by Christine Bossmeyer and Stephen W. Massil, p. 205-212. IFLA publications, 38. München: K.G. Saur.

1980. IFLA International Office for UBC. An annotated bibliography of the International Standard Bibliographic Description. 2nd ed. rev. Occasional paper, no. 6. London: IFLA International Office for UBC. 49 p.

1977. Tom C. Clarke. “The development of the International Standard Bibliographic Descriptions (ISBD) and some problems for non-roman scripts.” Unesco bulletin for libraries, vol. 31, issue 4 (July/Aug. 1977):p. 210-215.

1977. S.B. Aje. ISBD application to African national bibliographies. Unesco bulletin for libraries, vol. 31, issue 4 (July/Aug. 1977):p. 216-222.

1977. D.E.K. Wijasuriya. “ISBD application to Asian national bibliographies.” Unesco bulletin for libraries, vol. 31, issue 4 (July/Aug. 1977):p. 223-232.