ISBD

Question 1

ISBD

Answer 1

International Standard Bibliographic Description

Question 2

ISBD Definition

Answer 2

• Cataloguing rules which were developed in the 1960s that could be used and understood on a global level.
• A new version was introduced in 2011.

Question 3

ISBD Punctuation

Answer 3

• Very important in ISBD. If a period or dash is forgotten, it is an error.
• Full stop space dash space (. - ) Separates the description areas
• Space diagonal slash space ( / ) precedes the first statement of responsibility