The ISMN is a unique identifier for notated music publications. ISMN stands for International Standard Music Number which is a standard no. 10957 from the International Organization for Standardization, ISO. The ISMN-system is a sister-system to the ISBN-system and is only used to identify musical scores and score-related publications.
The National and University Library of Iceland is a National Agency for the international ISMN-system and is responsible for promoting and propagating the system in Iceland. Each publisher can have a sequence of numbers or individual numbers allocated for a special item. Allocation and information service is provided to publishers free of charge. In return they need to deposit copies of their publications to the library according to legal deposit law. A registry of Icelandic music publishers is created, which is part of an international register, Music Publishers International ISMN Database.
ISBN numbers should not be used for sheet music or books of scores. However, books of scores and song-books can also have an ISBN number if they contain much text and/or illustrations.
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