The 41st edition of this established reference work offers a wealth of information on the worldwide publishing landscape. It includes more than 1,100,000 publishers' ISBN prefixes from 221 countries and territories. The Geographical Section (volumes 1-5) provides the names of more than 1,000,000 active publishing houses, arranged alphabetically by country, and within country by name. Entries contain the full address including email and URL particulars as well as ISBN prefixes. Publishers can be identified via their ISBN prefixes through the Numerical ISBN Section (volumes 6-7). The eBookPLUS format comprises the content and search criteria of the printed edition and its indices, facilitating complex searches.

National Archives store materials relating to the history of a nation, usually operated by the government of that nation. This is the first ever comprehensive source of information about national archives around the world covers the national archives of all 195 countries recognized by the United Nations (the 193 member states and the 2 that non-member observer states: The Holy See and the State of Palestine) as well as Taiwan (Republic of China). Of the 196 countries, 54 are in Africa, 49 in Asia, 44 in Europe, 33 in Latin America and the Caribbean, 14 in Oceania, and 2 in Northern America. All countries maintain a repository for government and historical records; whether all allow public access will be determined through research for this work. The National Archives of all 196 countries will be included in this work (see Appendix A). Each entry contains: general information about the archive and when it is open to researchers (if applicable), historical information about the institution and how it developed, information about the archives today (its mission, functions, organization, services, and a description of its physical and digital infrastructures), and a current focus section spotlighting one part of the collection’s holdings.

Innovative ideas are never easily accepted. Due to the electronic revolution of the information supply new management tools and infrastructures were required. The as simple as brilliant tool the ISBN which assigns each book with a unique number has contributed vastly to the global book and information market.

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Provides informaton on 338 national, regional and international organizations which participate in standards-related activities: standardization, certification, laboratory accreditation, or other standards-related activities. Describes their work in these areas, the scope of each organization, national affiliations of members, U.S. participants, restrictions on membership, as well as availability of any standards in English. A growing number of European organizations have become active in standards efforts.