Anthi Agoropoulou, National Library of Greece Muhammad Syarif Bando, National Library of Indonesia Birgit Böcher, Deutscher Musik - verleger-Verband, Germany Alison Bullock, Library and Archives Canada Mark Camilleri, National Book Council, The participants of the ISMN meeting Malta Simona Cassano, National Book Alenka Kanič, National Library of Josie Qiu, ICIA Secretary / ISLI RA Council, Malta Slovenia COO, Hong Kong Valentina Chitoroagă, National Book Dewi Kartikasari, National Library of Dr. Bettina von Seyfried, International Chamber of Moldova Indonesia ISMN Agency, Germany Renata Cozonac, National Book Gaorere Kgotla, Botswana National Nino Simonishvili, National Parlia- Chamber of Moldova Library Service, National Reference mentary Library of Georgia Joseph Debattista, National Book Library Botswana Carolin Unger, International ISMN Council, Malta Majda Kotnik-Verčko, National Library Agency, Germany Lucya Dhamayanti, National Library of of Slovenia Mai Valtna, National Library of Estonia Indonesia Eckard Krajewski, DE-Parcon/Acamar, Stavroula Verveniotou, National Library Joanna Eliades, National Library of Germany of Greece Cyprus Wolfram Krajewski, DE-Parcon/ Jamshid Farahani, National Library of Dr. Hartmut Walravens, Inter natio nal Acamar, Germany Sweden ISMN Agency, Germany Coretta Lamptey, George Padmore Aiva Gailite, National Library of Latvia Nick Woods, International ISBN Research Library on African Affairs, Danijela Getliher, Nacionalna i Agency, United Kingdom Ghana sveučilišna knjižnica u Zagrebu, Alaxis Li, ICIA Secretary / ISLI RA Croatia COO, Hong Kong Maia Gomarteli, National Parlia mentary Library of Georgia Neo Mosweu, Botswana National Stella Griffiths, International ISBN Library Service, National Reference Library Botswana Agency, United Kingdom Opening 2 Katarzyna Nakonieczna, National Eva Holst, National Library of Norway Twelfth Annual General Meeting of Kyoko Iwamoto, National Gradual Library of Poland Iryna Pogorelovs’ka, Book Chamber of the “Internationale ISMN- Institute for Policy Studies, Mother Agen tur e.V.” 2 Earth Co. Ltd, Japan the Ukraine Antonín Jeřábek, National Library of the Hidayat Edi Pramono, National Library Progress reports of national / Czech Republic of Indonesia regional ISMN agencies 5 The music industry in Malta ISMN meetings took often place in (Christopher Muscat) 8 countries that did not have a large music Experiences with ISMN Manager publishing industry. We were focused on (Carolin Unger) 12 the quality and not on the quantity of music. ISMN would help including mu- ISBN Update (Stella Griffiths) 15 Chair Person: Dr. Hartmut Walravens sic publications in the national bibliog- Miscellaneous 16 Rapporteur: Carolin Unger raphy and was the basis for distribution and ordering worldwide. Participants: Ms. Anthi Agoropoulou (Greece), Mr. Muhammad Syarif Bando The Chairman then welcomed a guest (Indonesia), Ms. Birgit Böcher (Germany), from Japan, Ms. Kyoko Iwamoto. She Ms. Alison Bullock (Canada), Mr. Mark was active in a music publishing firm Camilleri (Malta), Ms. Simona Cassano Mark Camilleri, Director of the National but she attended our meeting as a (Malta), Ms. Valentina Chitoroagă Book Council of Malta and the host of researcher for her master’s programme. (Moldova), Ms. Renata Cozonac this AGM and Panel meeting warmly She wanted to find out more details (Moldova), Mr. Joe Debattista (Malta), Ms. welcomed the participants. He reported about ISMN applications, why there was Lucya Dhamayanti (Indonesia), Ms. that the National Book Council offered a separate identifier for music and what Joanna Eliades (Cyprus), Mr. Jamshid various services to the Maltese book in- it was good for. Japan was no member Farahani (Sweden), Ms. Aiva Gailite dustry. Malta became an ISMN member yet. In Japan Jan kôdo, a Japanese code (Latvia), Ms. Danijela Getliher (Croatia), in 2015 and, so far, ISMN was not yet system based on the ISBN and the EAN Ms. Maia Gomarteli (Georgia), Ms. Eva popular and was used only occasionally, barcode was used for the identification Holst (Norway), Mr. Antonín Jeřábek despite a very active traditional music of publications. The system was work- (Czech Republic), Ms. Alenka Kanič (Slovenia), Ms. Dewi Kartikasari (Indonesia), Ms. Gaorere Kgotla (Botswana), Ms. Majda Kotnik-Verčko, (Slovenia), Mr. Wolfram Krajewski (Germany), Ms. Coretta Lamptey (Ghana), Ms. Neo Mosweu (Botswana), Ms. Katarzyna Nakonieczna (Poland), Ms. Iryna Pogorelovs’ka (Ukraine), Mr. Hidayat Edi Pramono (Indonesia), Dr. Bettina von Seyfried (International ISMN Agency), Ms. Nino Simonishvili (Georgia), Ms. Carolin Unger (International ISMN Agency), Ms. Mai Valtna (Estonia), Ms. Stavroula Verveniotou (Greece), Dr. Hartmut Walravens (Chairman of the Board, Germany). 22 members of the association entitled to vote attended the assembly. Simona Cassano, Carolin Unger, Hartmut Walravens and Mark Camilleri Ms. Stella Griffiths (International ISBN scene. But music publication was not yet ing well and the industry did not under- Agency), Ms. Kyoko Iwamoto (Japan), Mr. prioritized. The ISMN agency hoped stand the need for another number at all. Eckard Krajewski (Germany), Ms. Alaxis that this would change soon. Therefore, a member of the Japanese Li (ICIA), Ms. Josie Qiu (ICIA), Mr. Nick standards organization recently motivat- Woods (International ISBN Agency) Hartmut Walravens, Chairman of the ed Ms. Iwamoto to investigate the ISMN International ISMN agency, thanked system and eventually to promote the Mark Camilleri for the kind idea of the ISMN in Japan. introduction. As he said, we were happy 1. Adoption of the minutes of the to have this meeting in Malta. The Ms. Iwamoto added that, so far, the Annual General Meeting in National Book Council was an ISMN was not known in Japan, not even Ottawa, Canada, 2017 important institution that bundled and by the national library. The current 2. Reports of the Board coordinated the activities in the whole library’s computer system would not be - Report of the Chairman publishing industry. This was a very able to use it. So, there was a lot to do. good basis for an effective business of Ms. Iwamoto planned to introduce the - Report of the Treasurer numbering. ISMN in her country. 3. Report of the Cash Audit 4. Exoneration of the Board 2 5. Election of the Board 6. Resolution on membership fees for 2019 7. Adoption of the budget for 2019 At 9:50, the Chairman opened the AGM. All members had been invited according to the statutes. The minutes had been circulated in time. No additions or corrections were Bettina von Seyfried, Carolin Unger and Hartmut Walravens made, no votes against, no abstentions. from the International ISMN Agency in Berlin So the minutes were adopted unanimously. So far librarians had been running the and the publisher database should be IA and have laid a firm foundation for easier to manage. This project also pro- the standard. The chairman stressed that vides for more safety of the data. the present phase needs to be more fo- • cused on the application and use of the Meetings ISMN in the supply chain. The ISMN Annual General Meetings Since last AGM we attended the was created as an important rationalisa- Frankfurt Music Fair, the ISO TC 46 / tion tool for the publishers and the mu- Last year's AGM in Ottawa, Canada was SC 9 meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, and hosted by Library and Archives Canada. sic trade, and therefore it would be de- sirable to win a representative from the the IAML congress in Leipzig, The meeting being again aligned with Germany. that of the International ISBN Agency. music-publishing industry as chairman Our Canadian colleagues organized a of the board. He should be in a better splendid meeting including a very inter- position to motivate and convince his • esting visit of the library’s Preservation publisher colleagues as to the benefits of Centre where manifold ways of archiv- the ISMN for many business operations. At the time of compiling the financial ing and restoring published material of report in early 2018, we can inform you: all kinds were shown. Publications 1. Open fees The hosts of the present meeting - the The latest issue of the ISMN Newsletter National Book Council of Malta - provided information on the 2017 AGM. For 2011 and 2013 one member had not deserves our thanks for their kind invita- It was published as a PDF on the IA paid yet, three countries had not provid- tion and excellent organisation. website. ed the money for 2014, 2015 and 2016. Meanwhile, one of these countries paid The venue of the 2019 AGM has not ISMN Manager all open contributions. been decided upon. Our members will be informed as soon as possible about We were extremely glad to distribute the Therefore, as of last week, open fees for the decision that will be made in administration software ISMN Manager the years 2011 till 2016 amount to 1,950 conjunction with ISBN. to the first 9 agencies, in January this Euros missing in our budget. Another year. See Carolin Unger’s report, page 600 Euros are still open for 2017; alto- Membership 12. gether 2550 Euros. As of this spring, two new ISMN mem- Website 2. Conferences ber countries from Africa - Botswana and Morocco - have joined. We now As reported last year, the Board decided For last year's AGM in Ottawa, Canada, number 60 agencies, with the system be- to improve the structure of the ISMN the travel costs for the three of us ing applied in more than 60 countries. website and commissioned a software (Hartmut, Carolin and myself) mounted specialist to do this. The website