05 November 2008
The meaning of ISBN may be understood is as per under:
ISBN stands for INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER.
Raja Rammohun Roy National Agency for ISBN, India, Ministry of Human Resource Development has introduced ISBN System in India in 1985. Raja Rammohun Roy National Agency for ISBN, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Secondary Education & Higher Education, A2/W4, Curzon Road Barracks, K.G. Marg, New Delhi has been giving ISBNs to Indian Publishers, Author-cum-Publishers, Organisations such as Universities and Institutions, etc. for publishing of books. The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a unique International Publishers Identifiers number, which is meant for the Monographic publications, ISBN is known as short machine-readable identification number, which makes separate easy accessibility.