[WEB4LIB] Meaning of ISWN

[Genevieve Engel]

I sent the following direct to Gerry but since speculation appears to be
continuing, here 'tis for the rest of you!  Enjoy ...

>ISWN ................International Standard Work Number. 
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>See http://www.smff.se/Forkortningsordlista.htm
>
>This was pretty easy to find.  Go to Altavista, search +"international
standard" +iswn (you can guess at the outset it must stand for
International Standard W..... Number, the question is just what the W.....
is).
>
>Genny Engel
>gengel at sfghdean.ucsf.edu
>
>At 07:20 AM 4/6/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>   Can anyone tell what the following acronym/initialism means
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>>                                  ISWN
>>
>>  It is apparantly a digital identifier that will dicussed at the
forthcoming LITA Forum.
>>
>>  TIA!
>>
>>/Gerry McKiernan
>>Theoretical Librarian 
>>Iowa State University
>>Ames IA 50011
>>
>>gerrymck at iastate.edu 
>>
>>                "The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent It" 
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