Two digit add-on - This supplementary code is used to differentiate between the various issue numbers. The EAN check digit - This number is calculated from the entire EAN number - 977+ISSN(without ISSN check digit)+Sequence variant.Ħ.
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Sequence variant - A two digit space is used to hold the number of times the issue price has changed since the bar code was first used on the publication.*ĥ. The ISSN check digit is not represented.Ĥ. The ISSN number minus the check digit - Only the first seven digits of the ISSN number appear in the bar code. ISSN prefix - The prefix 977 is reserved within the EAN numbering system to signify an ISSN code.ģ. The ISSN number - printed above the bar code in the font OCR-AĢ. The previous diagram shows the ISSN/EAN bar code with the 2 digit add-on code for issue number.ġ. The calculation used to find the ISSN check digit is exactly the same as that for ISBN. The last digit of the ISSN is a check digit. There is no other reason for this structure than to make the number easy to read. The ISSN number consists of two blocks of four numbers separated by a hyphen. The ISSN/EAN symbol was originally intended for the U.K but has been taken up by other countries around the world who use EAN as the standard retail bar code.Įach individual title (magazine, newspaper, periodical or journal) is allocated an ISSN by the UK National Serials Data Centre administered by the British Library. The guidelines for the EAN implementation of the ISSN in the UK are published by the Periodicals Barcoding Association (P.B.A.)
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MAGAZINE BARCODE SERIAL
ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) is used for serial publications, i.e.