Scope: List of all documentation pertaining to ISNI guidelines and specific how tos
Created by: John Hostage (Harvard), Amy Armitage (Harvard)
Documentation most useful to new ISNI users is noted in magenta.
Documentation from ISNI
How-tos
useful! ISNI Q&A Between HarvardQT and ISNIQT/OCLC Note: content from this page will be added to the appropriate documentation over the coming days, and the PCC ISNI Pilot Q&A page will be used instead
Data Contributor Usage Guidelines: containing information on how batch loaded matching relies on particular data elements; guidelines for modifying existing ISNI records and adding new records (Word doc, 15 p.)
ISNI Data Elements: Valid Values: list of database element names with their equivalent display names in the back-end ISNI database, and list of valid data values and format requirements (Word doc, 16 p.)
ISNI Search Terms (PDF, 12 p.)
Other ISNI documentation from the ISNI website, including FAQ
ISNI database fields: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rh1Hb4wRBSGCdYhEuLV-fxEZjJi7woXxNMGpS8yccBc/edit?usp=sharing
Creation class codes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n3uTUQPG9V__D1gz7L1O405BItE9Td0tNRLXJo2NfXk/edit?usp=sharing
Tips and helpful hints
Web interface
useful! How to use the ISNI web portal
useful! Getting started with ISNI and the ISNI Web Interface
useful! ISNI field documentation: Field-by-field guide to filling in a template in the ISNI web interface
ISNI field mappings: Maps fields from ISNI web portal to ISNI MARC21 and PICA fields. See more here: Appendix 1 - Marc & PICA codings
useful! ISNI Web Interface Usage Guidelines are available from ISNI's Documents Related to Data Submission
WinIBW client
From the British Library: This downloadable command-line client is primarily useful to those who need to merge duplicates or are doing complex troubleshooting
WinIBW3_Product_Description-v3.7.0.pdf (updated 18 Nov. 2013; 126 pages)
ISNI Manual
useful!1. Introduction & overview (15 pages)
3. ISNI data on WinIBW (19 pages)
4. Editing (merging, enhancing, etc.; 99 pages)
7. Organisations - ISNI policy and practice (linking to related organizations and persons; name changes; 31 pages)
Appendices:
Appendix 1 - MARC & PICA codings (guide to fields and subfields arranged by MARC field no.; 13 pages)
Appendix 2 - ISNI discussion paper on pseudonyms
Appendix 3 - Additional Search Options
Appendix 4 - ISNI background processing
Appendix 5 (New) - Downloading individual fields from WinIBW guide
