ISNI web version tutorials

We hope the following videos will help institutions get started with creating ISNIs, and answer questions for those that are already working with ISNIs.

Many thanks to Mary Jane Cuneo and Karen Carlson Young for their invaluable expertise, and to Michael Beckett for his ace video editing skills.


Getting started


Getting started, part 1 - Introduction and Overview

0:00 Introduction

0:11 Three primary databases within ISNI:

0:16 Public database

1:15 Web version

2:11 Client version

2:44 Logging in to web version, including browser security warning

4:01 Web display tabs and options

5:31 Search types (Any Phrase & Name)


Getting started, part 2 - Searching

0:00 Introduction - search types

1:21 Any Phrase (APH) search - Direct order

2:08 Any Phrase (APH) search - Inverted order

2:51 Name (NA) search - Inverted order

3:11 Name (NA) search - Direct order

4:03 Search results tabs and options

4:50 Filtering options

6:41 Record display options


Getting started, part 3 - Creating a new ISNI record

0:00 Introduction

0:12 Search database to confirm no record exists

1:32 Opening WebCat template to create new record

2:28 Name field

3:41 Identifying repeatable fields in the template

4:22 Creation role field

5:22 Work field

5:57 Related person fields

6:52 Related organisation fields

7:25 External Information fields

8:10 General note field

8:38 Save changes or Cancel

8:55 Conditions for creating full ISNI record - duplicate-matching, completeness

9:53 Re-entering credentials

10:17 Full ISNI record successfully created!


Enhancing ISNI records


Enhancing ISNI records, part 1

0:00 Introduction

0:26 Why enhance an ISNI?

0:59 Changing an ISNI record status from provisional to assigned

1:45 Adding source and reiterating name

3:07 Adding website information to record


Enhancing ISNI records, part 2

0:00 Adding information to an assigned record

1:04 Adding source and reiterating name as separate step before adding further information

2:38 Adding related organization

4:00 Adding link to related organization

4:52 Adding information to record created by your institution

8:08 Corporate name changes - adding new form as a variant name

9:48 Deciding whether to add an affiliation to a name

10:55 Literary warrant - differences between NACO and ISNI

11:33 Example 1 - author

12:03 Example 2 - painter

12:57 Example 3 - person who appears in reference sources

13:28 Example 4 - person with little published information


Enhancing ISNI records, part 3

0:00 Resolving and reporting duplicate records

0:19 Duplicates already flagged by ISNI

3:20 Duplicates not yet flagged by ISNI

6:11 Possible duplicates - ISNI equivalent to NACO 667 "Cannot identify with..." note fields

6:45 Possible duplicates identified by ISNI algorithm when saving new record

7:35 Reporting mixed identities

12:55 Errors from other sources

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