Sudan

The ISBN Agency for Sudan has been operating since July 2004. It is located at the National Library of Sudan.

Contact Address

The Republic of Sudan
The National Library
ISBN Agency
Attn. Mr. Yassin Mohamed Abdalla
P.O. Box 6279
Khartoum

Tel. (+2 49) 183 762610
Fax: (+2 49) 183 762434
E-mail: natlib10@hotmail.com
              Mohemed99@hotmail.com
              misa2t@hotmail.com

Statistics

Basic information

1. What percentage of the total number of publishers in the country does this represent?

69%

2. Achievement of total numbering, i.e. are all books numbered yet?

The total number of books carrying an ISBN stands at 15.38%.

3. Approximately what percentage of books listed in the major book lists or bibliographies of the country carry ISBNs?

25.53%

4. Is bar coding used in your country?

No, it is not used yet.

5. How much interest is there in ISBNs for non-book material?

Neither publishing houses nor author publishers apply for ISBNs for non-book material. We asked the copyright department, to refer them to us, when they applied for copyright.

Further information

We are preparing to publish our National bibliography at the end of this year, containing books published in Sudan bearing an ISBN from July 2004-31 Dec. 2005 and other titles deposited to the library in the same period not carrying an ISBN.

(September 2005)