The dataset contains data on publishers participating in the ISBN (International Standard Book Numbering) system in the Czech Republic since 1989 and in the ISMN (International Standard Music Numbering) system in the Czech Republic since 1996. It also contains data on publishers who have not registered with either of the two aforementioned systems but these data are not updated. This dataset contains almost 20,000 records.
The data set contains data on almost 8,000 institutions that cooperate or have cooperated in building CEZL/CASLIN union catalogs, participate in interlibrary services, are in contact with the Library Institute of the National Library of the Czech Republic or are registered in the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.
The dataset includes over eight million records representing holdings of over 500 Czech libraries and other collaborating institutions. It consists of records describing Czech and foreign monographs, special materials and serials (journals, proceedings etc.).