ISBN and Legal Deposit

Topics in this section

How-to guides

• Entering the Publisher Settings

  Entering the publisher certificate, the Ministry officers, the printers, and the legal deposit and reminder settings for ISBN requests.

• Preparing an ISBN Request

  Opening an ISBN request for a book in the catalogue or for a title only, filling in the data for the Ministry form and sending the request to the publishing board for approval.

• Approving an ISBN Request

  How the publishing board reviews an ISBN request awaiting approval and approves it with the decision date and number, or sends it back with a reason.

• Applying at the Ministry

  Applying in the Ministry's system with your own e-Devlet login for an approved ISBN request, and recording the application in JournTech.

• Using the ISBN Helper Extension

  Filling in the Ministry form with the JournTech ISBN helper browser extension, checking the fields and sending the application number back to JournTech.

• Entering the ISBN

  Entering the ISBN that the Ministry assigned on the request, understanding the number checks, and how the number is written to the catalogue record.

• Downloading the Barcode and Copyright Page

  Downloading the cover barcode of a book with an ISBN as SVG or PDF, and copying the text of the copyright page or getting it as a PDF.

• Changing the Print Date and Cancelling an ISBN

  How the print date reported to the Ministry affects the legal deposit period, what to do when printing is postponed, and cancelling an ISBN that will not be used.

• Tracking Legal Deposit

  Entering the print date, recording the bandrol, deposit copies, EYDeS, ISBN agency copy and reprint steps, and uploading the receipts.

• Downloading the Yearly ISBN Report

  Downloading the ISBN requests, numbers, Ministry dates and the legal deposit steps of each printing for a chosen year as an Excel workbook.

Screens and settings

• ISBN & Legal Deposit Screen

  The status filters, search, columns, upcoming obligations card and yearly report card of the screen that lists ISBN requests.

• ISBN Request Page

  The status line, warnings, action buttons and the form, copy sheet, printings, barcode, copyright page and history cards on the page of an ISBN request.

• ISBN Reminders

  Which events in the ISBN and legal deposit process send a reminder, when and to whom, and where the reminder days are changed.

Concepts

• ISBN Process

  The statuses an ISBN request goes through from draft to legal deposit, who takes each step, and the part JournTech plays in the Ministry application.

Troubleshooting

• An ISBN request cannot be sent for approval

  Missing fields, unsaved changes and the publisher certificate when the Send for approval button is disabled or sending a request for approval gives an error.

• The Approve button is missing on an ISBN request

  Causes related to the four-eyes principle, the request's status and the role when a publishing board member cannot see the Approve button on an ISBN request.

• The buttons for the Ministry steps are missing

  The Ministry officer list and the request's status when the Sent to the Ministry, Fill with the extension, Enter the ISBN or Ministry returned it buttons are missing.

• The extension does not respond in this browser

  What to do when the JournTech ISBN helper does not respond after Fill with the extension, or says that it could not fill in the form.

• The ISBN from the Ministry is not accepted

  Causes and fixes when entering the ISBN warns that the number is not valid, does not belong to Türkiye or is used on another record.

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Concepts

• Four-Eyes Principle

  The rule that the person who prepares a piece of work does not approve it, and the three places where JournTech applies it.