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Uganda - Apply for International Standard Music Number (ISMN)

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ProcedureEdit

Apply In-person

  1. To apply for ISMN, the applicant has to contact the National Library of Uganda.
  2. The applicant has to make sure he or she has all the required documents that are required for this process to be successful and it can be found under the "Required Documents" section of this page.
  3. On Completion of this process, the applicant after meeting all the requirements is issued with ISMN.
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Required DocumentsEdit

  1. Application Form
  2. A copy of the title page(s)
  3. A copy of verso page(s)
  4. A copy of certificate of registration


Office Locations & ContactsEdit

National Library of Uganda - Head Office,
Plot 50,Buganda Road
Kampala, Uganda
Postal Address: P.O.Box 4262
Kampala Uganda.
Tel: 0414-254661/233633
Email: [email protected]
Website: Link

EligibilityEdit

A separate ISMN must be assigned to every different edition of an item. Specifically, a new ISMN is required when:

  • there is a change in the musical or literary content of a work, unless these are minor corrections.
  • a literary text that is an integral part of a published musical work is altered.
  • a translation of a literary text is added, removed or altered. A new ISMN must be assigned, even if text and/or music are otherwise unchanged.
  • the physical size of an item is substantially changed in order to produce a new full study or miniature score edition.

FeesEdit

Charges for ISMN are as follows:

  1. 1 ISMN - Ugshs. 20,000.00
  2. 10 ISMN - Ugshs. 100,000.00
  3. 100 ISMN - Ugshs. 350,000.00
  4. 1000 ISMN - Ugshs. 1,000,000.00

ValidityEdit

  • Valid for a long time.

Documents to UseEdit

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Sample DocumentsEdit

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

Processing TimeEdit

  • Processing takes 14 days

Related VideosEdit

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites. 	
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

InstructionsEdit

The ISMN is not targeted at sound or video recordings (except in the rare case below). Items to be numbered include:

  • Scores
  • Miniature (study) scores
  • Vocal scores
  • Sets of parts
  • Individual parts, available separately
  • Pop folios
  • Anthologies
  • Other media that are an integral component of a publication of notated music (e.g , a tape recording that is one of the part of a composition
  • Song texts or lyrics published with the notated music (if available separately)
  • Commentaries published with the notated music( also available separately)
  • Song books (optional)
  • Micro-form music publications
  • Braille music publications
  • Electronic publications of musical notations


Required InformationEdit

  • Publishing Company Information
  • Publishing Details


Need for the DocumentEdit

  • The International Standard Music Number (ISMN) is used to identify publications of notated music, whether available for sale, hire, free of charge, or copyright purposes only.

Information which might helpEdit

  • National library of Uganda has signed a contract with International Standard Music Number (ISMN) Agency in Berlin. The signing of contract mandates NLU to act as the National Agency in issuance of ISMN numbers to local artist. NLU now becomes the forth country in Africa after Ghana and South Africa to sign contract to administer ISMN. ISMN like ISBN for books is a number that identifies published works of music for a given country.

Other uses of the Document/CertificateEdit

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External LinksEdit

 Please indicate the external link.

OthersEdit

More information which might help people.


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