Lebanese ISBN Agency
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Lebanese ISBN Agency is an agency responsible for assigning ISBN numbers for the group identifier 9953 to books in Lebanon. As of 2011 the agency is part of the Directorate of National Cooperation and Coordination within Directorate General of Cultural Affairs in the Ministry of Culture (Lebanon) and is located in Hamra, Beirut.[1]
The ISBN group identifier was assigned by The International ISBN Agency to Lebanon and the agency has been operating since 1999.[2] The agreement was signed by former minister of culture, Mohamad Youssef Baydoun and has been under the directorship of Rita Ray Akl since it opened. In 2010, the ministry produced a guide to the ISBN in Arabic. The ministry usually assigns ISBNs free of charge for authors.[3]