The 36th  International  ISBN Annual General Meeting  took place in Vilnius  at the  Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania on 22 and 23 of September 2008. The delegates participating in it were  from more than 40 countries:Austria, Albania, Kanada, Germany, Hungary, Korea, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, USA, etc. 

On the 22 of September the meeting participants  were  welcomed  by Regina Varniene, Deputy Director General Martynas Mazvydas  National Library of Lithuania, Director of the Centre of Bibliography  and Book Science.   

Chairman‘s and financial report was made by Brian Green, Executive Director of the International ISBN Agency. 

The main topics of discussion were: ISBN Agency management issues, ISBN and Digital publications, ISBN and bibliographic metadata, ISBN and Radio Frequency  ID(RFID), ISBN and related identifiers.

On the 23 of September the meeting participants  visited Vilnius University.