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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.
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