# ISO 2789:1991 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 2789:1991, item title is Information and documentation — International library statistics; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 2789:2003; withdrawn / published date is 1991-04-25, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 2789:1991 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Information and documentation — International library statistics _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 2789:2003 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 1991-04-25 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 7778,IS,,ISO 2789:1991,Information and documentation — International library statistics,Information et documentation — Statistiques internationales de bibliothèques,1991-04-25,2,['01.140.20'],ISO/TC 46/SC 8,9599,[7777],[28236],"['en','fr']",9,
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 2789:1974). Aims at giving guidance to the international library community on the keeping of library statistics for the purposes of international reporting. ISO 2789 was prepared in a close cooperation between UNESCO and ISO. It will have the effect that statistics produced by different libraries will be more directly comparable. The definitions presented are designed for statistical pur ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).