# ISO 2789:2003 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 2789:2003, item title is Information and documentation — International library statistics; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 2789:2006; withdrawn / published date is 2003-02-06, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 2789:2003 _(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the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 2789:2006 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2003-02-06 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 28236,IS,,ISO 2789:2003,Information and documentation — International library statistics,Information et documentation — Statistiques internationales de bibliothèques,2003-02-06,3,['01.140.20'],ISO/TC 46/SC 8,9599,[7778],[39181],"['en','fr']",52,"
ISO 2789:2003 provides guidance for the library and information services community on the collection and reporting of statistics for the purposes of international reporting, to ensure conformity between countries for those statistical measures that are frequently used by library managers but do not qualify for international reporting, to encourage good practice in the use of statistics for the management of library and information services, and to ## 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 Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).