Part of the Library Koha Suite — enter or upload ISBNs and export their bibliographic metadata (Title, Author, Publisher, and more) as a ready-to-use CSV file.
The ISBN Metadata Exporter lets library staff quickly generate a CSV of bibliographic details for any list of ISBNs — useful for acquisitions checklists, cataloguing prep, or verifying a batch of titles before ordering.
ISBNs can be typed in one at a time or uploaded in bulk via a CSV file. Once submitted, the tool looks up each ISBN and produces a downloadable CSV containing the resulting metadata fields.
Type ISBNs one by one into a growing list of input fields — add or remove rows as needed.
Upload a CSV of ISBNs instead of typing them — the tool auto-detects an "isbn" column or falls back to the first column.
Only valid 10- or 13-digit ISBNs are accepted from an uploaded file; invalid rows are silently skipped.
See exactly which ISBNs were detected from your CSV, with a running count, before you export.
Generates and downloads a metadata CSV (Title, Author, Publisher, and other fields) for all entered ISBNs.
Clear on-screen feedback if a file is empty, has no valid ISBNs, or hasn't been uploaded yet.
Only authenticated Koha Suite users can access the tool; the current user and login time are always shown.
Tabs, inputs, and buttons adapt cleanly to tablets and phones.
By default the Manual Entry tab is active with a single ISBN input field. Use it to quickly export metadata for a handful of titles:
9780131103627).Switch to the Upload CSV tab to bring in a large batch of ISBNs at once.
| Scenario | What the tool does |
|---|---|
File has a column named isbn or ISBN | That column is used, and the header row is skipped |
| File has no such column | The first column of every row is treated as the ISBN |
Only values matching a 10-digit or 13-digit ISBN pattern (hyphens/spaces removed automatically) are kept — everything else is ignored.
The exported CSV contains the bibliographic metadata retrieved for each ISBN you provided — typically Title, Author, Publisher, and related MARC-derived fields. Use it to:
On the Upload CSV tab, make sure a file has been selected and that it contained at least one valid ISBN — check the status message under the upload area.
Name the ISBN column exactly isbn or ISBN in the header row, or simply place ISBNs in the first column with no header.
Only strings matching a 10-digit or 13-digit ISBN pattern are accepted — double-check for typos, extra characters, or non-numeric values.
No — only the active tab's ISBNs are submitted. Finish one method, export, then repeat with the other if needed.