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[Identification of item], David W. Dole ISCI Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
The David W. Dole ISCI Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2008 and 2010.
Processed by Ashley Urquhart and Richard Collier, December 2008
Encoded by Richard Collier, February 2009
Finding aid updated by Meghan Lyon, March 2010
Accessions 2008-0217 and 2010-0048 are described in this finding aid.
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This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
The Industry Standard Commercial Identification (ISCI) system was created by David W. Dole, an executive in the advertising and broadcasting industries. ISCI was proposed to the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) and the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) in 1969 and adopted the following year as the standard method of providing unique identifiers for the handling, broadcasting, storage, and retrieval of television commercials. The system was maintained and updated by Dole until 1992, when it was sold to the two trade organizations. In 2007, ISCI was withdrawn from use by AAAA/ANA and replaced with a new system, Ad-Id.
The David W. Dole ISCI Records span the years between 1969 and 2004 and document the creation and management of the Industry Standard Commercial Indentification (ISCI) system. The collection consists of press releases, correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, articles, published registers, and technical documents that pertain to the proposal, design and implementation of the ISCI system. Materials pertain to the involvement of the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA), including the purchase of the ISCI system from Dole by the AAAA/ANA in the 1990s, and the replacement of ISCI with a new system, Ad-Id.
The collection is arranged into three categories that largely reflect the condition of the collection upon arrival:
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