ISSN:ISSN:(International Standard Serial

Number)

it’s all about it’s all about identificationidentification

ISSN in theISSN in the e-Environment e-Environment

ISSN overview Current and emerging uses of the

ISSN ISSN Network products & services The U.S. ISSN Center wants your

input!

OverviewOverview What is the ISSN? U.S. ISSN Center: part of Library of Congress ISSN Network: 87 national centers +

ISSN International Centre, Paris Centers assign ISSN to their country’s serials Scope: serials + selected “integrating

resources,” e.g., databases, online directories

Coverage: all media; current and ceased Each medium version has its own ISSN ISSN-L: used for “medium-neutral” linking

and clustering

ISSN Infrastructure

ISSNIC

87 worldwide

IdentificationIdentificationin thein the

e-environmente-environment

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e-environmente-environment

Open Open URLURL

LinkingLinking

E-commerceE-commerce Library catalogs

Library catalogs

E-ResourceManagement

Systems

E-ResourceManagement

Systems E-archives* *emerging use

File matchingDe-duping

www.issn.orgwww.issn.org

ISSN Products,Products,ServicesServices

ISSN Products,Products,ServicesServices

ISSN Data Files

OAIWebService*

*in development

Free ISSN-L Tableswww.issn.org

ISSN PortalISSN Portal

For Further InformationFor Further Information U.S. ISSN Center web site

– www.loc.gov/issn

ISSN International Centre web site– www.issn.org

issn@loc.gov U.S. ISSN Center mailbox rrey@loc.gov Regina Romano

Reynolds, ISSN Coordinator kdeb@loc.gov Karl E. Debus-López,

Vice-chair, ISSN Governing Board

We Want Your Input!We Want Your Input! ISSN membership program

– to provide online application process (similar to ECIP)

– to limit prepublication ISSN to members only

ISSN-L– are publishers aware of ISSN-L?– do publishers want to display ISSN-L?– do publishers need to receive ISSN and

ISSN-L at the same time?