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Luxembourg accedes to the statutes

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:53:33 +0200

The ISSN International Centre is pleased to announce that Luxembourg accedes to the Statutes of the International Centre for the Registration of Serial publications. The National Library of Luxembourg will host the ISSN National Centre.

ISSN Award

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:47:06 +0100

The ISSN Award was established in 2007 by the ISSN Governing Board, to support and encourage ISSN member countries encountering financial difficulties to participate in ISSN training sessions and meetings. The objective of the award is to provide financial support to a country that is making a consistent effort to participate in ISSN activities that would enable them to attend a training session and/or ISSN meeting

Next meeting of Directors in Tunis

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:11:30 +0100

We have the pleasure to inform you that the next meeting of Directors of ISSN National Centres will be held in Tunis (Tunisia), at the kind invitation of the National Library of Tunisia. The dates of the meeting and further information will be provided in due time by the ISSN International Centre.

We hope to see many of you in Tunis !

Uzbekistan accedes to the Statutes

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:21:01 +0100

The ISSN International Centre is pleased to announce that Uzbekistan accedes to the Statutes of the International Centre for the Registration of Serial publications. The National Book Chamber will host the ISSN National Centre.

New ISO Standard (ISO 3297:2007)!

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:13:49 +0200

The new edition of the ISSN International standard makes life easier for the serials community!

Click here to learn more about the new edition of the International ISO Standard on ISSN and the Linking ISSN or ISSN-L

Navigate the ocean of periodicals with the ISSN

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:29:20 +0100

The ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) is an eight-digit number which identifies periodical publications as such, including electronic serials. More than one million ISSN numbers have so far been assigned.

It is managed by a world wide network of 85 National Centres coordinated by an International Centre based in Paris, backed by Unesco and the French Government. The ISSN is used by various partners throughout the information chain: libraries, subscription agents, researchers, information scientists, newsagents (through its barcode version).
The world database of ISSN numbers (and the corresponding bibliographic records), known as the ISSN Register, is available through a Web interface, The ISSN Portal, which may be freely evaluated and tested for a period of one month. The ISSN products may be subscribed to through our order form.

Publishers or other interested parties (libraries, documentation centres...) may request the assignment of an ISSN to a given periodical, if it does not yet have one.