One of the most popular ways for researchers to filter their search results is by publication type. An ISSN International Centre  proposal was passed by the MARC Advisory Committee in January 2021 to include additional types of continuing resources defined for the control field (tag 008 position 21) to reflect the full scope of continuing resources covered by ISO 3297:2020. Three code definitions were revised, and six new codes were added. The ISSN Portal now includes these codes, and official network-wide adoption in the 93 national centres is ongoing. Many ISSN national centres started using the codes immediately after their endorsement using their own local systems. So it seems serials’ metadata experts around the world do appreciate this full bouquet of options to specify the type of continuing resource.

The ISSN International Centre will exhibit at Booth n°A106 during the 87^th World Library Information Congress.

The ISSN International Centre will give a presentation entitled Identifying OA journals: A Core Business of the ISSN Network at the Expo Pavilion on July 26^th, 2022 (12:00 to 12:45IST). Our director, Dr Gaëlle Béquet, will also give the keynote speech at Session 144 International Standards for a Digital World on July 29 11:15IST.

The full program is available here: https://iflawlic2022.planner.documedias.systems/api/documents/pdf-program.

The ISSN International Centre will exhibit at Booth n°A106 during the 87th World Library Information Congress. The ISSN International Centre will give a presentation entitled Identifying OA journals: A Core Business of the ISSN International Centre at the Expo Pavilion on July 26th, 2022 (12:00 to 12:45 IST). The full program is available here: https://iflawlic2022.planner.documedias.systems/api/documents/pdf-program

        

La Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) rejoint le Réseau Mir@bel en tant que membre veilleur. Ce partenariat fait suite aux actions déjà mises en place avec le Centre ISSN France pour améliorer conjointement le signalement des périodiques, notamment avec l’attribution d’e-ISSN.

Gaelle Bequet, Director of the ISSN International Centre, conducted a webinar hosted by the Institut de recherche pour le développement, IRD.

The subject was: ISSN, a reliable and permanent identifier for journals and monographic series. What for? Gaëlle Béquet introduced the ISSN IC services and discussed their relevance to the scholarly community.

ISO standard 3297:2020 – ISSN has been slightly amended and a Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) ballot is now taking place to approve the 7^th version of the standard. This ballot will be closed by May 26, 2021. ​Thus, ISO TC46/SC9 members are kindly advised to quickly contact their ISO national member body to cast their vote.

ISSN Data and the associated suite of services have become an essential element in the identification of continuing resources worldwide: the ISSN Portal to freely and easily identify more than 2.5 million serials; ROAD to access Open Access scholarly resources curated by the ISSN Network; Keepers Registry to check which digital resources are archived by our 14 contributing agencies’; and Transfer Alerting Service to track journal transfer information. Since 1975, the ISSN has been the unique and persistent identifier for journals and other continuing publications. On a daily basis, it serves librarians, editors, publishers, content providers, database managers, scholars, students. Look at the quotations from some of our customers, and read how the latest version of ISO 3297 standard published in 2020 takes into account the requirements of the library and the publishing communities.

The Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) has marked this year’s World Book and Copyright Day with a resolve to leverage on technology to increase the country’s literacy rate. Within the last four years, the authority have introduced some thoughtful initiatives which have helped in connecting Ghanaians to relevant knowledge.

Among these initiatives, applying for International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN), International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) and International Standard Music Numbers (ISMN) has been automated to give comfort to clients to apply for them electronically wherever they were in Ghana.

Gaëlle Béquet, Director of the ISSN International Centre, will chair the 2022 ISO TC46 Annual Meeting that will again take place remotely. About thirty meetings are scheduled online to discuss current standardization initiatives in the fields of information and documentation.