The document discusses recent enhancements to the ISSN portal and international cooperation efforts. It summarizes new features like crowdsourcing to improve metadata quality, better search engine indexing of portal records, and the ISSN International Centre taking over maintenance of the Keepers Registry. It also outlines services like the enhanced Transfer Alerting Service to track journal transfers between publishers according to industry best practices. Overall the goal is to provide more tools and information to subscribers while improving access and discovery of ISSN data on the free portal.

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Linked ISSN data, Crowdsourcing, and
International Cooperation: How we enhance the
Quality of the ISSN Portal
Linked ISSN data, Crowdsourcing, and
International Cooperation: How we enhance the
Quality of the ISSN Portal
Gaëlle Béquet, Director
Simona Rizza, Head of Sales, Marketing and Communication
Anthi Agoropoulou, Head of ISSN Greek Center
85th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
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ISSN Free Portal vs ISSN Subscription-based PortalISSN Free Portal vs ISSN Subscription-based Portal
Simona Rizza, Head of Sales,
Marketing and Communication,
ISSN International Centre

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The Free PortalThe Free Portal
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- Freely available on the web
- Intended to provide essential identification information
• i.e. limited information compared to full bibliographic information
- Designed to distribute ISSN information on the web of data
https://portal.issn.org

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The Free
Portal
The Free
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The subscription-based PortalThe subscription-based Portal
- For subscribers and for members of the ISSN Network
- Full bibliographic information
• Including information from external sources
- More search and discovery functions
- A large array of tools
• To record searches
• To download information
• To request modifications
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IFLA 2018 – ISSN UPDATE
Subscribers PortalSubscribers Portal

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IFLA 2018 – ISSN UPDATE Upload of a list of ISSNsUpload of a list of ISSNs

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The periodical publishing activity in Greece and the
Greek ISSN Center
The periodical publishing activity in Greece and the
Greek ISSN Center
Anthi Agoropoulou, Greek
ISSN Center – National
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Greek ISSN activityGreek ISSN activity
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• 1988: Greek ISSN Center, National Library of Greece
• 11.000 ISSNs (1988-2018)
• 300 ISSN, 100 new publishers per year
• 68% print, 32% online
• Various types of publishers, equal distribution of ISSNs
• 2018: barcode/ISSN mandatory
• Our website https://isbn.nlg.gr/

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Steps for assigning an ISSN - 1Steps for assigning an ISSN - 1
• Publishers’ registration and ISSN requests
• Checking the local database
• Checking the ISSN portal
• Confirm release of electronic publications, preliminary
evidence for print publications
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Steps for assigning an ISSN - 2Steps for assigning an ISSN - 2
• Contact with publishers
• Cataloguing and ISSN assignment
• Legal deposit of one copy
• Contact with IC for various queries and support
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International Cooperation and Quality of ISSN InformationInternational Cooperation and Quality of ISSN Information
Gaëlle Béquet, Director,
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Our Commitment to Service InnovationOur Commitment to Service Innovation
- Since 2018 IFLA WLIC, the ISSN IC have developed new
services for the library and publishing communities and
the general public:
• Enhanced Transfer Alert Service (ETAS),
• Crowdsourcing to improve the quality of ISSN metadata,
• Enhance ISSN Portal’s pages/records to ease
indexation by search engines,
• Keepers’ Registry and more to come!
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Transfer & ETASTransfer & ETAS
- Transfer is a voluntary code for journal publishers containing best practices
for transferring and receiving journals. It is promoted by NISO (USA).
- As from Sept 10th, 2018, ETAS is maintained by the ISSN IC (previously by
the University of Manchester, UK)
- Publisher registration is a two step-process:
- Signature of the Transfer Code of practice;
- Registration of publishers by the ISSN IC on its Portal (extranet).
- Transfer requests are filled in by receiving publishers.
- Transfer information is distributed on the new ETAS application maintained by
the ISSN IC with RSS feed available.
- Transfer information is also available to ISSN Portal subscribers.
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Transfer Alerting Service: journaltransfer.issn.orgTransfer Alerting Service: journaltransfer.issn.org
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Transfer Alerting Service: SearchTransfer Alerting Service: Search
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Transfer Alerting Service: BrowseTransfer Alerting Service: Browse
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Transfer Alerting Service: Hyperlink to the ISSN PortalTransfer Alerting Service: Hyperlink to the ISSN Portal
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Transfer Alerting Service: Successive transfersTransfer Alerting Service: Successive transfers
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Transfer Alerting Service: StatisticsTransfer Alerting Service: Statistics
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Identity of
the requester
Pre-filled
information
Requested
modifications
Crowdsourcing in the ISSN Portal: Request

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Comments are
welcome and
publication proofs
are mandatory.
At the bottom of the
webform, save your
request.
Crowdsourcing in the ISSN Portal: Evidence

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The Request
modification
button has
turned to grey
until the
modification is
processed.
Requested
modifications
waiting for
validation by the
ISSN Centre.
Crowdsourcing in the ISSN Portal: Display

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ISSN Portal better indexed by search enginesISSN Portal better indexed by search engines
- ISSN Portal server populated with site map xml files
corresponding to ISSN records;
- Site map files enable Search Engine crawlers (like
Google) to find out what ISSN pages are present and
which have recently changed, and to crawl the ISSN
Portal accordingly;
- By August 2019, 10% of the ISSN Portal have already
been crawled by Google.
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ISSN IC to take over the Keepers’ Registry by Dec. 1st, 2019ISSN IC to take over the Keepers’ Registry by Dec. 1st, 2019
- The Keepers Registry is a global monitor on the archiving
arrangements for electronic journals maintained by ISSN IC and
EDINA at the University of Edinburgh.
- 13 Archiving agencies (as of August 2019): Archaeology Data
Service, British Library, Cariniana Network, CLOCKSS Archive, e-
Depot, Global LOCKSS Network, HathiTrust, Library of Congress,
National Digital Preservation Program, China, PKP Preservation
Network, Portico, Scholars Portal, Swiss National Library.
- Further to EDINA’s withdrawal, ISSN IC will provide a new Keepers
Registry service based on the ISSN Portal from Dec. 1st, 2019
onwards.
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thekeepers.org as maintained by EDINA (Univ. of Edinburgh)thekeepers.org as maintained by EDINA (Univ. of Edinburgh)

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thekeepers.org as maintained by ISSN IC (beta)thekeepers.org as maintained by ISSN IC (beta)

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Conclusion: Exploring Options for ISSN IC 2024 StrategyConclusion: Exploring Options for ISSN IC 2024 Strategy
• Assignment of other identifiers to continuing
resources
• Enriching ISSN Linked Data with partners’
information
• Expanding the ISSN Network
• Promoting digital preservation services to publishers
using the ISSN portal
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Thank you.
Questions?
Contact: secretariat@issn.org
Thank you.
Questions?
Contact: secretariat@issn.org