Mir@bel est une base de données de plus de 15 000 revues qui fournit des informations sur les conditions d’accès aux revues. Mir@bel organise son assemblée générale annuelle à Strasbourg avec un programme d’ateliers, visites et conférences. Gaëlle Béquet, directrice du Centre international de l’ISSN, présentera le rôle du Centre international et de son réseau dans le développement de la science ouverte. Le programme est disponible.

On 18 May 2023, ABR (Association of Romanian Librarians) organized its annual professional meetings. For the Serials Section, the theme was Processing and managing serials and other continuing resources – good practice and perspectives. Aurelia Perșinaru and Adina Patriche participated in this meeting with a presentation entitled ROAD – Instrument for Promotion of Open Access Continuing Scholarly Resources.

The presentation aimed to provide a clear picture of what an open-access resource is now, what are the requirements for a resource to be enrolled in ROAD and other useful information about quality management. The topics were: how to promote ROAD and enhance its visibility among Romanian beneficiaries, how to manage continuing resources in ROAD, with a specific focus on ensuring their quality (content and editorial requirements).

The meeting was an excellent platform to disseminate information about ROAD and its objectives, as well as to discuss methods for promoting and effectively managing Romanian open-access continuing scholarly resources.

At the 52nd ACURIL conference held in Kingston, Jamaica, Gaelle Bequet, Director of the ISSN International Centre, was invited as keynote speaker to present a paper on identifiers and open science on June 6, 2023. The text of her paper is available online in French (https://zenodo.org/record/8027102) and English (https://zenodo.org/record/8026914). She was also received by Ms Beverly Lashley, Director of the National Library of Jamaica, and Ms Maxine Jones, Head of the Jamaican ISSN Center.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 46 Information and Documentation will meet from 22 to 26 May 2023 in Paris. The ISSN International Centre, which participates in the work of the committee, is helping to organize an event that will bring together experts from national delegations. They will visit the National Archives and the National Library of France (Richelieu Building). A reception will be held at the end of the day so that participants can enjoy French hospitality.

  ICSTI (International Council for Scientific and Technical Information) is proud to warmly welcome as a new member, the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology. The membership of IBICT is of  great value to ICSTI as they offer a great opportunity to connect ICSTI’s community to an even much larger South American network of institutions and scholars.

IBICT host the Brazilian ISSN Centre.

Mir@bel est une base de données de plus de 15 000 revues qui fournit des informations sur les conditions d’accès aux revues. Mir@bel organise son assemblée générale annuelle à Strasbourg avec un programme d’ateliers, visites et conférences. Gaëlle Béquet, directrice du Centre international de l’ISSN, présentera le rôle du Centre international et de son réseau dans le développement de la science ouverte. Le programme est disponible.

The Association of Caribbean University, Research, and Institutional Libraries has chosen the theme Innovation: Opportunities and Challenges in Caribbean Libraries, Museums, and Archives for its annual conference, which is being held in Kingston, Jamaica, June 4-8, 2023. Gaëlle Béquet, Director of the ISSN International Centre, has been invited to present a paper on the role of identifiers in open science. The conference programme is available.

In early 2023, Knowledge Exchange published a report on persistent identifiers that focuses on the requirements for a reliable infrastructure for the dissemination of research results at the international level. The webinar on 23 May 2023 will be moderated by Pablo de Castro, author of the report and librarian at the University of Strathclyde, and Gaëlle Béquet, Director of the International ISSN Centre. The webinar is free with registration.

The ISSN International Centre will present its ISSN List Submission Service at the 38th NASIG Conference, May 22-25, 2023 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This service has been created to meet the needs of libraries willing to check the quality of serial identifiers in their catalogues and retrieve information from the Keepers Registry regarding the long-term preservation of the journals they hold in their collections. This service is currently being tested with the University of California at Davis. The presentation is scheduled 23 May 2023 at 2.45 p.m. EDT. The global programme is available.

Gracias a la implementación de la nueva herramienta interna de catalogación ISSN Plus (ISSN+), la cual complementa y optimiza las funcionalidades del Portal ISSN, el servicio que brinda el Centro Nacional ISSN Perú (CN-ISSN) a través de la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú (BNP) ha mejorado respecto a los registros y metadatos que describen a las publicaciones seriadas peruanas y demás recursos continuos. Una de las principales ventajas que ofrece ISSN Plus (ISSN+), es la actualización casi inmediata de los datos en el portal ISSN (https://portal.issn.org/) respecto a los recursos que han sido asignados con un número ISSN. El CN-ISSN, que funciona en la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú desde el año 2021, es uno de los centros nacionales de la Red ISSN que empezó a utilizar con éxito esta novedosa herramienta.