The ISSN International Centre is glad to support the 2021 FORCE11 Online Conference as Platinum Sponsor. This conference focused on a number of relevant topics for the ISSN Network, e.g. Research assessment, Scholarly communications role in the sustainable development goals, Governance of open science and Science discoverability.

Dr. Gaelle Bequet, Director of the ISSN International Centre, gave a presentation on 8 December 2021 about the Project JASPER that aims to provide sustainable archiving solutions for OA journals.

The conference program is available at https://force2021.sched.com/.

The ISSN International Centre is glad to announce that the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford – Open Scholarship Support have just endorsed the July 2016 statement Working together to Ensure the Future of the Digital Scholarly Records that summarizes the principles that guide Keepers Registry’s development.

The Bodleian Libraries (UK) is the latest to join all those that have already shown their support for KR, namely the Library of Congress (USA), Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (USA), International Alliance of Research Library Associations, Ivy Plus Libraries Collections Group (USA), Rede Cariniana Network (IBICT, Brazil), Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) (Canada), Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC, Australia), King’s College London (UK) and Faculdad de Ciencias De La Comunicacion Turismo Y Psicologia (Peru).

The CISPC 2021 event comprises a series of three free-to-view webcasts reflecting current ‘hot topics’ in scholarly publishing. The webcast series, featuring high-level speakers from the world of scholarly communications, will also be available to watch on ‘catch-up’ for the following 12 months.

The ISSN IC Director, Dr. Gaelle Bequet, was a panelist on CISPC 2021 webinar held remotely on 2 December 2021 about Sustainable development goals and scholarly communications. This one-hour panel discussion’s goal was to find out why (and how) libraries, research bodies and publishers alike should embrace the UN’s sustainable development goals to benefit the global community.

ISSN IC sponsors this professional event that includes more webinars about Diversity in academic publishing and The future of hybrid events.

Two preservation agencies have joined the Keepers Registry: the National Library of France (BnF)  with a subset of their Gallica collection, and Merritt Preservation Repository, maintained by the University of California Curation Center (UC3) at the California Digital Library. The number of preserved titles has increased from 53,000 to 68,841!  

The Transfer Alerting Service has been designed to share information about journal transfers between publishers. It is hosted by the ISSN International Centre. TAS is based on NISO Transfer Code of Practice that sets out best practices for scholarly publishers to ensure journal transfers between parties occur with minimum disruption and their content remains accessible. TAS is made up of:

• A database of journal transfers which can be searched or browsed: it allows librarians and information professionals to access the details of journal transfers and provides an archive of transfer information supplied by publishers,
• A notification service available through an RSS feed or by signing-up to a dedicated mailing list,
• An API to query or integrate with TAS.

Endorsing Publishers register with the ISSN International Centre to report journal transfer through TAS. They are provided with an account on the ISSN Portal. If you have already endorsed Transfer Code of Practice and wish to set an account, please contact transfer@issn.org.

This slide deck and video explain how a receiving publisher can report a title transfer on the ISSN Portal.  Publishers must first endorse the Transfer Code of Practice.  Please contact the Co-Chairs of the Transfer Standing Committee to sign up.  Endorsing publishers will subsequently be assigned credentials for the ISSN Portal.

Being a part of a global network has its benefits. Over 90 ISSN National Centres receive support from the ISSN International Centre to put into practice the ISO 3297 standard. The ISSN Network coordinates the collection of bibliographic data for serials and continuing resources which is in turn published in a centralized registry. Member countries have recognized the value of hosting their own ISSN National Centre at a research centre, national library, book chamber or publisher association.

Benefits

• Offering publishers a recognized global label (ISO 3297) and service in their native language
• Support for establishing data workflows and a network of experts to consult
• A way to promote your country’s cultural and academic publications on a global platform

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Dr Gaëlle Béquet, Director of ISSN International Centre, will participate in a panel session titled Strategic Frontiers in Digital Preservation that will take place on 3 November. In this session, the perspectives of libraries, publishers, and service providers will be explored on key strategic digital preservation issues. Participants will learn about recent initiatives and hear expert reflections on the fundamental requirements to ensure that scholarly material is adequately preserved in efficient and cost-effective ways for future scholars.

The full agenda of the conference is online.