ISSN Is for Black, White, and Many Shades of Grey

Regina Romano Reynolds, Director of the  U.S. ISSN Center, Library of Congress, and Karen E. A. Ross authored an article published in Serials Librarian about ISSN and grey literature.

This article discusses and provides examples of the types of grey literature in scope for ISSN and describes the bibliographic metadata about these resources created to support each ISSN assignment. Benefits to the originators of grey literature that result from ISSN assignments are highlighted, especially the valuable exposure that the resources gain from the bibliographic records that are created to document ISSN assignments and are included in multiple international databases. Benefits that accrue to the ISSN Network from the inclusion of grey literature will also be covered.