By Marie Kolind Krogsgaard / Katrine Marie Schrøder 1975: the Danish national centre was established in the Royal Library, where publications have been received through the legal deposit system established in 1697. Denmark was one of the first countries, which was able to send tapes to Paris.
1975-2025:
96 countries working together
Over the years, a solid and diverse network has grown up around the ISSN on 5 continents. This constantly evolving network is the result of the cooperation and commitment of all National Centres. We aim to promote multilateralism through exemplary cooperation and governance involving all members of the network. Beyond the national centres, the richness of our organisation lies in the diversity of our clients, who have been loyal to us for many years. It is thanks to this long-term collaboration and the diversity of our partners that we continue to grow and offer increasingly personalised and efficient services.
Finland’s national ISSN Agency was established in the National Library of Finland (University of Helsinki Library back then) in 1975 as entrusted by the Finnish Government. We have two employees: Heidi Ronkainen (2007-) and Kirsi Pihlajalahti (2009-). We both work at the ISBN Agency as well. The connection between the Agencies is close, both are …
The Philippines and the ISSN: A Journey Through National Bibliographic Control The journey of the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) in the Philippines began in the late 1970s. During this time, the nation learned the importance of standardized bibliographic control for its growing academic, scientific, and cultural serial publications. …
ISSN Center of Serbia, for 50th anniversary Organization The International ISSN Centre was established during the seventies of the twentieth century 1975. National ISSN Centre for the territory of Yugoslavia established in YUBIN, Belgrade 2003. National ISSN Centre for Serbia and Montenegro CNL “Djurdje Crnojevic”, Cetinje 2008. National ISSN …
New Zealand joined the ISSN network not long after it started on the 11 th of July 1975, and it was announced in the February 1976 issue of NZLA newsletter that “the first allocation of ISSNs has arrived from Paris and the National Library has begun to assign ISSNs”. Over this time the New Zealand ISSN Centre has assigned over 21,000 ISSN. The New …
By Anna Wallin, ISSN Sweden Director, 2014– and Ola Alm ISSN Sweden team member, 1998– ISSN Sweden was set up in 1975 at the Bibliographic Institute of the National Library of Sweden, after many years of hard work getting ready for it. The statutes were formally adopted in 1979, which was also when the Swedish union catalogue Libris was launched.
The Argentinean ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) Centre has been operating under the UNESCO/UNISIST programme since 1976, and was one of the first countries to join the network. From the beginning, Molina de Quiroga Durand has been responsible for carrying out the activities of the National Centre. In these 48 years, we have grown and …
Since 1976, Colombia has had an ISSN National Centre dedicated to the identification and registration of its serial publications. Throughout its history, two institutions have been in charge of this important work: - ICFES (1976 - 2011): For 35 years, the Colombian Institute for the Promotion of Higher Education was responsible for assigning the …
The ISSN France Centre is hosted by the Bibliothèque nationale de France First year of operation : 1975 Official date membership : 1976 Our mascot : the Bear In French, the word for masthead is … Ours (or Bear). The bear or pressman was responsible for operating the press, and was so named for the impression of heaviness he gave …
The Japanese National Centre for ISSN is located in the Serials and Non-book Materials Division, Acquisitions and Bibliography Department, National Diet Library (NDL). The NDL took over becoming a Japanese National Centre for ISDS in 1973 and has actively served as the Japanese National Centre for ISDS since January 1976. The name changed to …
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