It is very satisfying for the Mexican ISSN Centre to belong to the ISSN Network, since the international cooperation received from all the members has allowed us to generate an adequate cataloguing of the serial publications published in Mexican territory and, with this, to provide a service of excellence to the publishing community. Currently the …
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.
We at the Nigeria ISSN Centre are excited to celebrate this significant milestone with the ISSN Centre and the entire ISSN community. Over the years we have witnessed and seen the International Centre evolve and adopt to the ever changing publishing landscape, and we are proud to have played a part in that growth and development. From our humble …
The Irish ISSN centre has been operational in the National Library of Ireland since 1978. It has always been part of the Periodicals department. Various staff have worked in the centre over the years with Inez Fletcher doing the longest stint, operating the centre between 1980 to 2015. Currently two staff work in the centre, Linda Fennessy and …
The Spanish ISSN National Center was established in 1978 by an agreement signed on 15th November between the International Center and Instituto Bibliográfico Hispánico (later embedded in the National Library of Spain). Currently our host institution is the National Library of Spain located in Madrid and it is a unit within the Serials …
Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia (PNM) has been appointed as the ISSN Malaysia National Centre. As the ISSN Malaysia National Centre, the network of expertise exists through ISSN applications consisting of government departments/agencies, private agencies and companies, public higher learning institutions and private colleges, government and private …
The National Library of Norway joined the ISSN Network in December 1979. Initially ISSN Norway was based in Oslo but was relocated in the summer of 2016 to Mo i Rana, near the Arctic Circle, almost 1000 km north of its original location. Kari Grethe Singsaas served as the first director of ISSN Norway until 1999. During her tenure, she …
Unlike in other countries, the Brazilian ISSN Centre (CBISSN) is not located in a national library. In Brazil, the ISSN Centre is operated by the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (Ibict), a research unit of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. Ibict was founded in 1954 as the Brazilian Institute …
The ISSN Senegal Centre was created in April 1979. But its activities really started off in September 1982 with the recruitment of a librarian. The centre is attached to the Senegal Archives Department, which is also the National Library. A certain number of people have made a dynamic contribution to the development of the ISSN National Centre: …
In October 1985, China formally applied to join the International Serial Data System (ISDS). In November of the same year, the ISSN China Center (formerly the ISDS China Center) was officially established within the National Library of China (formerly the Beijing Library). In April 1986, the China Center was invited to attend the 6 th ISDS General …
The George Padmore Research Library was established by the first President of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, in June 1961. The purpose of the Library is to gather all documents pertaining to Africa and the Diaspora, with special emphasis on Ghana. Immediately after the death of George Padmore in 1959, the idea of establishing a research library to be a …
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