The Algerian ISSN Centre was created in 1989 with the receipt of the first magnetic tapes of the International Centre's database. The first managers were Mr Moussa Benhamadi, director of the CERIST centre and the national ISSN centre, and Mr Said Berrouk, technical manager. The Centre strengthened the rapid allocation of ISSNs to Algerian serial …
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.
Since its founding in 1990, the Romanian ISSN Centre has been a proud member of the global ISSN network. Over the years, the Romanian ISSN Centre has grown into a trusted resource for Romanian serial publications, building an impressive database of over 37 000 records that highlight the country’s rich academic and cultural output.
1. History Bulgarian National ISSN Centre was established in its current form in 1991, initially as part of the Bibliography of Periodicals Department and since 2013, after merging with the ISBN, ISSN and ISIL agencies, as an independent unit within the structure of the National Bibliographic Agency in the National Library “St. St. Cyril and …
ISSN Centre for Croatia was established 33 years ago, in 1992, as the Croatian ISDS Centre in the Institute for Information Sciences and since 1994 operates as one of the departments in the National and University Library in Zagreb. As part of splitting up the former Yugoslav database the Croatian ISDS Centre has identified 1136 Croatian records …
The ISSN Centre Slovenia joined the ISSN Network by signing the agreement with the ISSN International Centre on 23 November 1992. It was established by the National and University Library in the same year. Up until March 2023, the centre operated within the serials collection department. Since then, it has been integrated into the National …
Brief history 1974 Regional ISDS Centre for CMEA countries is established in Moscow 1975 State Technical Library starts sending records of serials published in Czechoslovakia to CMEA information systems ASRPI, MARSI and to ISDS IC on worksheets. Regional ISDS Centre supplying ISDS blocks of numbers 1978 National ISDS Centre (Národní středisko …
The ISSN agency of Lithuania has been operating since the end of 1993. Almost immediately after the declaration of independence in 1991, the national ISSN agency was established. In 1992, the Book Chamber was attached to the Martynas Mažvydas National Library. The Centre of the Bibliography and Book Science of the National Library was designated …
The National ISSN Agency in the Slovak Republic was established in 1993 in the Slovak National Library in Martin. On February the 1st 1993, an agreement was signed between the International ISDS Centre (since 1994 ISSN) in Paris and the Slovak National Library in Martin. In 1997, the ISSN NA moved to the University Library in Bratislava. On 22 …
The ISSN Türkiye Centre has been a member of the ISSN International System since 1994. As the sole authorized unit responsible for assigning ISSNs to serial publications in Türkiye, our center operates under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Directorate General of Libraries and Publications. ISSN operations are carried out by a team of four …
Our Journey with the ISSN Network The National Library Board (NLB) of Singapore was established in 1995. It nurtures Readers for Life, Learning Communities and a Knowledgeable Nation by promoting reading, learning and history through its network of 28 libraries across Singapore, the National Library and the National Archives of Singapore. The NLB …
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