AJL Members, FYI.
Caroline Miller ------------ Forwarded Message ------------ Date: Thursday, March 25, 2004 3:48 PM -0500 From: Pat Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NISO Voting Members <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: ISSN Update Dear members, The ISO working group tasked to consider possible changes to the ISSN (International Standard Serial Numbering, ISO 3279) had its first meeting in January. A report on the first meeting is attached. The NISO experts participating on the working group include: Yvette Diven (R. R. Bowker), Ed Pentz (CrossRef), and Regina Reynolds (Library of Congress). The ISO working group is exploring several possible approaches to the ISSN. Over the next two weeks they will be conducting a telephone survey to get feedback from users on each suggested scenario. They want to gauge what the repercussions might be if any one of these scenarios was mandated as the new ISSN standard. If you (or your organization's ISSN/serials expert) would like to be included in this survey please let me know and I will connect you with the survey team. The four scenarios that are being considered are: 1. SCENARIO A: ISSNs are assigned to each different *medium* (e.g. print vs electronic; online vs offline; CD vs DVD) but not to each different *format* (e.g. HTML vs PDF; SGML vs XML). This is the current situation, although not all publishers follow it. 2. SCENARIO B: ISSNs are assigned to a serial publication at the *title* level, to cover all versions. This is essentially making the ISSN a Work identifier. 3. SCENARIO C: A "base ISSN" is assigned to a serial publication at the title level (i.e. as for Scenario B), but standardized suffixes are used to identify each media version (e.g. ISSN 1234-5678.dvd) and possibly each format (e.g. ISSN 1234-5678.htm). 4. SCENARIO D: A "master ISSN" is assigned to a serial publication at the title level and separate "secondary ISSNs" are assigned to different media and/or format versions (e.g. ISSN 1234-5678 is assigned to title, 2345-6789 to the CD version, 3456-7891 to the online version, 4567-8912 to the print version, etc.). Each ISSN would be "dumb" so a database will be needed to link secondary ISSNs to master ISSNs. Thanks for your interest and participation. Pat ---------- End Forwarded Message ---------- Caroline R. Miller Head, Monographic Cataloging and Authority Sections UCLA Library Cataloging Center Young Research Library [EMAIL PROTECTED] =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
