The document discusses the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) International Centre and its role in innovation. It provides an overview of the ISSN network which includes over 1.8 million records in its register. It outlines the Centre's goals such as improving operations, enhancing data and services, setting new partnerships, and sharing ISSN data more broadly. The Centre aims to further innovate ISSN-based services through agile development and user input as it works to identify both print and online serial resources.

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ISSN: a key identifier poised for innovation
Dr. Gaëlle Béquet
Director
ISSN International Centre, Paris
ISSN: a key identifier poised for innovation
Dr. Gaëlle Béquet
Director
ISSN International Centre, Paris
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OutlinesOutlines
1/ A few insights about innovation
2/ An overview of the activities of the ISSN
International Centre and its network
3/ The strategy of the ISSN International
Centre
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1/ About innovation1/ About innovation
- Distinction between invention and innovation
- Innovation vs organisation
- Innovation relies on belief and trust
- Factors contributing to innovation
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1/ More about innovation: Science,
Technology and Society
1/ More about innovation: Science,
Technology and Society
- Social Construction of Technology
(SCOT)
- Boundary object
- Actor-Network Theory (ANT)
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2/ The ISSN International Centre and
the ISSN network
2/ The ISSN International Centre and
the ISSN network
- Intergovernmental organization supported by UNESCO,
France and 88 countries around the world;
- Missions: to create and implement the ISSN standard,
maintain the ISSN Register and foster its use by the
information community;
- ISO registration agency for ISO 3297 and ISO 4
standards;
- 1,884,990 validated records in the ISSN International
register;
- 73,880 new records added each year;
- 177,631 digital serials identified by an ISSN.
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2/ The ISSN International Centre and
the ISSN network
2/ The ISSN International Centre and
the ISSN network
- Celebration of the 40th Anniversary in 2015
http://revista.ibict.br/ciinf/issue/view/112
- Standardisation activities (ISO, IFLA, RDA
SC)
- Development of ROAD, Directory of Open
Access Resources: http://road.issn.org
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ROAD: Number of OA journals identifiedROAD: Number of OA journals identified
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ROAD: Other OA resourcesROAD: Other OA resources
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ROAD: Top 10 Contributing CountriesROAD: Top 10 Contributing Countries
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India (1400)
Brazil (1126)
United Kingdom (817)
United States (793)
France (551)
Poland (478)
Germany (466)
Russian Federation (448)
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (448)
Spain (423)

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ROAD: Number of Sessions/CountryROAD: Number of Sessions/Country
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India 46 348 23.8
Iran 11 403 5.8
United States 10 838 5.5
Brazil 9 605 4.9
Pakistan 4 367 2.2
Turkey 4 270 2.2
France 4 067 2.1
Italy 3 968 2
Poland 3 816 1.9
Romania 3 705 1.9
United
Kingdom 3 671
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Indonesia 3 654 1.9
Russia 3 626 1.8
Malaysia 3 481 1.8
Ethiopia 3 408 1.7
Mexico 3 003 1.5
Egypt 2 954 1.5
Germany 2 751 1.4
Spain 2 639 1.3
Japan 2 594 1.3

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What is our Vision?What is our Vision?
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ISSN: a key identifier
for print and online serial information
from the 20th century to the future

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What are our Values?What are our Values?
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Dedication to international cultural
cooperation
Responsiveness
Commitment to quality and standards
Professionalism
Innovation

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What are our Goals?What are our Goals?
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1: Improving the Operations of the ISSN Network
2: Enhancing ISSN Data, Products & Services
3: Setting up new Partnerships
4: Improving ISSN IC’s awareness and
governance
5: Sharing ISSN data with a wider community

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1: Improving the Operations of the ISSN
Network
1: Improving the Operations of the ISSN
Network
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Support existing ISSN Centres through
communication, advising and training
Encourage the creation of new ISSN centres

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2: Enhancing ISSN Data, Products &
Services
2: Enhancing ISSN Data, Products &
Services
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Assess and improve data quality and
completeness
Participate actively in standardization
processes
Enhance existing services and products

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3: Setting up new Partnerships3: Setting up new Partnerships
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Improve ISSN coverage
Promote partnerships with innovative projects
to spread the use of ISSN

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4: Improving ISSN IC’s awareness and
governance
4: Improving ISSN IC’s awareness and
governance
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Towards a more efficient governance
Enhance corporate communication

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5: Sharing ISSN data with a wider
audience
5: Sharing ISSN data with a wider
audience
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Reconcile Open Access and Linked Data with
financial revenues drawn from products &
services
Interact with web-based innovative applications
that will use ISSN to enhance their data
Improve ISSN Register’s data input and output
workflows

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Towards innovating services based on
ISSN
Towards innovating services based on
ISSN
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Innovative Socio-Technical project,
Based on agile methodology and iterative
development, supported by user groups,
Further to the review conducted by
CiberResearch,
In parallel with the revision of the ISSN
standard ISO 3297.

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Thank you!Thank you!
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www.issn.org
ISSNInternationalCentre
@ISSN_IC