1. How PIE-J benefits users, publishers,
libraries
Regina Romano Reynolds
Director, U.S. ISSN Center
Library of Congress

3. Guidance
Success Publishers Examples
at End users Providers
finding Larger
articles title counts
Libraries
Better service to patrons and alignment with catalog

4. So, what’s
the
big problem?

5. PowerPoint library

6. Content from one or more
previous titles
is presented
under the current title

7. Citations
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8. Where’s My Article?
Hennepin
County Library

9. American Journal of
Hygiene??

11. Clip art

12. Titles ISSN
Publication Access to
info content
Numbering
Title
changes

13. Calling
Dr. NISO

14. Information Standards Quarterly (ISQ)
Spring 2009

17. Appendices

18. From Project Muse
Show an example from the appendix

24. Take-home
messages
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25. It’s all about access to content
Hennepin
County Library

26. Do not
try to
re-write
history

27. Associate articles, issues, volumes
and dates
with the journal title
under which they were originally
published

28. Title
Changes
Wikimedia commons

29. New title changes should be
justifiable
Request new ISSN
Provide a journal title history

30. Tell the
truth,
the whole
truth
Library of Congress

31. Provide an “About the Journal”…
page that covers vital
identifying facts…
Retain this information over time

32. Identify
journals
fully and
accurately!

33. Ensure that each separate title and
format of journals over time
has its own ISSN,
verified by an ISSN center

34. Interoperabilty:
ISSN can be a DOI suffix
ISSN identifies the journal
CrossRef DOI creates a durable link
to the journal title page

35. Facilitate
access
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36. Access to current titles
Provide: Access to former titles
Tables of contents
Errata
Retain: All original content
Digitize: All available content (if you
digitize)

37. End
Library user
Publisher

38. Users
Less
pain A better
user
experience
Better search outcomes

39. Publishers Increased title counts in
packages
Helpful
guidance
Increased customer satisfaction
More renewals

40. Libraries
Higher use statistics
More accurate cataloging
More patron
satisfaction
Happier librarians

41. PIE in the sky?
Fergus McIver
Used with permission

42. Better alignment of titles and
ISSN between libraries and
publishers/providers
should help
facilitate linked data

43. Everybody
wins!
Library of Congress
Library of Congress

44. Standing
Committee
being formed
for
maintenance
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UK National Archives

46. PIE-J Co-chairs
 Cindy Hepfer
hslcindy@buffalo.edu
 Bob Boissy
robert.boissy@springer.com

47. PIE-J Working Group 47
 Springer  University at Buffalo
 Taylor & Francis  Library of Congress
(CONSER, ISSN)
 Harrassowitz
 National Library of
 Serials Solutions
Medicine
 JSTOR/Ithaka  University of Chicago
 EBSCO  University of
 Publishing Washington
Technology plc  CrossRef

48. Resources 48
“In Search of Best Practices for the
Presentation of E-journals,” ISQ, spring
2009
“Journal Title Display and Citation
Practices,” Serials Librarian, Jan. 2009
NISO workroom page
http://www.niso.org/workrooms/piej

49. Thank you!
rrey@loc.gov
Library of Congress