The ISSN International Centre outlined a strategic plan for 2015-2018 with six main goals: 1) Improve operations of the ISSN network; 2) Enhance ISSN data, products, and services; 3) Maintain and enhance technical infrastructure; 4) Set up new partnerships; 5) Improve awareness and governance; and 6) Share ISSN data more broadly. Objectives included updating training, strengthening cooperation with national centres, enriching the ISSN register with external data, implementing a new portal and customer relationship management system, and reconciling open access and linked data with financial sustainability. The strategic plan was approved by the ISSN's governing board and general assembly.

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ISSN International Centre’s
Strategic Plan 2015-2018
Gaëlle Béquet
Director
ISSN International Centre’s
Strategic Plan 2015-2018
Gaëlle Béquet
Director
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Our ChallengesOur Challenges
- Metadata are produced on a large scale by
various international stakeholders.
- Metadata are cross-checked between open
access services.
- Metadata are more and more embedded in
digital documents and hence more easily
retrievable and reusable.
- The ISSN International Register is a silo.
- MARC 21 format is not web-friendly.
- Data exchange within the ISSN network is
cumbersome.
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Our StrengthsOur Strengths
The ISSN is:
- An authority identifier,
- A natural « identification key » for continuing
resources,
- A well-known, adaptive, long-lasting and
widely used standard,
- Implemented by independent, collaborating
and not for profit entities,
- And controlled by international agreement.
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Our Strategy 2015-2018Our Strategy 2015-2018
Goal 1: Improve the operations of the ISSN
Network
Goal 2: Enhance ISSN Data, Products & Services
Goal 3: Maintain and enhance ISSN International
Centre’s technical infrastructure
Goal 4: Set up new Partnerships
Goal 5: Improve ISSN International Centre’s
Awareness & Governance
Goal 6: Share ISSN Data with a wider community
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Goal 1: Improve the operations of the ISSN NetworkGoal 1: Improve the operations of the ISSN Network
Objective 1.1: Update the ISSN Manual
Objective 1.2: Create Webinars and increase
the number of training sessions
Objective 1.3: Strengthen the cooperation with
National Centres outside Europe and North
America
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Goal 1: Improve the operations of the ISSN NetworkGoal 1: Improve the operations of the ISSN Network
Objective 1.4: Invite interested countries’
representatives to international events related
to ISSN
Objective 1.5: Revive negotiations with
countries without ISSN National Centre
Objective 1.6: Implement measures to recoup
the cost of ISSN assignment by the ISSN
International Centre
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Goal 2: Enhance existing ISSN Data, Products & ServicesGoal 2: Enhance existing ISSN Data, Products & Services
Objective 2.1: Develop non-Latin script
bibliographic data in addition to transliterated
data
Objective 2.2: Produce a data quality scheme
for the ISSN International Register
Objective 2.3: Enrich the ISSN International
Register with external data
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Goal 2: Enhance existing ISSN Data, Products & ServicesGoal 2: Enhance existing ISSN Data, Products & Services
Objective 2.4: Systematic reviews of ISO 4
(2014) and ISO 3297 (2016)
Objective 2.5: Participation in ISO TC 46 and
IFLA committees
Objective 2.6: Improve the ISSN International
Register
Objective 2.7: Proceed with the development of
ROAD, the Directory of Open Access
Scholarly Resources
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Goal 3: Maintain and enhance ISSN IC’s technical
Infrastructure
Goal 3: Maintain and enhance ISSN IC’s technical
Infrastructure
Objective 3.1: Implement a new ISSN Portal and
a CRM in 2017
Objective 3.2: Upgrade IT tools for office activities
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Goal 4: Set up new PartnershipsGoal 4: Set up new Partnerships
Objective 4.1: Proceed with semi-automatic
ISSN assignments either through National
Centres or directly with third parties
Objective 4.2: Sign new agreements with
indexing services and journal indicators to
develop ROAD
Objective 4.3: Promote ISSN International
Centre participation in on-going and new
projects
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Goal 5: Improve ISSN IC’s awareness and governanceGoal 5: Improve ISSN IC’s awareness and governance
Objective 5.1: Organize regular meetings with
Governors annually
Objective 5.2: Develop monitoring tools
Objective 5.3: Enrich website with annual
reports, strategic plan, organizational chart,
etc…
Objective 5.4: Adapt communication to different
audiences on different media
Objective 5.5: Liaise with UNESCO and other
partners to disseminate information about
ISSN
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Goal 6: Share ISSN data with a wider communityGoal 6: Share ISSN data with a wider community
Objective 6.1: Reconcile Open Access and
Linked Data with financial revenues drawn from
products & services.
Objective 6.2: Interact with web-based
innovative applications that will use ISSN to
enhance their data.
Objective 6.3: Improve ISSN International
Register’s data input and output models.
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Goal 6: Share ISSN data with a wider communityGoal 6: Share ISSN data with a wider community
Consultancy missions managed by Ciber
Research.
Final recommendations approved by:
- the Governing Board in September 2015 and
April 2016,
- the General Assembly of Member Countries
in Paris in April 2016.
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ConclusionConclusion
- Our global strategy includes
developments regarding open data.
- The cooperation with the institutions
hosting ISSN National Centres is vital.
- The agreements between the ISSN
International Centre and all ISSN National
Centres will be reviewed and updated in
the months to come.
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Thank you!Thank you!
gaelle.bequet@issn.org
www.issn.org
ISSNInternationalCentre
@ISSN_IC
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