The World of ISSN—Standards Revisions and Related Projects

There are several ongoing projects that will be of interest to the library, publisher, and vendor communities, including the International ISSN Centre-Ulrich’s ISSN project, the revision of ISO-8, and the revision of the ISSN Standard (ISO-3297). The national centers that are participating in the ISSN IC-Ulrich’s project and how that project benefits the greater community of scholarly publishers and users of scholarly information, the project plan and progress of the ISO-8 revision (presentation of periodicals) that is related to ISSN and the NISO PIE-J recommended practice, and the status of and details about the proposed ISSN standard revision are outlined