ISSN was first published as an ISO standard in 1975, making 2025 its 50th birthday. Come help us celebrate the history, drama, and accomplishments of this important standard with some humor and maybe a song or three. Great moments in ISSN history will be dramatized and cameos by such fellow identifiers as DOI, ISBN, and ISNI will take competitive jabs at ISSN's success. Attendees will come away with a better understanding of the background and significance of the standard and its use today.
Learning Outcomes
Attendees will come away with a better understanding of the background and significance of the standard and its use today.
I am a librarian and a researcher in information science focusing on persistent identifiers, metadata quality, open science and digital preservation. I have been running the ISSN International Centre and coordinating its network of 93 member countries since 2014. I am a member of... Read More →
Regina Romano Reynolds is director of the U.S. ISSN Center and head of the ISSN Section at the Library of Congress. She was a member of the U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee and co-chaired the internal LC group that recommended LC projects based on the report of the Working Group... Read More →