Re: ISSN question Katharina Klemperer 17 Nov 2005 16:08 UTC
I surely love the name "Medium-Neutral ISSN". Will there also be a "Small-Neutral ISSN", a "Large-Neutral ISSN", and an "Extra-Large-Neutral ISSN"? Or does the name have something to do with the ISSN's not caring too much about supernatural powers? :-) Kathy At 10:36 AM 11/17/2005, you wrote: >Nancy and all-- > >There are several reasons for the situations you mention. To begin with, >whether a serial is current or ceased, it can be assigned an ISSN. The >ISSN does not have to be printed on a serial to be a valid and current >ISSN. Yes, JSTOR is requesting ISSN for serials it is digitizing >retrospectively. JSTOR is producing reproductions for the purpose of >providing libraries with surrogates for print journals. These kinds of >reproductions carry the ISSN of the original, as has long been the policy >for microform reproductions. > >If the journal has never been issued in an online edition, that is, a >parallel to the print election edition issued by (or under the auspices >of) the original publisher, it would not be assigned a separate ISSN for >the electronic edition, since, in fact, there never was a separately >published electronic edition. > >There have been various discussions about the policy for ISSN assignment >to digital reproductions within the ISSN Network but this is the current >policy. Perhaps when the revised ISSN standard, including provisions for >a "Medium-Neutral ISSN (MNI)" is approved and implemented, some of these >issues can be resolved by use of the MNI, which will be the same for all >manifestations of a journal > >Regina R. Reynolds email: rrey@loc.gov >Head, National Serials Data Program voice: (202) 707-6379 >Library of Congress fax (202) 707-6333 >101 Independence Avenue, S.E. ISSN Web >page: lcweb.loc.gov/issn/ >Washington, D.C. 20540-4160 > > > > >On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Nancy Chaffin wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > Perhaps I missed something on the discussion lists, but here is my > > question/dilemma: > > > > I am finding records in OCLC for print serials that have long ago > > ceased, but there are ISSNs in the record in a subfield a. > > > > Example: OCLC record # 1480181 > > 022 0 1547-6154 > > 245 04 The American journal of police science > > 362 0 Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan.-Feb. 1930)-v. 3, no. 2 (Mar.-Apr. 1932). > > > > Clearly the print issues for this title were never printed with an ISSN. > > > > However, this record includes (secondary) information about the > > electronic version of this title available through JSTOR (to which my > > library subscribes) and HeinOnline (to which we have no access). > > > > It has been my (mistaken?) understand that JSTOR had requested ISSNs > > retrospectively for the titles they were scanning and putting online; if > > so, wouldn't the ISSN be the e-ISSN, not the print ISSN? > > > > The OCLC record for the electronic version of this title (an aggregator > > neutral record reflecting availability through both JSTOR and > > HeinOnline) includes the ISSN above, but in a subfield y. (OCLC record # > > 47949278) > > > > Incidently, both of these are ELvl [blank] records. The one for the > > print is 042 lc $a nsdp and the electronic is 042 lc. > > > > I've checked the ISSN site at loc.gov, but other than stating that each > > format should have its own ISSN (which seems to fly in the face of the > > records above), I couldn't find any information re: what I've been > > seeing. Is there some statement or public policy someone on SERIALST can > > point me to explaining how the ISSNs are assigned to these older > > periodicals? > > > > TIA > > > > Nancy > > > > -- > > Nancy J. Chaffin > > Metadata Librarian > > Colorado State University Libraries > > Fort Collins, CO 80523-1019 > > > > voice: 970.491.1847 > > fax: 970.491.4661 > > e-mail: Nancy.Chaffin@colostate.edu > > ================================ Katharina Klemperer, MLS Library and Information Systems Consulting 37 Minuteman Rd. Acton, MA 01720 USA 978-266-1776 kathy.klemperer@verizon.net