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International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • Launched: 1973
  • Objective: To assign the ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) and create a bibliographic description for newspapers, serial publications, blogs, databases and similar that are published serially with no scheduled conclusion.
  • Role of the German National Library: Functions as the national ISSN centre in Germany; involvement in further developing the standard
  • Additional partners: ISSN Network
  • More about the ISSN centre in Germany
  • http://www.issn.org

Last changes: 18.05.2021

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