Cataloger's Reference Shelf
CONSER Editing Guide
Cataloger's Reference Shelf
CONSER Editing Guide
A7. CONSER-related Products
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A7.1. MARC 21 Distribution Service Serials Database
A7.1.1. Weekly CONSER serials subscription
Scope
These services are delivered via FTP (File Transfer Protocol). They contain MARC 21 records for serials authenticated by CONSER Program participants, including records reflecting ISSN assignments and those created by the participants in the U.S. Newspaper Program. The files include all languages. Contains original script Chinese, Japanese, and Korean records, other languages written in non-roman systems are in romanized form. Available in MARC 21 and MARCXML formats.
Includes new records created in the current year.
Availability
Available from Cataloging Distribution Service: http://www.loc.gov/cds/products/product.php?productID=74
Library of Congress
Office of Business Enterprises
Cataloging Distribution Service
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C. 20540-4910
Phone: 1-800-255-3666 (U.S. Only) or +1-202-707-6100 (outside U.S.)
Fax: (202) 707-1334
Email: cdsinfo@loc.gov
Documentation
Documentation for the service includes MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, MARC 21 Specifications for Record Structure, Character Sets, and Exchange Media and various MARC 21 code lists.
A7.2.1. CONSER Editing Guide. 1994 ed.
No longer issued in print.
A7.2.2. CONSER Cataloging Manual
No longer issued in print.
A7.2.3. CONSERline. ISSN 1072-611X
Scope
CONSERline was an online newsletter published by the Library of Congress. It contains news of the CONSER Program and information of interest to the serials cataloging community.
Availability
Back issues are available from: http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/conser/conserline/
As national centers in the ISSN Network, US ISSN Center and ISSN Canada report all of their ISSN assignments and the bibliographic information associated with the assignments to the ISSN International Centre for inclusion in the ISSN data base and publication in ISSN-related products.
An ISSN record contains essential bibliographic information for the identification and control of serials.
Records for ISSN assignments made by the US ISSN Center are contributed to the MARC 21 distribution Service Serials Database and delivered to the ISSN International Centre in Paris. There they are added to the ISSN Register. More than 80,000 new and amended records are added to the ISSN Register per year. In 2010, the ISSN Register contained 1,555,307 records.
The ISSN Register is available on the web: the ISSN Portal, Z39.50 access, and as a raw data file.
A7.3.1. ISSN Portal (the ISSN Register on the Web)
Scope
The ISSN Register is one of the fundamental bibliographic resources for serials available over the Web. The ISSN Register is a comprehensive tool which can be used for world-wide bibliographic searches on serial publications and cataloging (records can be downloaded and re-used for specific purposes). It also is an authoritative identifier of serial publications for database management purposes.
ISSN Portal is a multilingual database: some 150 different languages are represented in the ISSN Register. Non-Latin scripts are transliterated into the Latin alphabet according to the corresponding ISO standards. Special characters and diacritics are rendered through Unicode compliance and displayed on most available browsers.
The exponential growth of electronic serials is also reflected in ISSN Portal. More and more e-serials (whether online, magnetic or optical media) are being added to the ISSN Register. Online access through the Web is updated in real time.
Availability
Information for subscriptions to the ISSN products is available on the ISSN International Web site: http://www.issn.org/. Further information is available from:
Centre International de l'ISSN
45 rue de Turbigo
75003 PARIS
FRANCE
e-mail: issnic@issn.org
Tel.: (33 1) 44 88 22 20
Fax : (33 1) 40 26 32 43
A7.3.2. ISSN Register (raw data)
The ISSN Register is available as raw data under a licencing agreement. Conditions of use and licencing fees are available upon request at the ISSN International Centre at the address given in A7.3.1. above.
A7.3.3. List of Serial Title Word Abbreviations
Scope
Includes words and their abbreviated forms used for the abbreviation of serial titles. The abbreviations are based on the international standard ISO 4. The list is an irregular publication produced in upper and lower case, with all the diacritics required by the languages and transliteration schemes represented.
Availability
For sales information, contact ISSN IC (information given in A7.3.1. above).
A7.3.4. ISSN Manual (ISBN 2-904938-00-1)
Scope
The ISSN Manual describes the organizational structure, functions, policies and procedures of the ISSN International Network. The manual contains in its annex a glossary of terms, a directory of ISSN centers, and the codes and standards used by ISSN centers.
The ISSN Manual is published in English and French. Editions in other languages are in preparation.
Availability
For sales information, contact ISSN IC (information given in A7.3.1. above).
A7.3.5. ISSN Manual. Cataloguing Part
Scope
The 2012 edition is established in accordance with the new edition of the ISO Standard on ISSN (ISO 3297) and incorporates into the Manual the profiles of the bibliographic formats MARC 21 and UNIMARC, used to make the ISSN registrations.
Availability
Published online in English and Spanish: http://www.issn.org/2-23364-ISSN-Manual.php.
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