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Registering ISSN

Tuesday, September 30th, 2003 at 9:37 AM Category: Meryl's Notes Blog No comments

That’s what I get for putting it off. I almost registered for a blog ISSN about two years ago. Then, I decided against it. Recently, I followed through and I learned that the LOC (Library of Congress) is revisiting ISSNs for blogs. Here’s
an abbreviated version of the note I received from LOC:

“Thanks for the link to the article discussing the registration of ISSN for weblogs. As I write you this reply, the head of the US ISSN Center is at the meeting of the heads of ISSN agencies worldwide where the topic of assigning ISSN to weblogs will be discussed.

Hopefully a decision will be made and policy determined for assigning ISSN to weblogs. As you are well aware, weblogs are very popular. We are inundated with requests. We have been asked to put a hold on subsequent requests for blogs until a decision is made at the international meeting. We should have an answer in a few weeks.”

If you wonder why some blogs have an ISSN, it’s because they requested it in the early days of blogs when there weren’t as many around.