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'''ISSN''', or '''International Standard Serial Number''', is the unique eight-digit [[number]] applied to a periodical [[publication]] including electronic periodicals. It was adopted as [[international standard]] [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] 3297 in 1975.<br />
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It is similar in [[concept]] to the [[ISBN]] for [[book]]s. Some volumes, when published as part of a series, but can also stand alone, are assigned both an [[ISSN]] and an [[ISBN]]. However, ISSNs, contrary to ISBNs, contain no [[information]] whatsoever as to the [[publisher]] or its [[location]]. They are just 'dumb' numbers assigned to a standardized version of a serial title. For this reason, a new ISSN is assigned to a publication each time it undergoes any major title change.<br />
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ISSNs are assigned by a [[network]] of ISSN National Centres, usually located at National Libraries and coordinated by an International Centre based in [[Paris]]. The ISSN International Centre is an intergovernmental [[organization]] created in 1974 in the [[framework]] of an [[agreement]] between [[UNESCO]] and the French Government. The ISSN International Centre maintains a [[database]] of all ISSNs assigned worldwide, associated to records describing the publications thus identified. The '''ISSN Register''' contains more than one million entries for [[periodical]]s.<br />
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==Format==<br />
The format of the ISSN is an eight digit number, divided by a hyphen into two four digit numbers.<br />
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The last digit, which may be 0-9 or an X, is a check digit.<br />
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Example:<br />
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* ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' ISSN 1464-7834</div>imported>Meg Taylor