ISDS (International Serials Data System)
The International Serial Data System (ISDS) is an international network of
operational; and regional centres, jointly responsible for the creation and
maintenance of computer based data banks which contain essential information for
the identification of serials published throughout the world.
Under the system, each serial is given an ISSN number. The ISDS International Centre is in Paris.
ISDS-Denmark is located at the Royal Library in Copenhagen.
It produces bibliographical records of periodicals published in Denmark for the
Royal Library's database REX and for the international ISDS-database, which in
Denmark is integrated with DanBib (formerly in ALBA). This center allocates
ISSN numbers for the indexed periodicals and thus
administer the allocation of these numbers in Denmark. The ISDS-base contains in 1990
about 400.000 titles.
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 07-04-2006