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ROAD:ROAD: the ISSN as a matching key to

aggregate quality, open access resources

Nathalie CornicDeputy Head of the Data, Network & Standards deptISSN International Centre

@ISSN_IC

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What is ROAD ?• ROAD is a free service based on the ISSN Register• With a special focus on Open Access (scholarly) e-journals, and 4 other types of resources•Developed by the ISSN International Centre in support of UNESCO policy promoting Open Access science•Providing access to information on +13,500 online OA resources identified by an ISSN.

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Purposes of ROAD To help researchers identify and select quality OA resources identified by ISSN To support OA in countries belonging to ISSN network To demonstrate new ways of searching the ISSN Register and linking information from various sources

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How does it work?•ROAD is fed by ISSN centres, national & international, adding a dedicated code•ISSN records are enriched by data taken from external sources (journal indicators, indexing-abstracting services, registries…)•ISSN numbers are used as a matching key crossing ISSN records / external databases coverage lists of journals and other resources

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PRESSOO and the ISSN RegisterA specialized and detailed model was needed to represent serials and ongoing resources•“features” (frequency, medium...)•changes that affect them over the time (continuations, absorptions, splits...)•relationships they can have with other serials (linguistic editions...)Provide a linked-data friendly data model•To improve interoperability with other datasetsPRESSOO for the ISSN registry•Prepare the publication of (a subpart of) the registry in the LOD•Mapping of NCs’ MARC records to PRESSOO may be customized according to national practicesNow an official standard of the IFLA cataloguing section.

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PRESSOO: an extension of FRBROO

FRBROO: object-oriented version of FRBRPRESSOO : FRBROO for serials and other continuing resources

–“An ontology which aims to represent the underlying semantics of bibliographic information about continuing resources, and more specifically about periodicals”

FRBROO chosen as a reference standard–For its object-oriented approach: convenient for

linked data–As it is event-centric: to express the dynamic

nature of serials–As it allows interoperability with other cultural

fields (as a CIDOC-CRM extension).

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National centres involved

Top ten countries

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Partnering sources help us provide quality insight into OA resources

Selection Indexation Evaluation & metrics Location and LT preservation programmes

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Selection criteria•Open access to the whole content of the resource (free registration is accepted)•No moving wall•The resources comprise mainly research papers•The audience is mostly researchers and scholars

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5 types of resources

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Number of OA resources WW by thematic area and type

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What can you do with ROAD?

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Faceted search

Subject access using UNESCO classification profile (UDC)

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Coverage by external sourcesIndexing/abstracting services

Journal indicators

Registries and archives

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ROAD & partnering registries

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to know whether a title is being archived,and by which archive …

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… and the details on what issues and volumes

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Our strengths•5 types of OA resources worldwide.•Identified by 89 ISSN national centres worldwide.•17 partnering registries, metrics, indexing/abstracting services:

ISSN is used as a matching key use, influence, promimence, quality.

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Thank you for your attention

Nathalie Cornic @ISSN_IC