Link to ISSN Application Form [PDF, 171K]
Note: this application form is "fillable" online
Instructions
After entering the required information about your publication, you may save the application and email it to the email address indicated at the top of the form. You may also fax the application to the fax number indicated.
Applications for ISSN (except for pre-publication applications for serials which have not yet published any issues) MUST be accompanied by a sample issue or a surrogate of the cover, title page (if any), masthead, and other pages containing information about the publication. Surrogates can be sent by fax or as email attachments (preferably in PDF format), but please do not fax or email the entire issue. Please limit faxes or email attachments to no more than five pages. If you plan to publish other titles, you are welcome to save a blank copy of the form for future applications.
Important Information About Mail Delays
You may also print and send the application by regular mail to the address indicated at the top of the form. Because mail-screening procedures are in place, publishers are advised to continue sending urgent requests for new ISSN by fax, email, or private carrier. But requests for ISSN not needed for several months and sample issues being sent to fulfill ISSN pre-publication registration requirements may be sent by regular mail. Publishers are strongly encouraged to send full issues whenever possible. Full issues can be given more accurate and complete cataloging and only full issues are considered for inclusion in the Library's permanent collections.
Download the Adobe Acrobat Reader
to view PDF documents.
Last Updated: March 12, 2010
