ISTC registrants are free to choose whichever ISTC Registration Agency they wish
to submit requests through, as there are no territorial or other market restrictions
on where or whom agencies accept requests from.
There are currently three ISTC registration agencies:
ISTC Agency
Bowker LLC
630 Central Ave
New Providence, NJ 07974 USA
CONTACT:
Roy Crego
Product Manager - Title Linking/ISTC
Phone: 908-219-0240
Email: roy.crego@bowker.com
MVB Marketing- und Verlagsservice des Buchhandels GmbH
Attn.: Anke Lehr
Großer Hirschgraben 17-21
D-60311 Frankfurt
CONTACT:
Phone: +49 (0)69 1306 387
Fax: +49 69 1306 258
Email: a.lehr@mvb-online.de
ISTC Agency
Nielsen Book
3rd Floor, Midas House
62 Goldsworth Road
Woking Surrey GU21 6LQ United Kingdom
CONTACT:
Phone: +44 (0) 870 777 8712
Email: istc.agency@nielsen.com
The ISTC registration agencies shall provide the services described in a) to j)
below:
a) Process applications for ISTC allocations.
b) Issue notification of the issuance of an ISTC to the registrant for that textual
work.
c) Issue notification of the application and/or allocation of an ISTC for a textual
work that is a derivation of a textual work that has already been issued an ISTC
to:
1. the registrant of the textual work from which the new work is derived;
2. at the discretion of the appropriate ISTC registration agency, any other person
or organization that requests such notification.
d) Correct inaccurate ISTC metadata if appropriate proof of such inaccuracy is provided.
e) Enter into registers the details of each allocated ISTC and its associated ISTC
metadata and administrative metadata.
f) Manage and maintain the registers of ISTC, ISTC metadata and administrative metadata
in a secure fashion and in compliance with the specifications established by the
ISTC Registration Authority.
g) Make ISTC and their associated ISTC metadata available to other ISTC registration
agencies and to users of the ISTC system, in accordance with the policies laid down
by the ISTC Registration Authority.
h) Compile and maintain statistical data on its ISTC-related operations and report
these to the ISTC Registration Authority.
i) Promote, educate and train others in the use of the ISTC system in compliance
with the specifications of this International Standard.
j) Adhere to the ISTC policies and procedures established by the ISTC Registration
Authority in compliance with the specifications of this International Standard.
The International ISTC Agency encourages entities that wish to apply to become an
ISTC Registration Agency to contact the International ISTC Agency to participate
in the expression of interest process: James Boyd, Communication and Product Development,
IFRRO at +32 2 551 08 97 or james.boyd@ifrro.org,
or Eric Baptiste, Director General, CISAC at cis@cisac.org.
