Pilot Program

• About the Pilot Program

About the Pilot Program

The International ISTC Agency is collaborating with a select group of publishers, authors and rights-holders to jointly participate in ISTC Pilot Programs that will provide participants with FREE ISTCs and title-linking services through May 2009.

These pilots will afford participants the opportunity to title-link their backlists and optimize their catalogue meta-data for distribution and discoverability throughout the supply chain. They will also help the International ISTC agency to validate various requirements and workflow assumptions for forthcoming certified ISTC Registration Agencies.

For more information on how to apply and participate in these important initiatives, please contact:

In the U.S: Andy Weissberg, Vice President of Identifier Services and Corporate Marketing, Bowker, at 908.219.0206 or andy.weissberg@bowker.com.

In the U.K: Julian Sowa, Senior Manager Nielsen Registration Services, The Nielsen Company at +44 (0) 870 777 8712 or julian.sowa@nielsen.com

All others ...

Olav Stokkmo, Chief Executive IFRRO - The International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations at +32 2 551 08 98/99 or olav.stokkmo@ifrro.org

Sylvain Piat, Director for Information Networks and Internal Systems CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers) at +33 (0) 1 55 62 08 54 or sylvain.piat@cisac.org