Hello Liz,
Unfortunately, WorldCat is not always the best source for authoritative ISSN and that is the case here. I checked the ISSN Portal, a product of the ISSN International Centre (www.issn.org), which contains the authoritative database of ISSN records. Here is what I found:
ISSN 2221-5875 has been assigned to SA phramaceutical journal incorporating pharmacy management
the above title continues:
ISSN 0257-8719 The South African pharmaceutical journal
Additionally, ISSN 1015-1362 Pharmacy management
was absorbed by The South African pharmaceutial Journal
Finally, ISSN 0038-2558 has been cancelled in favor of ISSN 0257-8719 (assigned to The South African pharmaceutical journal).
Many years ago the U.S. ISSN Center (then called the National Serials Data Program, NSDP) authenticated a large number of non-U.S. ISSN in the CONSER database within WorldCat. Unfortunately, these ISSN have not been able to be kept synchronized with data in the ISSN Portal. That is why when ISSN 0038-2558 was cancelled, the CONSER/NSDP record for that ISSN in WorldCat was not updated and still shows the correct ISSN as ISSN 0038-2558. I will have that record corrected to show the current ISSN and the cancelled ISSN.
I hope this helps you.
Regina Romano Reynolds
ISSN Coordinator
Library of Congress
(202) 707-6379 (voice)
(202) 707-0973 (fax)
rrey@loc.gov
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Never posted but here goes: I have the South African Pharmaceutical Journal. ISSN printed on cover from Vol. 78 no. 1 is 2221-5875, this is not recognized anywhere such as on Ulrich’s. The ISSN on our Bib record is 1015-1362 which appears to be from the incorporated Pharmacy Management (South Africa) correct until 2000. Then the ISSN that is reflected on Ulrich’s and on the SISAC label is 0257-8719. I went onto OCLC to try to seek clarity on the ISSN issue and came up with a 4th one: 0038-2558. I am at a loss.
Liz van Aarde
Librarian: Serials Cataloguer
Bibliographic Services
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Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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