131 History and experience of ISSN national centers in Latin America Lillian Alvares Brazilian Science and Technology Information Institute (Ibict), Ministry of Science and Technology MCTI), Brasília, Brazil. E-mail: lillianalvares@ibict.br Juliana Bueno ISSN Brazilian National Center, Brazilian Science and Technology Information Institute (Ibict), Brasilia, Brazil. E-mail: juliana@ibict.br Nathalie Cornic Deputy Head of the Data, Network and Standards Department, ISSN International Centre, Paris, France. E-mail: cornic@issn.org Abstract This article presents an overview of the ISSN national centers in Latin America, the region of the Americas where mostly Latin derived languages are spoken, especially Spanish and Portuguese. The ISSN presence in the region is low. Only ten out of twenty countries have national centers. Bolivia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay and Peru resort to the international center to request support on obtaining the code. Of the countries which have a national center, fve of them are in national libraries: Colombia, in the National Library of Colombia; Costa Rica, in the National Library of Costa Rica (La Biblioteca Nacional Miguel Obregón Lizano); Dominican Republic, in the Central Library of the Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University; Uruguay, in the National Library of Uruguay and Venezuela, in the National Library of Venezuela. The others are in public institutions connected to Science, Technology and Education like Argentina, in the Argentine Center of Scientifc and Technological Information (CAICYT); Brazil, in the Brazilian Science and Technology Information Institute IBICT); Chile, in the National Commission for Scientifc and Technological Research (CONICYT); Ecuador, in the Board of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation and Mexico, in the National Institute of Copyright. Keywords: International Standard Serial Number (ISSN). Latin America. National libraries. Public institutions connected to Science, Technology and Education. História e experiência dos centros nacionais do ISSN na América Latina Resumo Apresenta o panorama dos centros nacionais do ISSN na América Latina, região docontinente americano que engloba os países onde são faladas línguas derivadas do latim, sobretudo, espanhol e português. A presença do ISSN na região é baixa. Dos 20 países, apenas 10 tem centros nacionais. Bolívia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicarágua, Panamá, Paraguai e Peru recorrem ao Centro Internacional para solicitar apoio na obtenção do código. Ci. Inf., Brasília, DF, v. 44 n. 1, p.131-143, jan./abr., 2015