The Global IP Address Database for Libraries and Publishers

Experience shows that on average 58% of the IP ranges held by publishers to authenticate libraries who license their content are inaccurate. Apart from unlicensed access, a consequence of incorrect IPs can be inaccurate usage statistics for both publishers and libraries.

Until now, the systems for keeping the IP ranges accurate and up to date were cumbersome, time-consuming and inefficient for both publishers and libraries.

The IP Registry is a single repository of the validated IP addresses for over 60,000 content licensing organisations worldwide, accessible by both publishers and libraries and maintained for the benefit of the whole scholarly communication community by PSI based in Oxford, UK and Boston, USA.

How it works

Register your organisation and receive your admin login. Check and update (if necessary) the IP ranges held. Add your organisation if it is not one of the 60,000+ currently in the database.

Updates and additions are checked, validated and made live in the Registry.

Publishers harvest the validated ranges manually or via our API for inclusion in their access management systems.

No more unlicensed access
Accurate usage stats for all

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

13 Dec

To help provide institutions with easier, IP-based access to #R4L resources, the IP registry has now uploaded all R4L accounts for #Chad and #Comoros. @R4LPartnership is encouraging all #Chadian and #Comoran #libraries to use https://t.co/KiVkOLJvKM #librarians

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

7 Dec

To help provide institutions with easier, IP-based access to #R4L resources, the IP registry has now uploaded all R4L accounts for #Cameroon and #CentralAfricanRepublic. @R4LPartnership is encouraging all #Cameroonian and #CentralAfrican #libraries to use https://t.co/KiVkOLJvKM

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

6 Dec

We are pleased to announce that @NEJMGroup is the latest #publisher to sign up for daily updates with details of IP changes via the IP Registry. NEJM Group encourages all #libraries to register for FREE access at https://t.co/5U7fFWbEKo. #academiclibraries #medlibs

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

4 Dec

Interesting fact: Ginny Hendricks of @CrossrefOrg has just mentioned that 80% of grants are from 20% of funders at #STMweek #STMStandTools

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

4 Dec

Andrew will be presenting "The IP address is dead! Long live the IP address!" at #STMWeek at 10:15am this morning. You can join the growing number of publishers now using https://t.co/KiVkOLJvKM to check, validate, and update IP addresses used for authentication.
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Microbiology Society@MicrobioSoc·

1 Dec

#Librarians – Don’t forget you can now report all IP updates via https://t.co/y39wUYQyUg (@ip_registry). Find out more on our website: https://t.co/pR4TffLlfn #AcademicLibraries #LibraryLife #Libraries

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

29 Nov

To help provide registered institutions with easier, IP-based access to #R4L resources, theIPregistry has now uploaded all R4L accounts for #Cape verde and #Cambodia. @R4LPartnership is asking all #CapeVerdean and #Cambodian #libraries to use https://t.co/KiVkOLJvKM .

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

28 Nov

#Librarians - don't forget to register with https://t.co/KiVkOLJvKM so you can easily communicate your IP address updates. @MicrobioSoc are already receiving your updates via theIPregistry and will be asking for all updates via this route from 2019. #AcademicLibraries

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

26 Nov

"All organizations should be making progress toward IPv6 adoption to start to relieve their long-term dependence on IPv4 addresses. The 12-step journey to an IPv6-only network starts with the first step, admitting you have an IPv4 address dependency problem."

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

21 Nov

We are delighted to announce that @ASA_CSSA_SSSA (Alliance of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science Societies) is the latest #publisher to sign up for daily updates with details of IP changes via theIPregistry. They are asking all #libraries to use https://t.co/KiVkOLJvKM.

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

19 Nov

To help provide registered institutions with easier, IP-based access to #R4L resources, theIPregistry has now uploaded all R4L accounts for #Guinea and #Guyana. @R4LPartnership is asking all #Guniean and #Guyanan #libraries to use https://t.co/KiVkOLJvKM .

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

12 Nov

From 2019 all #IP updates for @MicrobioSoc will be accepted via https://t.co/KiVkOLJvKM #Librarians you can access directly or via https://t.co/AYdQHk3cxK
#AcademicLibraries #EasierForYou

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“The University of Cambridge warmly supports the IP Registry initiative and looks forward to the greater efficiencies it will bring, not least in reducing the admin overhead with multiple publishers and in ensuring reliability for our usage statistics data”

James CaudwellUniversity of Cambridge

The Global IP Address Database for Libraries and Publishers

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