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

I get it, take me to The Registry!

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

17 Apr

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

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

11 Apr

We are delighted to welcome @ACSPublications to https://t.co/KiVkOLJvKM – they are the latest publisher to sign up for our daily updates regarding IP changes in the market. #AcademicLibraries #Publishers #Publishing #CorporateLibraries

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UKSG @UKSG·

10 Apr

If you left your red samsung in Pattingham 1 this morning, it's at the reception desk. (This isn't fake news 🙂 ) Please would delegates RT? You're all stars #uksg2019

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

9 Apr

Looking forward to another interesting day at #UKSG2019

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

8 Apr

We enjoyed a great Mixology class with @SAEMobilus last night. Discovered some very interesting new gins. Now #UKSG2019 is about to begin.

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Mark Hester @mh_oxford·

4 Apr

Hackers beat university cyber-defences in two hours: shocking, that's why we need @ip_registry https://t.co/IOiVbANOCR

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

4 Apr

#Libraries - you can download the block list from https://t.co/KiVkOLJvKM, you can also talk to us about uploading threat information to the IP-intrusion service for a truly collaborative approach to addressing the issue of #cybercrime
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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

3 Apr

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

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Bex L Coates @bexin2d·

30 Mar

Effigies of Theresa May and Sadiq Khan (can't help but point out, a woman and ethnic minority Muslim), dragged by the neck through the streets of London at the Brexit Betrayal March.

Utterly horrific. Deeply unsettling and disturbing. Blood runs cold.

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

29 Mar

To help provide institutions with easier, IP-based access to #Research4Life resources, @ip_registry has uploaded all #R4L accounts for #Mongolia and #Montenegro. @R4LPartnership is encouraging all #Mongolian and #Montenegrin #libraries to register and use https://t.co/KiVkOLJvKM

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

25 Mar

To help provide easier, IP-based access to #Research4Life resources, theIPregistry has now uploaded all #R4L accounts for #MarshallIslands and #Micronesia. @R4LPartnership is encouraging all #Marshallese and #Micronesian #libraries to register and use https://t.co/KiVkOLJvKM

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

20 Mar

"Some impressive teamwork was demonstrated by publishers and libraries working with PSI and their IP registry, to detect, identify, and remediate points of fraudulent access."
Of Paywalls and Proxies: The Buzz about Access at ER&L 19 https://t.co/zRpOd81nCS via @scholarlykitchn

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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

“… we LOVE the work you are doing – such a great collaboration and time saver for all!”

Beth JuhlUniversity of Arkansas Libraries

The Global IP Address Database for Libraries and Publishers

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No more unlicensed access Accurate usage stats for all

I get it, take me to The Registry!

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No more unlicensed access
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