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 70,000 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 70,000+ 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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Your library's IP ranges validated and made available to all your publisher suppliers; in one place! #Libraries #AcademicLibraries #MedLibs #Publishing

The IP Registry @ip_registry·

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Happy to say that @RSocPublishing has renewed the contract with @ip_registry to continue to receive details of IP address changes from their customers via http://theIPregistry.org and they will soon be upgrading the service to receive and activate updates via API #LibraryTwitter

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Liverpool University Press @LivUniPress·

1 Dec

#Librarians - Don’t forget you can now report all IP updates to us via http://theIPregistry.org with @ip_registry
#LibraryTwitter #Libraries #LibraryLife #AcademicLibraries

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

30 Nov

LibLynx integrates with http://theIPregistry.org to simplify access control for De Gruyter https://www.liblynx.com/news/liblynx-integrates-with-theipregistry-to-simplify-access-control-for-degruyter/

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Alison Mudditt @alison_mudditt·

1 Nov

Thought-provoking piece from @rschon. Critical for publishers to not only take these challenges seriously but to act. But how should we act, given declining trust in expertise of all kinds (see @RadioFreeTom) and its links to growing populist authoritarianism around the world? https://twitter.com/scholarlykitchn/status/1455105143662391296

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Liverpool University Press @LivUniPress·

31 Oct

Today is the last day of #OAWeek but you can keep reading more about how LUP is dedicated to #OpenAccess on our website➡️https://bit.ly/LUPOpenAccess

We also share new #OA content and initiatives with our mailing list. Sign up here➡️http://bit.ly/LUPSignUp

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

25 Nov

When #libraries agree a new license with one of our #publisher partners they simply need to give the publisher the relevant PSI Org ID(s). The publisher can connect to the relevant organisation or hierarchy elements and collect the IP address data from http://theIPregistry.org.

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

25 Nov

#Publishers are starting to ask #libraries for their PSI Org IDs in order to process renewals or set up new #subscriptions. You can find the PSI Org ID for your organisation listed in http://theIPregistry.org. Just sign in to your user account at https://app.theipregistry.org/

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

19 Oct

Do you subscribe to @AmerAcadPeds content? Don’t forget to confirm your IPs at http://theIPregistry.org to make sure your access to content is set up correctly.
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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

11 Nov

ICYMI. The Company of Biologists and http://theIPregistry.org announce new partnership https://shar.es/aWlAQn

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

19 Oct

Do you subscribe to @AmerAcadPeds content? Don’t forget to confirm your IPs at http://theIPregistry.org to make sure your access to content is set up correctly.
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67 Bricks @67Bricks·

19 Oct

Research integrity, user privacy and security are hot topics today @STMAssoc #buchmesse Super proud to work alongside partners @liblynxconnect @ip_registry @foxycart who provide identity, access and analytics, IP registry and flexible ecommerce to #scholcomm 👏

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The IP Registry @ip_registry·

18 Oct

We're celebrating! There are now over 5000 organisations using http://theIPregistry.org to manage the IP addresses they use for access authentication and to communicate updates to #publishers.
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“I believe it’s a valuable service and I hope that more content providers will keep track of IP changes through here. Just this week I’m auditing our IP addresses with a major aggregator, and their list of our IP addresses is a mess. If they subscribed to the IP Registry, they, their customers, and the accuracy of their customers’ usage data would all benefit greatly.”

Peter McCrackenElectronic Resources Librarian, Cornell University

“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

“I’ve been following this project for a few years and think it was a stroke of genius. It will save a lot of time on my end for sure.”

Ted BazemoreCNA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

“I would like to say that the idea where libraries will give their essential data to publishers in only one place is great!”

Marina BialikWeizmann Institute of Science

The Global IP Address Database for Libraries and Publishers

How it works

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
Accurate usage stats for all