Institutions and repositories from different domains, including many of ISNI's Registration Agencies and Members, contribute their data to the central ISNI database and work directly with the ISNI Assignment Agency. ISNI records are enriched thanks to these contributions, which frequently disclose cross-domain links between libraries authority files, rights management societies, researchers’ databases, music industry, book supply chain and more.
The list below shows current and past direct data contributors, as well as their main areas of interest or specialization. The codes given in square brackets identify the sources of information in the database.
La Trobe University - Cultural - [AUVLU]
University of New South Wales - Education - [UNSW]
Boekenbank - Rights Management (authors and publishers) - [BOE]
Access Copyright - Rights Management (mostly authors) - [ACCE]
BTLF (Société de gestion de la Banque de Titre de Langue Française) - [BTLF]
Iconoclaste Music Québec - [ICON]
The European Library - Cultural - [TEL]
ORCID and DataCite Interoperability Network (ODIN) - Research - [ODIN]
National Library of Finland - Cultural - [NLFIN]
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) - Cultural - [BNF]
MVB
VG WORT - Rights Management - [VGWO]
International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers - Rights Management, 225 member societies (mostly composers) - [CISAC]
International Performers Database Association - Rights Management, 37 member societies (performers) - [IPDA]
MusicBrainz - Encyclopaedia - [MUBZ]
WorldCat Theses, OCLC - Libraries - [OCLCT]
Ringgold - Trade (institutions) - [RING]
Open Library (Repec and AuthorClaim) - [OPENL]
Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) - Cultural - [IAF]
YouTube - [GOOG]
Irish Copyright Licensing Agency - Rights Management (mostly authors) - [ICLA]
National Assembly Library of Korea - Cultural (mostly researchers) - [scholarKR]
National Library of Korea - Cultural - [KOREA]
Centrum Dienstverlening Auteurs en aanverwante Rechten - Rights Management (mostly authors) - [CEDA]
Digital Author Identifier - Research - [DAI]
National Library of the Netherlands - Cultural - [NTA]
University of Amsterdam - [NLVUAMS]
Utrecht University - [NLQGK]
National Library of Norway - [NLN]
Copyrus - Rights Management - [COPYRUS]
Centro Español de Derechos Reprográficos - Rights Management (mostly authors) - [CEDR]
Prolitteris - Rights Management (mostly authors) - [PROL]
SwissPerfom - Rights Management (mostly performers) - SWISP]
Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society - Rights Management (mostly authors) - [ALCS]
British Library Sound Archive - Cultural (performers and composers) - [BLSA]
British Library Theses - Education (researchers) - [ETHOS]
CI - Music - [CI]
JISC Names - Education (researchers) - [JNAM]
Research Councils UK - Education - [BL]
Zetoc - Research - [ZETO]
American Chemical Society - Trade (mostly researchers) - [ACS]
American Musicological Society - Professional Society (mostly composers) - [AMS]
Authors' Guild - Professional Society (authors) - [AGLD]
Books in Print - Trade (mostly authors and publishers) - [BOWKER]
Harvard University - Education - [HARV]
Modern Languages Association - Professional Society (mostly authors) - [MLA]
Numerical Gurus - [NG]
Proquest Theses - Education (mostly researchers) - [PROQ]
Scholar Universe - Trade (mostly researchers) - [SCHU]
SoundExchange - Music - [SNDEXCH]
Soundways - [SOUNDWAYS]