WELCOME TO BIC

BIC is an independent organisation set up and sponsored by the Publishers Association, Booksellers Association, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals and the British Library to promote supply chain efficiency in all sectors of the book world through e-commerce and the application of standard processes and procedures.

Click here to download a copy of our brochure


Do you need to assign a BIC subject category?

Click here for our easy-to-use classification tool.


Do you need a bar code?

Click here for more information.


LBF Supply Chain Seminar 2010

The programme for the 11th annual LBF Supply Chain Seminar which takes place on the morning of Wednesday 21 April at Earls Court has now been published.

Click here to see the programme.

Click here to register.


 

BIC code of practice for the identification of e-books

December 2009: BIC has issued a new code of practice to encourage standard practice in the assignment of identifiers to e-books and digital content.

Click here to read it. 



Promoting the wider use of e-commerce in the book trade.

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Promoting the value of technology and standards in the library supply chain

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For ONIX, EDItX XML and other international standards, click here