Reports
The following reports are available:
For BIC Members Only
Designed for Recycling: Part 2 – Initial Design to Manufactured Book.
Please email info@bic.org.uk for a copy.
Check if your organisation is a BIC member.
Libraries and RFID
A Guide to RFID in Libraries (updated February 2023)
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Library RFID standards: complying with ISO 28560-2 and the UK data model
Migrating from one RFID standard to the ISO28560-2, a case study from Stephen Mossop, Exeter University.
E-commerce
Guide to E-commerce (updated January 2023
How To Get the Best Out of Bookshop Systems and E-commerce (updated January 2023)
E-commerce for booksellers (updated February 2023)
E-commerce for publishers (updated February 2023)
EDI Best Practice Management Guide (updated February 2023)
Checklist of Systems Requirements for Small Publishers (updated January 2023)
Other reports
BIC’s Designed for Recycling Part 1-Life Cycle Assessment (Nov 2022)
Introduction to the Book Trade (updated January 2023)
REACH Briefing Document (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals – updated February 2023)
Available to all on request
Click on the link to register for a copy of each report.
BIC Business Across Borders (Nov 2022)
BIC Open Access in the Book Industry (Dec 2022)
BIC RFID Privacy in Libraries Code of Practice and Policy documents (July 2017)
BIC ONIX Survey Report (2018)
Advisories
BIC Advisories in response to EU Mandate M/436 on RFID & Privacy
BIC Advisory on Invoice or Delivery Note Provision for Book Deliveries
BIC Advisory on Invoice or Delivery Note Provision for Book Deliveries