Posts
- ‘BIC In Practice’: Physical Supply Chain (19 March 2024)
- BIC In Practice: Libraries (30 November 2023)
- BIC In Practice: Digital Supply Chain (11 September 2023)
- BIC: In Practice - Metadata and Classification (19 July 2023)
- Introducing BIC: In Practice (7 June 2023)
- BIC's Environmental Accreditation Badges and Standards Map is live! (5 June 2023)
- What is the Digital Audiobook Supply Chain Best Practice Project? (24 May 2023)
- Focus on: Thema (10 May 2023)
- Creating a green supply chain (25 April 2023)
- BIC’s 2023-2024 Strategy (13 April 2023)
- BIC at the London Book Fair 2023 (29 March 2023)
- BIC membership: shaping the future health and prosperity of the book industry - UK, Ireland and beyond (17 March 2023)
- The new BIC website is live! (10 February 2023)
- Focus on a Resilient and Timely Supply Chain for the Future (20 July 2020)
- Industry Award Winners Again! (29 May 2020)
- Building a Greener Publishing Business (24 March 2020)
- Building a Greener Business - BIC's Webinar held 12th March 2020 (24 March 2020)
- BIC Webinar - How the Trade is getting Greener (16 March 2020)
- Stronger Together … (25 November 2019)
- Improving discoverability of inclusive and diverse books on the menu at BIC Breakfast (27 September 2019)
- BIC Breakfast: Towards a Greener Book Industry (19 August 2019)
- BIC Breakfast: Knowing your Rights (16 March 2017)
- We're Winners of a BIC Award for Excellence! (29 September 2016)
- BIC's New Trends in Publishing Seminar 2016 (29 September 2016)
- BIC's 'New Trends in Publishing' Seminar 2016 (20 September 2016)
- BIC Seminar: New Trends in Publishing (part 2) (18 September 2015)
- BIC Seminar: New Trends in Publishing (11 September 2015)
- New Trends in Publishing Seminar 2015 (9 September 2015)
- BIC's An Introduction to Production Training Course (3 August 2015)
- An Introduction to Production (23 July 2015)
- Building a relevant book publishing industry for the future: Roles (2 October 2014)
- Building a relevant book industry for the future: Diversity, Content and Data. (22 September 2014)
- Metadata: A Guide for the Perplexed (2 September 2014)
- BIC Consultant, Heather OConnell, reports back from the first BIC Production Training session in Italy (3 April 2014)
- BIC Breakfasts The VAT Session: do not assume anything (18 September 2013)
- Klopotek's Publisher Information Day (12 June 2013)
- PODWLEAN Conference, Peterborough (7 June 2013)
- BIC Inaugural Open Day (15 May 2013)
- BIC Breakfast January 2013 The Metadata Session Blog! (18 February 2013)
- BIC BATTLE OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEMS! Guest Speaker Mick Fortune sums up the debate (30 November 2012)
- BIC AT FRANKFURT 2012 - BIC's Consultant Simon Edwards on this year's Book Fair (12 October 2012)
- Who cares about the digital supply chain? (25 January 2012)
- All change at BIC (13 January 2012)
- Hope for the library sector? (15 December 2011)
- Good news on digital identification (9 December 2011)
- What's happened to digital? (7 December 2011)
- IRI: was it worth it? (1 December 2011)
- Good start to our training programme (7 November 2011)
- IBIC Categories Coming Next Year (1 November 2011)
- Our New Website (19 October 2011)
- Another Frankfurt (4 October 2011)
- 10 lessons from BIC's New Trends in Publishing Seminar 2016 (6 September 2011)
- September Thoughts (5 September 2011)
- Two Recent Publications (27 July 2011)
- Availability: Opening a Can of Worms (21 July 2011)
Pages
- BIC Board Nominations (7 November 2023)
- BIC: In Practice (6 June 2023)
- Jobs (1 June 2023)
- London Book Fair Hub (26 January 2023)
- BIC UK Thema National Group (11 January 2023)
- BIC UK ONIX National Group (11 January 2023)
- BIC Library Communication Framework (LCF) Review Group (11 January 2023)
- Terms & conditions (13 December 2022)
- Technical Clinics (12 December 2022)
- BIC’s Trade Technical implementation Clinic (TIC) - Terms of Reference (13 December 2022)
- BIC’s Libraries Technical implementation Clinic (LTIC) - Terms of Reference (13 December 2022)
- Frequently Asked Questions (12 December 2022)
- Sitemap (2 December 2022)
- Members and Supporters (14 November 2022)
- Terms of Use (14 November 2022)
- Contact us (11 November 2022)
- Library Web Services (10 November 2022)
- BIC Competition Law Policy (10 November 2022)
- Strategic Committees (10 November 2022)
- Volunteers Needed (BIC Members Only) (10 November 2022)
- BIC Green Supply Chain Committee (10 November 2022)
- BIC Physical Supply Chain Committee (10 November 2022)
- Production Directors Steering Council (10 November 2022)
- BIC Metadata Committee (10 November 2022)
- BIC Libraries Committee (10 November 2022)
- Library Metadata Group (10 November 2022)
- BIC Digital Supply Chain Committee (10 November 2022)
- Cookie Policy (UK) (8 November 2022)
- Join our mailing lists (1 November 2022)
- Join BIC (31 October 2022)
- BIC Blog (28 October 2022)
- Home (28 October 2022)
- About BIC (25 October 2022)
- BIC Strategy (3 March 2023)
- BIC Board of Directors (28 October 2022)
- BIC's Privacy Notice (18 October 2022)
Press Releases
- BIC announces the appointment of Jon Windus, Head of Project Leadership, Nielsen BookData, as Chair of its Board of Directors (21 June 2023)
- BIC reminds industry of date for BIC Standard Subject Categories scheme end-of-life. (21 February 2023)
- BIC announces appointment of Ruth Jones, Director Global Sales, Digital Services at Ingram Content Group as Chair of its new Board of Directors. (24 February 2022)
- BIC announces date for BIC Standard Subject Categories scheme end of life (22 November 2021)
- BIC announces appointment of its Green Supply Chain Committee Chair and launches its Green Supply Chain Work Plan (11 October 2021)
- BIC Launches its Metadata Capabilities Directory (22 July 2021)
- BIC, BookNet Canada, BISG form International Green Book Supply Chain Alliance (29 September 2020)
- BIC Launches UKSLC 1.2 (30 September 2019)
- BIC Launches BIC Realtime for Libraries (20 September 2019)
- BIC Launches Refreshed Product Data Excellence Award Accreditation Scheme (31 July 2019)
- BIC Launches Metadata Map Project at London Book Fair, 12th April 2018 (9 April 2018)
- BIC Statement on Best Practice for Subtitle Field in Metadata Feeds (9 March 2018)
- New Chair of the BIC Operational Board (14 July 2016)
- Publishers Green Network Open Meeting and Relaunch (28 April 2016)
- BIC Launches New Set of Web Standards with BIC Realtime (5 April 2016)
- BIC Production Training Courses Achieve 95% Satisfaction Rating (24 July 2015)
- Pilot Draft of Thema Global Subject Codes Published (16 April 2013)
Resources
- BIC at the London Book Fair 2023 (12 February 2024)
- Books Across Borders Best Practice (5 September 2023)
- Information about LCF (14 June 2023)
- Metadata Capabilities Directory Copy (25 April 2023)
- BIC Environmental Accreditation and Standards Map (5 April 2023)
- BIC Brunches - the <i>Thema</i> sessions (17 March 2023)
- RFID in Libraries - Best Practice (16 February 2023)
- RFID in Libraries - Standards (16 February 2023)
- BIC Digital Audiobook Supply Chain Best Practice (7 February 2023)
- Previous BIC Brunches 2023 (31 January 2023)
- Upcoming Projects (26 January 2023)
- Reports and Advisories (25 January 2023)
- Previous BIC Brunches 2022 (17 January 2023)
- EDI Implementation for the Book Trade (17 January 2023)
- EDI Implementation for Library Supply (17 January 2023)
- Building a Better Greener Business Seminar LBF2022 (17 January 2023)
- The Business of Books LBF 2021 (17 January 2023)
- Sustainability (13 January 2023)
- License to use BIC Standards (9 January 2023)
- Industry Returns Initiative (Standards) (12 December 2022)
- Step-by-step publishers (5 December 2022)
- Publisher Results K-N (5 December 2022)
- Publisher Results H-J (5 December 2022)
- Step-by-step booksellers (5 December 2022)
- Booksellers results D-F (5 December 2022)
- Booksellers results A-C (5 December 2022)
- BIC Training Courses - An Overview (2 December 2022)
- BIC Course Cancellations and Refund Policy (1 December 2022)
- Feedback on our Training (1 December 2022)
- BIC Trainers (1 December 2022)
- Understanding Paper (30 November 2022)
- Shipping Explained (30 November 2022)
- Production for Non-Production People (30 November 2022)
- Pre-Press for Publishing (30 November 2022)
- Making and Managing Monochrome Books (30 November 2022)
- An Introduction to Production (30 November 2022)
- eBook Creation - Advanced and Practical (30 November 2022)
- eBook Creation - Investigated and Explained (30 November 2022)
- Digital Printing for Books (30 November 2022)
- Colour Book Production Explained (30 November 2022)
- ONIX Advanced Topics (29 November 2022)
- ONIX Essentials Plus (29 November 2022)
- Thema Essentials (29 November 2022)
- BIC Metadata Map (29 November 2022)
- EDI for Libraries (29 November 2022)
- A Technical Introduction to XML for Transactions and BIC Realtime (28 November 2022)
- A Technical Introduction to ONIX and XML (28 November 2022)
- UK Standard Library Categories (25 November 2022)
- <i>Thema</i> (25 November 2022)
- Children's Books Marketing Classifications (25 November 2022)
- BIC Standard Subject Categories (25 November 2022)
- Obsolescence of BIC Codes and Transition to Thema - BIC’s Operational FAQs (21 February 2023)
- ONIX for Books (25 November 2022)
- LCF Newsletter (25 November 2022)
- BIC Bites (24 November 2022)
- BIC Workshops (24 November 2022)
- New Trends 2018 (23 November 2022)
- New Trends 2017 (23 November 2022)
- New Trends 2016 (23 November 2022)
- New Trends 2015 (23 November 2022)
- New Trends 2014 (23 November 2022)
- New Trends 2013 (23 November 2022)
- The Business of Books LBF 2021 (23 November 2022)
- Building a Greener Business Seminar LBF 2020 (23 November 2022)
- Building a Better Business Seminar LBF 2019 (23 November 2022)
- Building a Better Business Seminar LBF 2018 (23 November 2022)
- Building a Better Business Seminar LBF 2017 (23 November 2022)
- Building a Better Business Seminar LBF 2016 (23 November 2022)
- Building a Better Business Seminar LBF 2015 (23 November 2022)
- Supply Chain Seminar LBF 2014 (23 November 2022)
- Supply Chain Seminar LBF 2013 (23 November 2022)
- Previous BIC Brunches 2020-2021 (22 November 2022)
- Previous BIC Breakfasts 2018-2019 (22 November 2022)
- SAN/GLN (22 November 2022)
- Previous BIC Breakfasts 2016-2017 (22 November 2022)
- Other Identifiers (22 November 2022)
- ISBN (22 November 2022)
- Barcoding and RFID (22 November 2022)
- Previous BIC Breakfasts 2013-15 (22 November 2022)
- Digital Supply Chain (22 November 2022)
- Discount Group Codes (22 November 2022)
- Weights and Dimensions (22 November 2022)
- RFID Privacy in Libraries (22 November 2022)
- What are BIC Breakfasts and BIC Brunches? (22 November 2022)
- Out of Print Best Practice (21 November 2022)
- Ordering Best Practice (21 November 2022)
- Industry Returns Initiative - Best Practice (21 November 2022)
- BIC Realtime for Trade (21 November 2022)
- BIC Realtime for Libraries (21 November 2022)
- Libraries Communication Framework (15 November 2022)
- Accreditations Overview (14 November 2022)
- BIC's Technology Excellence in Libraries Award (14 November 2022)
- FAQs (31 August 2023)
- Application preparation (31 August 2023)
- Benefits of accreditation (31 August 2023)
- Bronze, Silver and Gold Tiers (31 August 2023)
- Changes to TEiLA Scheme from June 2021 (14 November 2022)
- BIC's Supply Chain Excellence Award - SCEA (14 November 2022)
- BIC's Metadata Excellence Award - MEA (14 November 2022)
- BIC's Technology Excellence in Libraries Award (14 November 2022)
- Green Supply Chain (11 November 2022)
- Welcome to the BIC Resource Centre (11 November 2022)
- Standards (16 January 2023)
- Events Library (16 January 2023)
- Best Practice (13 January 2023)
- Acquisitions and Divestments for Digital Products (30 May 2019)
- Welcome to BIC's Green Hub (9 November 2022)
- BIC Green Hub Reports and Guidance (14 March 2023)
- Green Supply Chain Journeys (10 November 2022)
- The Green Book Alliance (GBA) (9 November 2022)
- BIC Member Initiatives and Successes (9 November 2022)
- Green Articles and Industry News (9 November 2022)
- BIC Green Brunches (9 November 2022)
- BIC Leadership Initiatives (9 November 2022)
- BIC Green Promise and Agenda (9 November 2022)
- Introduction and Supply Chain Challenge (9 November 2022)
- Metadata Capabilities Directory (31 October 2022)
- Acquisitions and Divestments for Physical Products (30 May 2019)
Events
- BIC's Metadata Excellence Award (MEA) Accreditation Panel meeting (17 April 2024)
- BIC's Libraries Committee meeting (28 March 2024)
- BIC's Physical Supply Chain Committee meeting (28 March 2024)
- BIC's Digital Supply Chain Committee meeting (28 March 2024)
- BIC's Technology Excellence in Libraries Award (TEiLA) Accreditation Panel meeting (28 March 2024)
- BIC Green Supply Chain Committee Meeting (28 March 2024)
- BIC UK ONIX National Group meeting (21 March 2024)
- BIC Metadata Sub Committee meeting (20 March 2024)
- BIC's EDI for Libraries Half-Day Training Course (online) - June 2024 (20 March 2024)
- BIC's eBook Creation: Investigated & Explained Training (online) June 2024 (7 March 2024)
- BIC's Making and Managing Monochrome Books (7 March 2024)
- BIC's Colour Book Production Explained Training Course - Jan 2024 (29 February 2024)
- BIC's ONIX: Advanced Topics Training Course - June 2024 (29 February 2024)
- BIC eBook Creation: Advanced & Practical Training Course - Nov 2024 (29 February 2024)
- BIC's ONIX: Advanced Topics Training Course - Nov 2024 (29 February 2024)
- Deadline for MEA Accreditation Application (29 February 2024)
- BIC Board Meeting (14 February 2024)
- BIC's UK Thema National Group meeting (14 February 2024)
- BIC ONIX: Essentials Plus Training Course - Nov 2024 (8 February 2024)
- BIC's Colour Book Production Explained Training Course - Nov 2024 (8 February 2024)
- BIC Thema: Essentials Half-Day Training Course (online) Sept 2024 (8 February 2024)
- BIC ONIX: Essentials Plus Training Course - Sept 2024 (8 February 2024)
- BIC's An Introduction to Production Training Course (online) (8 February 2024)
- BIC Production Directors Steering Council meeting (6 February 2024)
- BIC UK ONIX National Group meeting (24 January 2024)
- LBF - BIC's Designed for Recycling (11 January 2024)
- LBF- BIC’s Building a Better Business Session: Books Across Borders (11 January 2024)
- BIC at London Book Fair 2024 (11 January 2024)
- BIC's Digital Supply Chain Committee meeting (21 December 2023)
- BIC's Libraries Committee meeting (21 December 2023)
- BIC's Technology Excellence in Libraries Award (TEiLA) Accreditation Panel meeting (12 December 2023)
- BIC ONIX: Essentials Plus Training Course - May 2024 (30 November 2023)
- BIC Thema: Essentials Half-Day Training Course (online) April 2024 (30 November 2023)
- BIC ONIX: Essentials Plus Training Course - March 2024 (30 November 2023)
- BIC's Colour Book Production Explained Training Course (30 November 2023)
- BIC Green Supply Chain Committee Meeting (29 November 2023)
- BIC Metadata Sub Committee meeting (15 November 2023)
- Deadline for SCEA Accreditation Application (15 November 2023)
- Deadline for SCEA Accreditation Application (15 November 2023)
- Deadline for SCEA Accreditation Application (15 November 2023)
- Deadline for SCEA Accreditation Application (15 November 2023)
- Deadline for TEiLA Accreditation Application (15 November 2023)
- Deadline for TEiLA Accreditation Application (15 November 2023)
- Deadline for TEiLA Accreditation Application (15 November 2023)
- Deadline for TEiLA Accreditation Application (15 November 2023)
- BIC ONIX: Essentials Plus Training Course (15 November 2023)
- BIC Thema: Essentials Half-Day Training Course (online) (15 November 2023)
- BIC Library Communications Framework (LCF) Review Group Meeting (15 November 2023)
- BIC's Supply Chain Excellence Award Accreditation Panel meeting (15 November 2023)
- BIC AGM 2024 (15 November 2023)
- BIC Board Meeting (15 November 2023)
- BIC Board Meeting (15 November 2023)
- BIC Board Meeting (15 November 2023)
- BIC Board Meeting (15 November 2023)
- BIC Board Meeting (15 November 2023)
- BIC's UK Thema National Group meeting (15 November 2023)
- BIC's Physical Supply Chain Committee meeting (15 November 2023)
- BIC UK ONIX National Group meeting (24 October 2023)
- BIC's Making and Managing Monochrome Books (10 October 2023)
- BIC Brunch - The Thema Sessions: Making the most of Thema (8 September 2023)
- BIC's Digital Supply Chain Committee meeting (7 September 2023)
- A Celebration of Legal Deposit: The Inspiration of Collecting and Preserving our Nations’ Written Heritage (17 August 2023)
- BIC's Technology Excellence in Libraries Award (TEiLA) Accreditation Panel meeting (15 August 2023)
- BIC's UK Thema National Group meeting (9 August 2023)
- BIC's Supply Chain Excellence Award Accreditation Panel meeting (3 August 2023)
- BIC's Physical Supply Chain Committee meeting (1 August 2023)
- Green BIC Brunch, Jan 2024: Focus on Libraries (28 July 2023)
- BIC Board Meeting (26 July 2023)
- BIC Green Supply Chain Committee Meeting (26 July 2023)
- BIC Metadata Sub Committee meeting (26 July 2023)
- BIC's Colour Book Production Explained Training Course (25 July 2023)
- BIC UK ONIX National Group meeting (18 July 2023)
- BIC's EDI for Libraries Half-Day Training Course (online) (14 June 2023)
- BIC's Metadata Excellence Award (MEA) Accreditation Panel meeting (23 May 2023)
- BIC's An Introduction to Production Training Course (online) (10 May 2023)
- BIC's 2023 Annual General Meeting (10 May 2023)
- BIC Board Meeting (10 May 2023)
- BIC's Digital Supply Chain Committee meeting (10 May 2023)
- BIC's Supply Chain Excellence Award (SCEA) Accreditation Panel meeting (10 May 2023)
- BIC's Physical Supply Chain Committee meeting (10 May 2023)
- Deadline for TEiLA Accreditation Application (10 May 2023)
- Deadline for TEiLA Accreditation Application (10 May 2023)
- BIC's Metadata Excellence Award (MEA) Accreditation Panel meeting (13 April 2023)
- BIC UK ONIX National Group meeting (13 April 2023)
- BIC LCF Technical Panel meeting (13 April 2023)
- BIC's UK Thema National Group meeting (29 March 2023)
- BIC's Technology Excellence in Libraries Award Accreditation Panel (29 March 2023)
- BIC's Thema: Essentials Half-Day Training Course (online) (22 March 2023)
- BIC's ONIX: Essentials Plus Training Course (online- updated for 2023) (22 March 2023)
- BIC's ONIX: Essentials Plus Training Course (online- updated for 2023) (22 March 2023)
- BIC's Thema: Essentials Half-Day Training Course (online) (22 March 2023)
- BIC's ONIX: Essentials Plus Training Course (online- updated for 2023) (22 March 2023)
- BIC's ONIX: Advanced Topics Training Course (online - revised for 2023) (22 March 2023)
- BIC's Libraries Committee meeting (22 March 2023)
- Deadline for SCEA Accreditation Application (15 March 2023)
- Deadline for SCEA Accreditation Application (15 March 2023)
- Deadline for SCEA Accreditation Application (15 March 2023)
- Deadline for MEA Accreditation Application (15 March 2023)
- Deadline for MEA Accreditation Application (15 March 2023)
- Deadline for MEA Accreditation Application (15 March 2023)
- Deadline for MEA Accreditation Application (15 March 2023)
- Deadline for TEiLA Accreditation Application (15 March 2023)
- Deadline for TEiLA Accreditation Application (15 March 2023)
- BIC Metadata Sub Committee meeting (14 March 2023)
- BIC Green Supply Chain Committee Meeting (14 March 2023)
- BIC's EDI for Libraries Half-Day Training Course (online) (13 March 2023)
- BIC's ONIX for Digital Products - new for 2023 (13 March 2023)
- BIC's ONIX: Advanced Topics Training Course (online - revised for 2023) (13 March 2023)
- BIC's ONIX: Essentials Plus Training Course (online- updated for 2023) (13 March 2023)
- BIC's Thema: Essentials Half-Day Training Course (online) (13 March 2023)
- BIC's ONIX: Essentials Plus Training Course (online- updated for 2023) (13 March 2023)
- BIC's An Introduction to Production Training Course (online) (13 March 2023)
- BIC's Digital Supply Chain Committee meeting (6 March 2023)
- BIC Board Meeting (6 March 2023)
- BIC UK ONIX National Group Meeting (6 March 2023)
- BIC's Delivering a Smarter, Sustainable Supply Chain Session (6 March 2023)
- BIC at London Book Fair 2023 (6 March 2023)
- BIC's Pre-Press for Publishing (27 January 2023)
- BIC's ONIX for Digital Products - new for 2023 (27 January 2023)
- BIC's Thema: Essentials Half-Day Training Course (online) (27 January 2023)
- The Publishers’ Sustainability Survival Guide (BookMachine Unplugged Live! 2023) (13 January 2023)
- BIC's Making and Managing Monochrome Books (7 November 2022)
- BIC Brunch - The Thema Sessions (6 of 6): Comics and Manga (7 November 2022)
- BIC's EDI for Libraries Half-Day Training Course (online) (7 November 2022)