Creating the 2018 BISAC Subject Codes: Process and Updates

The BISG’s Subject Codes committee follows a structured, consensus-driven process to update and maintain more than 4800 subject headings. The latest version added 210 subject codes, changed 90 literals, reactivated a previously inactive code, and deactivated 8 codes. Changes affected 23 of the 54 ma...

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Published inPublishing research quarterly Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 34 - 38
Main Authors Harbison, Connie, Fakundiny, Maya
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.03.2019
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Book industry
Codes
Library Science
Methodology of the Social Sciences
Printing and Publishing
Social Sciences
Subject heading schemes
Subject codes
BISAC
Subject headings
Book categories
BISG
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Summary:The BISG’s Subject Codes committee follows a structured, consensus-driven process to update and maintain more than 4800 subject headings. The latest version added 210 subject codes, changed 90 literals, reactivated a previously inactive code, and deactivated 8 codes. Changes affected 23 of the 54 main subject areas.
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ISSN:1053-8801
1936-4792
DOI:10.1007/s12109-018-09627-3