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Creating the 2018 BISAC Subject Codes: Process and Updates

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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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  1. BISG Subject Codes Committee, Baker & Taylor, Bridgewater, NJ, USA

    Connie Harbison

  2. Book Industry Study Group, New York, NY, 10016, USA

    Maya Fakundiny

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Harbison, C., Fakundiny, M. Creating the 2018 BISAC Subject Codes: Process and Updates. Pub Res Q 35, 34–38 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-018-09627-3

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