Book Industry Study Group records, 1970-1990

Creator:: Book Industry Study Group
Extent:: 36 linear feet 60 boxes
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Correspondence, memos, minutes, annual reports, membership and mailing lists, publicity files, and printed materials relating to the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and two of its subdivisions, the Serials Industry Systems Advisory Committee (SISAC), and the Book Industry Systems Advisory Committee (BISAC). Correspondence includes letters to and from a wide variety of prominent members of the publishing industry, and relates to all aspects of the BISG, SISAC, and BISAC, including finance. Memos concern all aspects of BISG's operations, and are both intra and interdivisional. Minutes are of meetings of SISAC, BISAC, the BISG, and the Board of Directors, and include attendence records and reports by various members. The membership and mailing lists illustrate the diversity of the BISG and emphasize its importance in the publishing industry. Publicity files include examples of press releases and mailings to BISG members. The printed material includes copies of Consumer research reports prepared by the BISG and copies of its three publications, Book Industry Trends, Trends Update, and the BISG Bulletin
Biographical / historical:: The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) is an organization that serves various segments of the book industry with market and related studies. Its funding comes from corporate sponsors drawn from various sectors: publishers, wholesalers, retailers, manufacturers, and suppliers of raw materials.

Acquisition information:

Source of acquisition--Book Industry Study Group. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--01/20/1987. Accession number--M-87-01-20.

Corr., memos, minutes, committee reports, membership and mailing lists, and publicity files for the period 1987-1990: Source of acquisition--BISG. Method of acquisition--Gift.

Custodial history:

Gift of the Book Industry Study Group, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990.

Processing information:

Processed 06/20/1988.

Updated PL 12/23/1988.

Corr., memos, minutes, committee reports, membership and mailing lists, and publicity files for the period 1987-1990 processed RL 02/12/1991.

Arrangement:

Arranged.

Accruals:

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Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Book Industry Study Group records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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