BISAC Classification Schemes come in three forms:
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These codes are widely used in the North American Book Trade.
BISAC Subject Codes
BISAC Subject Codes are the North American standard that publishers use to identify to retailers into which section of their stores a book might be placed. The Best Practice for ONIX is to list one "main" subject, and as many others can as needed to supplement. For example a book of photographs of then and now battle sites might be considered primarily a book of History, Photography or possibly even Travel depending on the book's slant. The publisher provides what the Main one is, and supplements it appropriately.
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See the full list here, but these are the specifically "Canadian" BISAC Codessubject codes:
| BISAC CODE | Literal |
|---|---|
| ANT054000 | ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Canadiana |
| ART015040 | ART / Canadian |
| CKB091000 | COOKING / Regional & Ethnic / Canadian |
| DRA013000 | DRAMA / Canadian |
| GAR019010 | GARDENING / Regional / Canada |
| HIS006000 | HISTORY / Canada / General |
| HIS006010 | HISTORY / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867) |
| HIS006020 | HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-) |
| HIS027160 | HISTORY / Military / Canada |
| JUV004040 | JUVENILE FICTION / Biographical / Canada |
| JUV016160 | JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Canada / General |
| JUV016170 | JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867) |
| JUV016180 | JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-) |
| JUV030030 | JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Canada / General |
| JUV030090 | JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Canada / Native Canadian |
| JNF025050 | JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Canada / General |
| JNF025230 | JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867) |
| JNF025240 | JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-) |
| JNF038040 | JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Canada / General |
| JNF038120 | JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Canada / Native Canadian |
| LCO006000 | LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Canadian |
| LIT004080 | LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian |
| POE011000 | POETRY / Canadian |
| POL056000 | POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian |
| TRV006000 | TRAVEL / Canada / General |
| TRV006010 | TRAVEL / Canada / Atlantic Provinces (NB, NF, NS, PE) |
| TRV006020 | TRAVEL / Canada / Ontario (ON) |
| TRV006030 | TRAVEL / Canada / Prairie Provinces (MB, SK) |
| TRV006060 | TRAVEL / Canada / Quebec (QC) |
| TRV006040 | TRAVEL / Canada / Territories & Nunavut (NT, NU, YT) |
| TRV006050 | TRAVEL / Canada / Western Provinces (AB, BC) |
| YAF024040 | YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / Canada |
| YAF046050 | YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / Canada |
| YAN025050 | YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / Canada |
| YAN038050 | YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / People & Places / Canada |
BISAC Regional Themes
To provide additional help to retailers in identifying books of specific interest, BISAC has also established Merchandising Codes which are not used much in Canada, and a established a system to identify Regional Themes. Canadian retailers and The 49th Shelf have identified this as something of interest to them.
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Note that books about other geographical areas can be similarly supported – the full list is here and there's no reason not to highlight a book related to Prague! – but here is a list of the current Canadian regions covered.:
| Code | Level | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 4.0.0.0.0.0.0 | LEVEL_1 | North America |
| 4.0.2.0.0.0.0 | LEVEL_3 | Canada |
| 4.0.2.0.1.0.0 | LEVEL_5 | Alberta |
| 4.0.2.0.2.0.0 | LEVEL_5 | British Columbia |
| 4.0.2.0.2.1.0 | LEVEL_6 | Vancouver |
| 4.0.2.0.2.2.0 | LEVEL_6 | Vancouver Island |
| 4.0.2.0.3.0.0 | LEVEL_5 | Manitoba |
| 4.0.2.0.4.0.0 | LEVEL_5 | New Brunswick |
| 4.0.2.0.5.0.0 | LEVEL_5 | Newfoundland & Labrador |
| 4.0.2.0.6.0.0 | LEVEL_5 | Northwest Territories |
| 4.0.2.0.7.0.0 | LEVEL_5 | Nova Scotia |
| 4.0.2.0.7.1.0 | LEVEL_6 | Cape Breton Island |
| 4.0.2.0.8.0.0 | LEVEL_5 | Nunavut |
| 4.0.2.0.9.0.0 | LEVEL_5 | Ontario |
| 4.0.2.0.9.1.0 | LEVEL_6 | Toronto |
| 4.0.2.0.9.2.0 | LEVEL_6 | Golden Horseshoe |
| 4.0.2.0.9.3.0 | LEVEL_6 | Rural Ontario |
| 4.0.2.0.10.0.0 | LEVEL_5 | Prince Edward Island |
| 4.0.2.0.11.0.0 | LEVEL_5 | Quebec |
| 4.0.2.0.11.1.0 | LEVEL_6 | Montreal |
| 4.0.2.0.12.0.0 | LEVEL_5 | Saskatchewan |
| 4.0.2.0.13.0.0 | LEVEL_5 | Yukon Territory |
| 4.0.2.1.0.0.0 | LEVEL_4 | Prairies |
| 4.0.2.2.0.0.0 | LEVEL_4 | Canadian Rockies |
The complete list of Regional Themes is available at https://bisg.org/page/BISACRegionalTheme.
BISAC Merchandising Themes
To provide additional help to retailers in identifying books of specific interest, BISAC has also established Merchandising Codes which are not used much in Canada.
The complete list of Merchandising Themes is available at https://bisg.org/page/BISACMerchandising.