This Policy Statement outlines BISG's stance on the elimination of dual identifiers -- two or more identifiers for a product and two or more bar codes on the physical product. Recommendations as as to which identifier (ISBN or U.P.C.) should be assigned to specific products is included.

Some of the organizations which have indicated support of POL-0701 include:

• American Bookseller Association (ABA)
  
• Association of American Publishers (AAP)
  
• Association for Christian Retail (CBA)
  
• Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA)
  
• GS1 US
  
• Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA)
  
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• U.S. ISBN Agency
  

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Published March 15, 2007