About BDS

Founded in 1995 by Lesley Whyte and Eric Green, Bibliographic Data Services (BDS) quickly established itself as the foremost supplier of quality metadata to libraries. The company has held the British Library Catalogue in Publication (CIP) Programme contract since 1995, providing consistent core services to the British Library, and supplies all UK public libraries, many academic libraries and libraries around the world.

Through careful acquisition, BDS grew its business into the complementary sectors of home entertainment information, web building, hosting and maintenance, and design services.

A process of sustained integration and investment enabled the creation of the complete content, platform and design service. Today, ongoing research, innovation and participation in industry bodies around developing metadata standards and the latest web technologies, allied to an insistence on quality, means that BDS holds a place at the forefront of metadata curation, presentation and use.

As part of this successful and developing enterprise, BDSDigital crystallises the web services and IT part of the business for clients requiring creative solutions online, digitally and in print.