About Ibis

Welcome to the International Book Information Service (IBIS), home of the IBIS Worldwide Academic & Library File — one of the world’s leading sources of trusted academic and library data.

For over five decades, IBIS has supported the global academic, scientific and educational publishing community with accurate, research-driven data to enhance targeted marketing, outreach, and communication.

Originally founded by a group of leading academic publishers, including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Pitman Publishing and Pergamon Press — IBIS has grown into an independent, researcher-led database of higher education contacts.

Our mission has remained consistent:
to connect academic publishers with their core audiences through precise, subject-specific data covering teaching academics, researchers and librarians across the global Higher Education sector.

Today, IBIS continues to provide publishers with reliable, GDPR-compliant academic and library data, built and maintained by an experienced multilingual research team dedicated to accuracy, relevance, and global coverage.

Whether you want to target by mail or email, the IBIS database contains:

With a strong team of professional and experienced researchers, IBIS is able to ensure that the database is up-to-date and continually meets the needs of the customer with weekly updates, regular academic questionnaires and ongoing communication with the global university sector.

 Whether you are promoting textbooks, high-level reference works, supplementary academic reading, journals or promoting academic conferences and exhibitions, IBIS will be able to put you in contact with an unrivalled proportion of the global academic market.

Regional coverage includes:

• Europe
• Asia-Pacific
• Middle East and Africa
• Latin America
• Canada and other international regions
• (including USA)