Directories and Databases useful links
Digital Content Forum
The DCF forms a two-way conduit between industry and government to gather views and input into policy-making processes. It goes further to broker relationships, develop shared knowledge and undertake activities to promote innovation and excellence in the content sector. It operates as a professionally managed network of members, to which it delivers value through representing their interests and views on a broader scale.
Advertising Association
The Advertising Association is a federation of 32 trade bodies and organisations representing the advertising and promotional marketing industries including advertisers, agencies, media and support services. It is the only body that speaks for all sides of the industry. The AA's remit concerns the mutual interests of the business as a whole.
Data Publishers Association
The DPA advances best practice within the directory and data publishing and search sector and offers its members significant opportunities to develop their businesses by providing a complete and diverse range of services, including training, business support, statistics and legal advice.
Committee of Advertising Practice
The advertising codes are the responsibility of two industry Committees of Advertising Practice - CAP (Broadcast) and CAP (Non-broadcast) and are independently administered by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
European Association of Directory Publishers
Founded in 1966, the European Association of Directory Publishers (EADP) owes its existence to the aspirations of European publishers who anticipated the importance of intra-European contact and co-operation. Meanwhile, it has become the nerve centre for year-round contact and the key representative for the industry. It is the only international association in Europe to speak for the sector as a whole.
Periodical Publishers Association
The Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) is the organisation for magazine and professional media publishers in the UK. PPA's role is to promote and protect the interests of the industry in general, and member companies in particular.
Publishing Skills Group
The Publishing Skills Group (PSG) is an alliance of trade associations and related organisations across the whole spectrum of publishing - books, journals, directories and databases, magazines and newspapers, in both print and electronic media. Its aim is to promote and improve education, training and development and to anticipate the industry's future skills needs.
