This presentation reveals areas of diversity specific to Canadian populations that are needed in library collections.
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Don’t believe everything you think: How to spot and overcome your hidden biases at work
- April 23, 2020
In this session, Michelle Grocholsky (Empowered) challenges participants to recognize their hidden bias and work towards a more mindful and objective way of thinking.
This presentation is for anyone who has been thinking about starting a podcast but is unsure where to start or even if it’s a good idea for your organization’s audience and objectives.
This past year took us further along the road toward our rebuild of BNC BiblioShare. Hear about what we’ve learned along the way and discover what ‘old’ BiblioShare has done for you lately.
The bunny slopes of SVG mountain
- March 18, 2019
Naomi Kennedy guides you on the SVG image format as it pertains to ebooks: what it is, how and why it’s used, and demo tools to create and edit these image files.
The past, present, and future of digital publishing that hasn’t, isn’t, but may still meet the promise of the web
- March 19, 2019
What might the future of ebooks look like? Are Web Publications real? This session is part history lesson, part unhinged rant, part futile attempt to predict the future.
Metadata beyond ONIX: How publishers can use different metadata formats throughout their press
- March 18, 2019
This workshop looks at the main metadata formats and shows how they can be used to create rich content and more efficiency.
Shannon Culver (eBOUND Canada) and Sabina Iseli-Otto (National Network for Equitable Library Service) share some of the lessons learned at this year’s Accessible Publishing Summit.
Metadata, agilist, and consensus: How to build excitement, make agile changes, and consolidate
- March 20, 2019
Keely Kundell and Brendan Flattery (Harlequin) talk about their new module for metadata that will revolutionize the way they reach consumers, market their books, maximize data integrity, and optimize data at scale.
XSLT 3 for EPUB and print
- March 18, 2019
Learn about using XSLT to produce EPUB2 and EPUB3 books from XML or XHTML input as well as PDF for print with CSS or XSL-FO.
Tim Middleton (BookNet Canada) shares how with 3 million records (and counting), BNC BiblioShare has grown into the go-to source for quality-assured book data in Canada.
Carol Gordon (BookNet Canada) provides a first-hand look at the latest upgrades to the BNC CataList system and shares some of the new developments planned for 2019.