This workshop looks at the main metadata formats and shows how they can be used to create rich content and more efficiency.
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.
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.
Accessibility and Usability Consultant, Ka Li, from the National Network for Equitable Library Service, talks about how accessibility features are used (or can’t be used) by people with print disabilities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Monique Mongeon (BookNet Canada) shows a first glimpse of our circulation data aggregation tool, BNC LibraryData, as well as reports in action.
Elizabeth Barker (BookNet Canada) shares the 2018 highlights of the Loan Stars readers’ advisory program, from welcoming hundreds of new library staff from across Canada to launching Loan Stars Jr.
Nellie McKesson (Hederis) explains the problems that publishers are facing, and how web-based pagination can offer a solution.
Christian Roy (Brix Labs) gives an insight about the findings of Projet TAMIS, a project launched by Éditions du Septentrion in collaboration with Brix Labs to address discoverability challenges.