In 2019, the Book Industry Study Group launched its workflow committee to help companies across the supply chain better organize processes, technologies, and people. This session highlights what the committee learned.
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In this session, Joshua Tallent will explain why metadata is important, how it is utilized by retailers, and how you can address the challenges you and other publishers encounter on a daily basis.
This presentation reveals areas of diversity specific to Canadian populations that are needed in library collections.
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.
In this session, attendees were invited to share their war stories, show off their most exceptional hacks, stump for their favourite tools, and seek new perspectives on their most troublesome issues.
Dani Zacarias, Head of Content and Creator Development (Wattpad), explores how the editorial and content teams create human connections with emerging writers, while also leveraging data and tools to find diverse new voices.
In this session, Bibliographic Manager Tom Richardson will answer your pressing questions and show you what’s new, what’s important, and what’s coming up in standards.
This presentation will prove that the way to accessibility in digital publications can be paved no matter what the situation, and why it should be the publisher’s concern.
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.
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.