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.
tech forum
Chris Saynor (EDItEUR) and Tim Devenport (ISNI agency) give an introduction to the International Standard Name Identifier: what it is, how it works, and look at some of its uses.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jessica Albert (ECW Press) and Brendan Ouellette (Annick Press) discuss the many options available to large and small publishers when creating an audiobook program from the ground up.
This presentation introduces everyone to the process of creating something where there wasn’t something before, and demoing what has been done so far for the audiobook spec.
The latest statistics on Canadian book buying, reading, and consumer habits.