Case study: Metadata & the web at House of Anansi Press

Andrea Lacson, Data Administrator at House of Anansi, Carolyn McNeillie, Web Developer at The Working Group and Tim Middleton, Project Manager & Retailer Liaison at BookNet Canada know that moving an online bookstore from one website to another is no small feat. Obstacles abound in this odyssey of data transferral, from hosting ebook files to displaying metadata and images, all while ensuring that design and e-commerce tools are doing their jobs both separately and when melded together. In this case study, they share their epic tale, including the unexpected problems they encountered along the way and how they were solved or are being solved. BookNet's Tim Middleton speaks about the role BiblioShare's data aggregation service and its plugins have played thus far in guiding their ship to a new shore.