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Give them what they need: A case study of what retailers can accomplish with good metadata
In this presentation, Kieron Smith, Digital Director at UK’s Blackwell’s & Wordery, shares insights into how they leverage the power of good metadata, from boosting discoverability to offering a seamless online search experience to their customers. Learn about the practical applications of Thema and discover why this subject classification system is richer, more browsable, and designed for how customers need the data presented today.
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Sell more books with better BISAC
Sarah Lawrence and Hannah Johnston, share an overview and update of the BISAC subject classification scheme. The BISAC Subject Headings List, also known as the BISAC Subject Codes List, is a standard used across the North American supply chain to categorize books based on topical content. The Subject Heading applied to a book can determine where the work is shelved in a brick and mortar store, how major online retailers like Amazon categorize it, or the genre(s) under which it can be searched in an internal database. In this webinar you'll learn the best practices for using BISAC to classify book content, uncover codelist updates, and discover how new subject codes are introduced. Finally, Lawrence and Johnston will spotlight a subject heading of particular interest to the Canadian supply chain: codes to identify Indigenous content.
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Audiobook metadata in ONIX
In this session for metadata mavens, #eprdctn professionals, and audio oracles alike, EDItEUR’s Chris Saynor discusses all facets of working with ONIX metadata for audio titles. What's different in ONIX for audiobooks? And how do you send good metadata for audio, including chapter-level metadata?
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