Metadata Resources
The BISG Metadata Committee recommends these resources for their value to book industry professionals. This list is a work in progress and we welcome suggestions; if you have other interests or learning needs that you would like us to consider, let us know! Have a resource you love but don’t see it here? Fill out our suggestion form so we can add it.
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The BISG Metadata Committee recommends these resources for their value to book industry professionals. This list is a work in progress and we welcome suggestions; if you have other interests or learning needs that you would like us to consider, let us know! Have a resource you love but don’t see it here? Fill out our suggestion form so we can add it.
BISG also regularly features metadata content in our weekly newsletter, Making Information Pay. Subscribe to stay up-to-date on the latest BISG and book industry news!
Webinars & Educational Programming
The Metadata Committee has produced webinars and content to help educate the industry. You can view all our available programming on BISG’s Knowledge Center.
Here is a selection of content we'd like to highlight:
BISG’s Metadata Basics 101: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyvqcVaC07E
BISG’s Metadata Basics 102: ONIX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94S06e_Geu8
BISG’s Metadata Basics 103: Internationalizing your metadata
These are outside metadata resources curated by the BISG Metadata Committee.
New to metadata? Start here.
EDItEUR’s ONIX overview
A high-level exec briefing
Ingram’s The Basics of Book Metadata and Keywords
A highly-approachable guide to the basics
Booksmarts Podcast, Episode 8: Everything You Wanted to Know About Keywords
Joshua Tallent's helpful guide
Nielsen Book’s The Importance of Metadata for Discovery and Sales