Recently Updated: “Best Practices for Product Metadata: Guide for North American Data Senders and Receivers”
Here’s a new edition of reference resource that might be of interest to those of you in the publishing world.
Additionally, librarians who want to learn more about how this type of metadata looks and flows will also find it useful.
Links to the full text guide (free) are below. BookNet Canada also has made an introductory blog post available.
Title
Best Practices for Product Metadata: Guide for North American Data Senders and Receivers
Source
BISG (Book Industry Study Group) and BookNet Canada
Publication Date
September 16, 2013
Features
- Covers both US and Canadian markets
- Updated to reflect the changing requirements of publishers and booksellers
- New focus on the current state of digital work flows
- Combines best practices for both senders and receivers
Direct to Full Text (193 pages; PDF)
via BISG ||| via BookNet Canada
Filed under: Data Files, News, Publishing

About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.