Who updates publisher metadata and why? Downstream vendors on what happens to metadata in the supply chain. BEA 2013

Who
Updates
Publisher

Metadata
and
Why?

Downstream
Vendors
on
What
Happens
to

Publisher
Metadata
in
the
Supply
Chain

Moderator
and
Panelists

Moderator

•  Renée
Register,
DataCurate
LLC

Panelists

•  Sam
Dempsey,
VP
of
Data
Management,
Baker
&
Taylor

•  Patricia
Payton,
Senior
Manager,
Publisher
RelaHons
and

Content
Development,
Bowker

•  Richard
Stark,
Director,
Product
Data,
Barnes
&
Noble

•  George
TaLersﬁeld,
VP
of
Merchandising,
Ingram
Book
Group

Downstream
Metadata
Survey

1.  Which
metadata
elements
are
oQen
changed
and
why

are
they
changed?

2.  Which
metadata
elements
are
oQen
added
and
why?

3.  How
are
needed
changes
or
addiHons
idenHﬁed?

4.  What
processes
are
involved
in
adding
or
changing

metadata?

5.  Where
does
vendor
metadata
go
aQer
changes
and

enhancements
are
made?

6.  What
are
the
beneﬁts
of
changing
or
enhancing

publisher
metadata?

Most
Common
Changes

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Title/SubHtle

Contributor

Series

Subject

PublicaHon
Data

Status/Availability

Why
Change
Title/SubHtle?

•  Non-‐Htle
informaHon
included
in
the
Htle

ﬁeld
is
moved
to
correct
ﬁelds
to
improve

display
and
search

–  Common
examples:

• 
• 
• 
• 

EdiHon

Binding

Series

Translated
Htle

•  CapitalizaHon
is
standardized

Why
Change
Contributor?

•  Make
names
consistent
across
Htles
by

using
a
name
authority
ﬁle

–  Standardize
variaHons
in
names

–  Ensure
that
Htles
are
associated
with
the
correct

contributor
name

–  Some
contributor
work
is
automated
but
some

must
be
reviewed
manually

Why
Change
Contributor?

•  Move
InformaHon
included
in
the

contributor
field
to
correct
fields
to

correct
fields
to
opHmize
search,
sorHng,

and
display

–  Examples:

• 
• 
• 

Degrees
(PhD,
etc.)

Titles
(Dr.,
Pope,
etc.)

Birth/death
dates.

Why
Change
Series?

•  Move
series
names
from
incorrect
ﬁelds
to
the

series
ﬁeld

–  Allows
search
by
series

•  Regularly
review
books
in
series

–  Ensure
they
are
connected
to
the
correct
series

–  Ensure
consistent
informaHon
across
Htles

Why
Change
Subject?

•  Replace
general
subjects
with
more
specific

subjects

•  Replace
sent
subjects
with
clearly
more

accurate
subjects

–  Examples:

• 
• 

Title
is
coded
with
both
JNF
(Juvenile
non-‐ficHon)
and

JUV
(Juvenile
ficHon)
BISAC
codes

Title
is
coded
with
both
HIS
(History)
and
FIC
(FicHon)

BISAC
codes

Why
Change
PublicaHon
Date?

•  Vendors
work
closely
with
publishers
on

publicaHon
date
changes

•  May
update
a
publicaHon
date
to
reﬂect
the

actual
date
that
the
book
is
available
to

consumers

Why
Change
Price?

•  Vendors
regularly
compare
prices
received
in

metadata
ﬁles
to
actual
invoiced
prices

Why
Change
Status/Availability?

•  Updated
based
on
purchase
order

acknowledgements
and
other
supply
chain

messages

•  For
example,
physical
receipt
of
a
product

may
cause
a
change
in
status/availability

Common
reasons
for
changes

•  Standard
quality
checks
idenHfy
changes
needed

–  Vendors
rouHnely
confirm
metadata
received
against

the
published
book

–  Publisher
metadata
moved
to
correct
ONIX
field

–  Periodic
data
reviews
are
also
common
and
aLempt

to
ensure:

• 
• 
• 

Consistency
across
different
formats
of
the
same
Htle

Consistency
within
a
series

Consistency
and
standardizaHon
of
contributor
names

Metadata
most
oQen
added

EdiHon

•  Metadata
licensed
or

created
in-‐house

Series

• 
Reviews

Contributor
Biography

• 
Tables
of
contents

Awards

• 
DescripHons

• 
Covers

Media
menHons

•  Proprietary
subjects

Bestseller
menHons

and
descriptors

Title
linking
across

•  Dewey
Decimal

formats

ClassiﬁcaHon
or
other

•  Age
and
grade
level

library
metadata

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
•

Common
reasons
for
adding
metadata

•  Known
informaHon
about
the
book
is
not
supplied

by
publisher

•  Elements
are
added
to
enhance
user
experience

and
increase
discovery
and
sales

•  Proprietary
data
for
the
vendor
is
added

•  AddiHonal
metadata
is
needed
for
the
library

market

•  Formaing
is
added
to
allow
Htles
to
link

automaHcally

Ingram
Book
in
Hand
changes
made
(1600
Htles
tested)

Changes made
Features Added
Illustrations Added
Page Count
Image Scanned
Country of Manufacture Added
Contributor Changed
Contributor Added
Series Added
Title Changed
Contributor Deleted
Subtitle
Series Changed
Edition

# Changes
1389
960
917
623
474
374
329
261
237
237
205
166
161

%
86.8%
60.0%
57.3%
38.9%
29.6%
23.4%
20.6%
16.3%
14.8%
14.8%
12.8%
10.4%
10.1%

Examples

Title
and
SubHtle

Sam
Dempsey

Vice
President
of
Data
Management

Title
and
Sub8tle

<Htle>

<b202>01</b202>

<b203>The
First
Phone
Call
From
Heaven
CD</b203>

<b029>The
First
Phone
Call
From
Heaven
CD</b029>

</Htle>

ONIX

-‐
Format
in
Title
ﬁeld;
use
<b012>

-‐
Title
repeated,
with
Format,
in
SubHtle
ﬁeld

<Htle>

<b202>01</b202>

<b203><![CDATA[This
Heart
Within
Me
Burns
–
From

Bedlam
to
Benidorm
(Revised
&
Updated)]]></b203>

<b030><![CDATA[This]]></b030>

<b031><![CDATA[Heart
Within
Me
Burns
-‐
From
Bedlam

to
Benidorm
(Revised
&
Updated)]]></b031>

</Htle>

ONIX

-‐  SubHtle
included
in
Title
field,
no
SubHtle
field
included;

use
<b029>

-‐  EdiHon
values
included
in
Title
field;
use
<b056>
<b058>

<Htle>

<b202>01</b202>

<b203>IntroducHon
to
Documentary,

Second
Edi8on</b203>

</Htle>

ONIX

-‐  EdiHon
Number
in
Title
ﬁeld;
use
<b057>

<Title>How
ODawa
Spends
Series,
Volume
33</Title>

<Sub_Title>How
ODawa
Spends,
2012-‐2013
:
The
Harper

Majority,
Budget
Cuts,
and
the
New
OpposiHon</Sub_Title>

Proprietary
XML
format,
not
ONIX

-‐  Title
includes
Series
Name,
Volume
Number;
use

<b018>
<b019>

-‐  SubHtle
repeats
Series
Name,
includes
disHncHve
Htle

elements

ISBN

Title

Series
Title

Losing
Hope:
Book

One
of
the
Sienna
St.

9781622861132
James
Series

Sienna
St.
James

Excel

-‐  Series
and
Series
Number
in
Title
ﬁeld

ISBN

Title

#06
Sherlock
Holmes

and
the
Adventure
of

9780761368175
the
Sussex
Vampire

Series
Title

On
the
Case
with

Holmes
and

Watson

Excel

-‐  Series
Number
in
Title
ﬁeld,
not
in
Series
Number

<Htle>

<b202>01</b202>

<b203>Brief
Guide
-‐
Global
Warming,
A</b203>

</Htle>

ONIX

-‐  Lead
arHcle
appended;
use
<b030>
<b031>

<Htle>

<b202>01</b202>

<b203>Mas
Alla
Del
Escandalo</b203>

<b029>(Beyond
the
Scandal)</b029>

</Htle>

ONIX

-‐  TranslaHon
within
SubHtle
tag;
use
<b203>

with
<b202>06

Metadata

inconsistent
with

Title
page

Metadata
Title:

Dive-‐Bomber
&

Ground-‐ALack

Units
of
the

LuQwaﬀe

Metadata

inconsistent
with

Title
page

Metadata
Title:

An
Illustrated

History
of
India

Enterprise

Best
PracHces
for
Title

-‐  Properly
ﬁeld
elements:

-‐  SubHtle,
Series,
Series
#,
EdiHon,
EdiHon
#,
Volume,

Formats,

lead
arHcles,
etc.

-‐  Match
product’s
Title
page

-‐  Make
consistent
across
formats,
ediHons,
series

-‐  Watch
for
misspellings,
capitalizaHon,
abbreviaHons,

truncaHons,
special
characters,
etc.

-‐  Send
“consumer/patron”
ready

Examples

Contributors

Review
Quotes

Richard
Stark,
Director
Product
Data

Good
pracHce:

Contributor
names

•  As
disHnct
ﬁelds,
the
least
you
can
do
is:

–  First
name
–
all
names
preceding
the
indexing

name
of
a
person
(include
a
middle
name
here)

–  Last
name
–
the
key
or
indexing
name
of
a
person

OR

•  Corporate
Contributor
–
if
it’s
not
a
person,

don’t
use
the
ﬁelds
for
people,
use
this

instead.

Good
pracHce:

Contributor
names

  Titles
before
names
or
prefixes
to
en8re
names

  Pope
John
Paul
II

  Names
before
key
name
(includes
given
names
as
appropriate)

  Robert
Louis
Stevenson

  Prefixes
to
key
name(s)

  Simone
de
Beauvoir

  Key
name(s)
(usually
the
family
name)

  Gabriel
García
Márquez

  Names
aêr
key
name(s)
(including
given
names
where
appropriate)

  Mao
Zedong

  Suffix
aêr
key
name(s)

  Reverend
Adam
Clayton
Powell,
Jr.

  Qualifica8ons
and
honors
aêr
name(s)

  Stephen
LaBerge,
Ph.D.

  Titles
aêr
name(s)

  Sarah
Ferguson,
Duchess
of
York

Good
pracHce:

MulHple
contributors

•  Support
for
three
to
ﬁve
contributors
is
a

minimum
in
trade
retail
records,
but

accurately
lisHng
everyone
associated
with
the

book
is
best.

•  Support
sequence
numbering:

–  Author
order
is
important
and
metadata
records

should
give
a
clear
order
for
display.

Good
pracHce:

Contributor
role(s)

•  You
need
to
specify
who
did
what

–  “author”
is
code
“A01”

–  “editor”
is
“B01”

–  “illustrator”
is
“A12”

•  If
one
contributor
fulﬁlled
two
roles,
repeat

the
contributor
and
assign
each
entry
its
own

role
code.

Contributor
Name

Mapping
all
variants
to
an
authority
controlled
form
of
the
name
ensures
that

all
Htles
by
Leo
Tolstoy
will
be
grouped
together
rather
than
scaLered
across

mulHple
versions
of
his
name.

Contributor
Authority
Control

Tolstoi
,
Count
Lev

Tolstoi
,
Graf
Leo
N.

Tolstoi
,
León

Tolstoi
,
Lev
Nicolaevici

Tolstoi
,
Lew
Nikolajewitsch

Tolstoi
,
Liev
Nikolaievich

Tolstoi
,
Count
Lvof
N.

Tolstoj
,
Lev
Nikolaevitch

Tolstoy,
Count
Lev
N.

Tolstoy,
Graf
Leo

Tolstoy,
Leo
Nikolayvich

Tolstoy,
Leo
Nikolaevich

Tolstoy,
Graf
Lev

Tolstoy,
Lyof
N.

Leo
Tolstoy

ISNI:

0000
0004
0006
2877

ISNI:

Interna8onal
Standard

Name
Iden8ﬁer

•  Each
Public
iden8ty
of
a
given
Party
gets
its
own
ISNI:

•  Lewis
Carroll
&
Charles
Lutwidge
Dodgson
get
separate

ISNIs

•  Separate
iden88es
that
are
the
same
person
can
be

linked

•  Authors
of
the
same
name
get
dis8nct
ISNIs:

•  Thomas
Wolfe

•  Tom
Wolfe,
author
of
The
Bonﬁre
of
the
Vani/es

•  Tom
Wolfe,
author
of
numerous
books
on

woodcarving

Character-‐Set
&
Spelling

Diﬀerences
Don’t
Change
the
ISNI

•  Günter
Graß,
Guenter
Grass
and
Guenter
Graß
are

character
set
variances
of
the
same
Public
Iden8ty

•  Ciaikovsky,
Pjotr
Iljc
and
Пётр
Ильич
Чайковский

are
translitera8on
variances
of
the
same
public

iden8ty
and
also
receive
the
same
ISNI.

•  Pyotr
Tchaikovsky
and
Peter
Tchaikovsky
are

linguis8c
variances
of
the
same
public
iden8ty
and

again
receive
the
same
ISNI

Good
pracHce:

Review
quotes

Infinite
City:

<produc8den8fier>

A
San
Francisco
Atlas

<b221>03</b221>

by
Rebecca
Solnit

<b244>9780520262508</b244>

ISBN:
9780520262508
</produc8den8fier>

<othertext>

<d102>
tag
idenHfies
the
type

<d102>08</d102>

of
text
provided.
Value
08

<d104>A
gorgeously
produced
collec8on
of
maps
and
essays.</d104>

indicates
that
the
text
is
a

review
quote.

<d107>Nikil
Saval</d107>

<d108>The
Los
Angeles
Review
of
Books</d108>

<d107>
tag
idenHfies
the
author
of

the
provided
text.
This
tag
is
only

<d109>20101103</d109>

used
when
there
is
a
named
author/
</othertext>

reviewer.

<othertext>

<d102>08</d102>

<d108>
tag
idenHfies
the
corporate
source
of

<d104>Inven8ve
and
affec8onate.</d104>

the
provided
text.

The
publicaHon

where
a

<d107>Lise
Funderburg</d107>

review
appeared
would
be
placed
here.

<d108>The
New
York
Times
Book
Review</d108>

<d109>
tag
idenHfies
the
publicaHon
date
of

<d109>20101205</d109>

the
provided
text
(review).

</othertext>

<d104>
tag
idenHfies
the
actual
text
of
the

<othertext>

review.

<d102>08</d102>

<d104>A
many-‐layered
treat
for
any
San
Franciscan
who
thinks
she
knows
her

city.</d104>

<d107>Danielle
Sommer</d107>

<d108>KQED</d108>

<d109>20101018</d109>

</othertext>

Bad
pracHce:

Review
quotes

<othertext>

<d102>18</d102>

<d104><![CDATA[<DIV>What
makes
a
place?
Infinite
City,

Rebecca
Solnit’s
brilliant
reinven8on
of
the
tradi8onal
atlas,
searches
out

the
answer
by
examining
the
many
layers
of
meaning
in
one
place,
the
San

Francisco
Bay
Area.
Aided
by
ar8sts,
writers,
cartographers,
and
twenty-‐
two
gorgeous
color
maps,
each
of
which
illuminates
the
city
and
its

surroundings
as
experienced
by
different
inhabitants,
Solnit
takes
us
on
a

tour
that
will
forever
change
the
way
we
think
about
place.
She
explores

the
area
thema8cally—connec8ng,
for
example,
Eadweard
Muybridge’s

founda8on
of
mo8on-‐picture
technology
with
Alfred
Hitchcock’s
filming
of

Ver8go.
Across
an
urban
grid
of
just
seven
by
seven
miles,
she
finds

seemingly
unlimited
landmarks
and
treasures—buDerfly
habitats,
queer

sites,
murders,
World
War
II
shipyards,
blues
clubs,
Zen
Buddhist
centers.

She
roams
the
poli8cal
terrain,
both
progressive
and
conserva8ve,
and

details
the
cultural
geographies
of
the
Mission
District,
the
culture
wars
of

the
Fillmore,
the
South
of
Market
world
being
devoured
by
redevelopment,

and
much,
much
more.
Breathtakingly
original,
this
atlas
of
the
imagina8on

invites
us
to
search
out
the
layers
of
San
Francisco
that
carry
meaning
for

us—or
to
discover
our
own
infinite
city,
be
it
Cleveland,
Toulouse,
or

Shanghai.

“A
gorgeously
produced
collec8on
of
maps
and
essays.”

—Nikil
Saval,
Los
Angeles
Review
of
Books
“Inven8ve
and

affec8onate.”
—Lise
Funderburg,
New
York
Times
Book
Review
“A
many-‐layered
treat
for
any
San
Franciscan
who
thinks
she
knows

her
city.”
—Danielle
Sommer,
KQED</DIV>]]></d104>

</othertext>

Infinite
City:

A
San
Francisco
Atlas

by
Rebecca
Solnit

ISBN:
9780520262508

Using
CDATA
tags
is
bad

pracHce.

Data
providers

should
use
XHTML
to

provide
informaHon
on

formaing
the
text.

Using
<DIV>

tags
is
bad
is

bad
pracHce.

SeparaHng

a
secHon
of
text
can
be

handled
using
a

tag.

ConcatenaHng
review

quotes
at
the
end
of
the

jacket
copy
or
main

descripHon
is
BAD

pracHce.

Examples

EdiHon

Series

Patricia
Payton,
Senior
Manager

Publisher
RelaHons
and
Content
Development

First
EdiHon

<b058><![CDATA[First
EdiHon]]>

</b058>

Numbered
EdiHon

<Htle>

<b202>01</b202>

<b203>Bartending
101</b203>

<b029>The
Basics
of
Mixology,
4th
EdiHon</
b029>

</Htle>

<Htle>

<b202>05</b202>

<b276>40</b276>

<b203>Bartending
101
(4E)</b203>

</Htle>

<b057>4</b057>

<b058><![CDATA[Fourth
EdiHon]]></b058>

Foreign
Language
EdiHon

<Htle>

<b202>01</b202>

<b203><![CDATA[Quiero
a
mi

papa
Porque
(I
Love
My
Daddy

Because
English
/

SpanishediHon)]]></b203>

</Htle>

<language>

<b253>01</b253>

<b252>spa</b252>

Special
EdiHon

<Htle>

<b202>01</b202>

<b203>Harold
and
the

Purple
Crayon
50th
Anniversary

EdiHon</b203>

</Htle>

StandardizaHon
of
Series
Name

<series>

<b018>The
Haruhi
Suzumiya
Series</b018>

</series>

<Htle
textcase="02"
refname="Title"
>

<b202>01</b202>

<b203>The
DissociaHon
of
Haruhi
Suzumiya</b203>

</Htle>

<series>

<b018>Immortal

Beloved</b018>

<b019>3</b019>

</series>

<Htle
textcase="02"
refname="Title"
>

<b202>01</b202>

<b203>Eternally
Yours</b203>

</Htle>

Series
SubHtle

<series>

<b018>Let's-‐Read-‐and-‐Find-‐Out
Science
1</b018>

</series>

<Htle>

<b202>01</b202>

<b203>How
a
Seed
Grows</b203>

</Htle>

First
Book
in
Series

<othertext>

<d102>08</d102>

<d103>02</d103>

<d104><![CDATA[

"A
fantasHc
new
dystopian
series...LiLlefield's
compelling
wriHng
will
keep

readers
turning
pages
late
into
the
night
to
find
out
what
happens
next.

Outstanding!"
Top
Pick,
4
1/2
stars
-‐RT
Book
Reviews]]>

</d104>

</othertext>

<othertext>

<d102>08</d102>

<d103>02</d103>

<d104><![CDATA[

"A
series
starter
that
will
appeal
to
fans
of
Jeff
Kinney
and
Dav
Pilkey
.
.
.
A

treat
for
all
.
.
.
And
guess
what?
It
makes
for
good
tree
house
reading."
-‐-‐

Booklist"Fans
of
Jeff
Kinney’s
“Diary
of
a
Wimpy

Kid”(Abrams)
and
Lincoln
Peirce’s
“Big
Nate”

series
(HarperCollins)
will
be
drawn
to
this
book,
while
parents
will
enjoy
the

absence
of
snarky
humor."
-‐-‐
School
Library
Journal]]>

</d104>

</othertext>

InternaHonal
Titles
in
USA
Feeds

<Htle>

<b202>01</b202>

<b203>The
Science
of
Discworld
IV</b203>

<b029>Judgement
Day:
It's
Wizards
Vs
Priets
in
a
BaLle

for
the
Future
of
Roundworld</b029>

</Htle>

Examples

Subject

George
TaLersﬁeld

Vice
President
of
Merchandising

Main
reasons
for
changing
subjects

•  As
a
general
rule
a
Htle
cannot
have
both
the
parent
and
child

of
a
specific
subject
tree

•  We
aim
for
consistency
across
formats

•  We
try
to
assign
categories
based
on
content,
not
on
the

merchandising
plans
of
the
publisher

•  Juvenile
and
YA
books
both
get
JUV
or
JNF
subject
headings,

but
not
adult
headings

•  A
book
cannot
be
both
ficHon
and
nonficHon

•  The
three
“
media
He-‐in”
subjects
(FIC,
JNF,
and
JUV)
should

never
be
in
first
posiHon

•  We
try
to
avoid
the
General
subjects

Example
1

An
African
Rebound:
A
Novel
by
Dan
Doyle

FicHon
coded
as
non-‐ﬁcHon

A
deep,
thought-‐provoking
novel
of
love,
loss,
civil

unrest,
and
basketball.
It
is
1989,
and
Jim

KeaHng
has
hit
absolute
rock
boLom.
He’s

lost
his
wife
to
cancer,
his
house
to

bankruptcy,
and
his
job
as
a
college

basketball
coach
to
what
many
outsiders

believed
to
be
a
racially
insensiHve
career-‐
ending
decision.
He
has
also
just
about
lost

his
mind,
having
slipped
into
a
bout
of

serious
depression.
ALempHng
to
pick
up
the

pieces
and
start
life
over,
Jim
returns
home

to
Worcester
and
rents
a
small
apartment.

…
Soon,
Jim
ﬁnds
himself
in
Burundi,
Africa,

where
he
is
to
create
a
basketball
league
that

will
bring
two
warring
tribes—the
Hutus
and

the
Tutsis—together
peacefully.

Example
1

FicHon
coded
as
non-‐ﬁcHon

Hardcover

Ingram

BISAC
change

HIS001010

FIC038000

History-‐Africa-‐Central

FicHon
–
Sports

SPO004000

Sports

-‐
Basketball

Ingram

Regional
Theme

added

Africa

Example
2

Ge<ng
Bushwise
on
Safari:
A
Young
Explorer’s
Guide

by
Nadine
Clark

Juvenile
coded
as
adult

A
local
guide
leads
adventurers
on
safaris
into

three
surprisingly
varied
worlds:
the

bushveld,
a
river
and
a
desert.
Each

environment
brings
its
unique
ﬂavor
to
the

adventure;
mulHple
images
(both
photos
and

illustraHons)
and
interesHng
text
introduce

the
region's
fascinaHng
wildlife
with
its

intriguing
habits
and
lifestyles.
Readers
are

encouraged
to
play
along
by
means
of

engaging
acHviHes,
games
and
quizzes,
with

answers
at
the
end
of
each
secHon.
Nature's

edible
treats
and
useful
props
are
...

Example
2

Juvenile

as
Adult

Publisher
BISAC

Ingram

BISAC
change

TRV002000
-‐

Travel-‐
Africa-‐General

JNF051100
–
Juvenile

NonficHon
–

Science
and
nature
–

Environment

NAT027000
–
Nature
-‐ JNF051150
–
Juvenile

Reference

NonficHon
–
Zoology

NAT037000
–
Nature
-‐
JNF003000
–
Juvenile

Wildlife

NonficHon
–
Animals

–
General

Example
3

David
Busch’s
Canon
Powershot
G15

Incorrect
BISAC
subject

DAVID
BUSCH'S
CANON
POWERSHOT
G15
GUIDE

TO
DIGITAL
PHOTOGRAPHY
shows
you
how,

when,
and
why
to
use
all
the
features,

controls,
and
funcHons
of
the
G15
to
take

great
photographs
and
movies.
Introductory

chapters
will
help
you
get
comfortable
with

the
basics
of
your
camera
before
you
dive

right
into
exploring
creaHve
ways
to
apply
ﬁle

formats,
resoluHon,
and
exposure.
BeauHful,

full-‐color
images
illustrate
where
the

essenHal
buLons
and
dials
are,
so
you'll

quickly
learn
how
to
use
the
Canon

PowerShot
G15,
and
use
it
like
a
pro!

3

Incorrect
BISAC
subject

Publisher
BISAC

Ingram

BISAC
change

BUS001000

PHO024000

AccounHng
–
General

Photography
–

Techniques
–
Digital

PHO007000

Photography
–

Techniques
–

Equipment

Example
4

In
the
Name
of
Love
by
Ann
Rule

Incorrect
BISAC
subject

Jerry
Harris
was
a
self-‐made
California

millionaire
who,
at
age
forty-‐four,
had
it
all:

booming
businesses,
yachts,
a
mansion,
a

beauHful
wife,
and
a
voice
to
rival
Elvis.
No

one
who
knew
this
well-‐liked,
generous

man
could
make
sense
of
his
sudden

disappearance
one
autumn
night.
…

Example
4

Incorrect
BISAC

(Literary
CriHcism)

Audio
version
diﬀerent

Publisher
BISAC

Mass
market

paperback

Publisher
BISAC

Trade
paperback

TRU002000

TRU002000

True
Crime
–
Murder
True
Crime
–
Murder

–
General

–
General

LIT000000

Literary
CriHcism
–

General

LIT000000

Literary
CriHcism
–

General

Publisher
BISAC

Audio

Ingram
BISAC

Change

TRU003000

True
Crime
–

Organized
Crime

TRU002000

True
Crime
–

Murder
–

General

Example
5

InternaLonal
Travel
Maps
Swaziland

Adult
with
juvenile
BISAC
subject

Detailed
travel
map,
scale
1:250,000,
with
an

inset
of
central
Mbabane,
a
distance
chart

and
text
informaHon
for
visitors.

Example
5

Adult
with
juvenile
ﬁcHon
BISAC
subject

Publisher
BISAC

Ingram
BISAC
Change

JUV000000

Juvenile

ﬁcHon
–
General

TRV002000

Travel
–

Africa
–
General

TRV027000

Travel
–
Maps
&
Road
Atlases

IdenHfying
Needed
Changes

•  Strongly
Hed
to
processes
developed
for
evaluaHon

and
manipulaHon
of
inbound
metadata

•  RouHnely
administered
audits
of
the
enHre

database

•  All
the
vendors
maintain
specialists
for
ﬁle
review

and
manual
metadata
acHviHes

Automated
Processes

•  Audits
of
inbound
or
recently
added
metadata
to

detect
missing
metadata,
formaing
problems,
and

other
errors

•  Metadata
correcHon,
normalizaHon,
addiHon
of

proprietary
data,
and
data
mapping

•  Linking
to
name
authority
ﬁles

•  Establishing
links
and
checking
for
consistency

across
Htles,
e.g.
the
same
Htle
in
diﬀerent
formats,

Htles
belonging
to
the
same
series

•  AddiHon
of
licensed
metadata,
e.g.
reviews,
tables

of
contents,
etc

Staff
Processes

•  Book-‐in-‐hand
review
of
metadata
(for
the

bookselling
vendors)

•  Close
review
of
high-‐demand
and
high-‐profile
Htles

•  Manual
changes
and
addiHons
based
on
audit

reports

•  Changes
and
addiHons
in
response
to
internal
staff

(buyers,
store
personnel,
etc.),
consumer,
and

publisher
reports

•  CommunicaHon
with
publishers
to
resolve
issues

discovered
through
automated
or
manual
processes

Where
Changes
Go

Proprietary
databases
used
for:

1.  To
support
internal
processes
such
as
ordering,

invoicing,
etc

2.  To
populate
consumer-‐facing
websites

3.

To
create
licensed
data
products
and
services

such
as
Books
in
Print
and
ongoing
data
feeds
to

subscribing
customers

Benefits
of
Changing
Metadata

•  Vendor
panelists
invest
significant
financial,

technical,
and
staff
resources
on
metadata
to:

–  Increase
sales

–  Improve
search
engine
discoverability
and
customer

experience

–  Create
efficiencies
in

•  Internal
processes

•  Supply
chain
communicaHon

•  TransacHons

Good
metadata
=

beLer
sales
and
reduced
costs

QuesHons?

This
presentaHon
will
be
available
from
the
BEA

website
aQer
the
conference.

Or
contact
Renée
Register
for
a
PDF
of
the

presentaHon.

reneeregister@datacurate.com

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