Course Starts: June 24, 2013 Course Ends: July 19, 2013 Duration: 4 Weeks Tuition: $99.00 ($89 for DBW Members) | | About the Course: Learn how the art and science of describing books evolved from the Library at Alexandria to today's data standards and industry players. This online course introduces key metadata concepts, standards, and organizations, and outlines how metadata is distributed in today's publishing landscape. Topics include the evolution of metadata in the context of the history of the book and publishing; the development of standards for communicating information about books; a review of major industry players; and an overview of the flow of information in the creation and distribution of metadata. Course Outline: • | Lesson 1: History of books and metadata 3rd Century BC-1966 (book catalogs, libraries, metadata aggregators) | • | Lesson 2: History of books and metadata 1966-1995 (standards, EDI, ISBN, middlemen) | • | Lesson 3: History of books and metadata 1995-present (Amazon, XML, ONIX, ISBN13, digital content and more) | • | Lesson 4: Today's book industry players and the metadata lifecycle | | | |
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| Recommended resources for this course | | After completing this course, you should: | • | Have a basic understanding of the history and uses of book metadata prior to the computer age | • | Understand the history and development of standards for ecommerce | • | Be able to discuss the evolution of publishing industry standards in the context of larger commerce standards and the rise of online bookselling | • | Demonstrate knowledge of major publishing industry standards and standards organizations | • | Outline the roles of major publishing industry players | • | Discuss the flow of metadata from publisher to consumer | • | Explore the changing nature of industry players and metadata flow resulting from the explosion of digital content | | About the Instructor: Renée Register specializes in the development of metadata management practices to optimize content discovery, internal operations, and business intelligence. Renée has over 20 years' experience in building and growing innovative metadata systems, products, and services for materials vendors, metadata providers, and libraries. She is the co-author of The Metadata Handbook and author of The Essential Guide to Metadata for Books. | |
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