Publishing Metadata Becomes More Valuable

February 21, 2012 / Melody Smith / Comments Off on Publishing Metadata Becomes More Valuable

Bowker has been selected by book retailer Books-A-Million to supply metadata related to printed books, e-books, and audio books. Bowker metadata will be used to feed both internal and external systems supporting the firm’s purchasing needs and providing bibliographic and identifier information in stores and on the website.

We found this interesting news in Daily Markets in their article, “Books-A-Million Chooses Bowker For Identifier Services.” The publishing world has been affected by the world of technology more than any other. More people are building and implementing taxonomies. The awareness of controlled vocabularies and their applications continues to grow.

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Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.