From the abstract:
The white paper was commissioned by NISO and OCLC as a follow-up to the
Symposium for Publishers and Librarians held by OCLC on March 18-19,
2009 to discuss book metadata. This paper analyzes the current state of
metadata creation, exchange, and use throughout the book supply chain.
With the number of book formats multiplying and the amount of digital
content growing rapidly, the metadata required to support the
discovery, sale, and use of content by a global audience is increasing
exponentially. At the same time economic pressures on all stakeholders
in the supply chain from publishers, wholesalers, booksellers, metadata
vendors, and librarians present greater challenges to providing quality
and comprehensive metadata at every point in the cycle. Through
interviews with over 30 industry representatives, Luther has created a
book metadata exchange map illustrating the process and has identified
opportunities for eliminating redundancies and making the entire
process more efficient.
From the press release:
"The white paper illustrates how effectively both publishers and libraries have implemented their respective standards of ONIX for Books and MARC, but also shows how silos have grown up around the two standards," stated Todd Carpenter, NISO Managing Director. "There are definite opportunities for breaking down these silos and both communities are eager to find better methods for interoperability and streamlining their operations."
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