For The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the world's authoritative repository of scientific botanical knowledge and nomenclature, provided detailed orientation to the publishing industry and ecosystem to enable Kew to understand how best to make its comprehensive botanical taxonomic resources known and used by publishers and their partners. The engagement involved educating Kew staff about the … Continue reading Publishing Industry Intelligence and Outreach for Kew Gardens
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NLM and JATS Specifications for American Society of Microbiology
For ASM, the American Society of Microbiology, developed comprehensive specifications for the use of NLM 2.3 XML for ASM’s legacy content as well as recommendations and specifications for its migration to JATS XML for all aspects of its journal content. The engagement involved close collaboration with ASM's prepress provider and the requirements of its journal … Continue reading NLM and JATS Specifications for American Society of Microbiology
Study of ORCID Implementation for Books
For ORCID, the organization that maintains the system of unique and persistent identifiers and associated metadata used by researchers and contributors to document their identities along with their publications, conference presentations, professional histories, education, and other professional metadata, conducted a set of interviews with academic book publishers, service providers, and funders to gain insight into … Continue reading Study of ORCID Implementation for Books
Analysis and Recommendations for OCLC’s Contract Cataloging
For OCLC, the global library cooperative, provided an analysis of and recommendations for the refinement of their Contract Cataloging operations, which provide cataloging services for both libraries and publishers in the context of OCLC’s WorldCat bibliographic database, the master cataloging and holdings resource for libraries worldwide. The study involved deep analysis of the metadata specifications … Continue reading Analysis and Recommendations for OCLC’s Contract Cataloging
Study of XML-Based Multi-Channel Workflows for the EU
For the Publications Office of the European Union, conducted a study of single-source, XML-based, multi-channel workflows that led to recommendations by which an appropriate workflow or workflows could be established for the EU's very diverse General Publications—which consist of official publications from all European Union countries—and can integrate with the master repository and information architecture … Continue reading Study of XML-Based Multi-Channel Workflows for the EU
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