BISG WEBCAST -- Identification and Digital Publications: Exploring the Emerging Standards Landscape

Important Note: No sessions of this seminar are currently scheduled. If you are interested in attending future sessions of this seminar, please contact Angela Bole at angela@bisg.org

The book industry has had the ISBN for nearly 40 years; there has been little cause for excitement. Now, suddenly the whole subject of “identifiers” has become a hot topic, particularly when it comes to digital books and other online resources. This BISG Webcast will explore why the book industry has standard identifiers, and consider the future of the ISBN (International Standard Book Number), as well as the role of newer identification standards like ISTC (International Standard Text Code) and ISNI (International Standard Name Identifier). What do you need to know to make informed decisions about how — and whether — to use them? Register today to find out.

THIS BISG WEBCAST IS SPONSORED BY THE U.S. ISBN AGENCY.

About the Presenters

Mark Bide, Executive Director, EDItEUR

Mark Bide is Executive Director of EDItEUR, the global trade standards organization for the book and serial publishing industries. He is also the Project Director for the ACAP Project, and a Director of Rightscom, the specialist media consultancy.

Since the early 1990s, Mark has been closely involved in media standardization strategies and in the design and management of standards for identification and metadata in the media. He has worked in and around the publishing industry for nearly 40 years, having been a Director of the European subsidiaries of both CBS Publishing and John Wiley & Sons. He is a Visiting Professor of the University of the Arts London.