Good Metadata Practice for Open Access Books: a joint OABN / OIPA webinar

2025-03-20T16:00:00Z2025-03-20T17:30:00Z

This free online webinar offers practical guidance for working effectively with metadata for open access books. Featuring a panel of expert speakers, and with plenty of time for questions from the audience, this session aims to help publishers, librarians and others understand this vital part of the publishing process for open access books: why metadata matters, and how to create and use it most effectively.

This webinar is jointly organised by the Open Access Books Network (OABN) and the Open Institutional Publishing Association (OIPA).

Chair: Lucy Barnes (Senior Editor and Outreach Coordinator, Open Book Publishers; Open Access Books Network)

Speakers:

  • Tobias Steiner (COO) and Hannah Hillen (Metadata & Publisher Outreach Specialist) - Thoth Open Metadata
  • Graham Bell - Executive Director, EDItEUR
  • Jeffrey Edmunds - Digital Access Coordinator, Penn State Libraries

Registration via Zoom event page