Metadata, standards and platforms for open access books: good metadata practice with Thoth | Copim Community on Zenodo

A presentation given as part of the Good Metadata Practice webinar, hosted by the Open Access Book Network (OABN) and the Open Institutional Publishers Association (OIPA) on March 20, 2025.

This slidedeck provides insights into what Thoth has been able to learn about good metadata practice in our work with a variety of publishers of scholarly books; and the journey that metadata takes as it flows through the global book supply chain.

The importance of metadata as a tool for communicating the scholarly record is highlighted, covering metadata elements for organising and describing content; metadata for provenance and ownership information; metadata to evidence the integrity of the scholarly record; and metadata specific to open access books and chapters. We highlighted the use of well-structured, consistent metadata that uses open metadata standards and persistent identifiers to enhance publisher workflows; and how effective metadata is crucial to facilitate book discovery, access and use.