BIC Brunch, January 2022

Open Access in the Book Supply Chain

Thursday 27 January 2022

Introduction
As we know, the book industry supply chain has evolved over many, many, years to largely enable the discovery and sales of paid for content/books, whether in print or digital form, or both. How well does our industry’s supply chain accommodate the Open Access model and what if anything needs to change? Are we making best use of the standards already available, where are the gaps and what can be done to help? In this BIC Brunch, (which will also focus on hybrid models), we explored the following topics:

• What do we mean by open Access (OA) and what are the different types?
• The OA supply chain – where do the data and content come from, where do they go, who are the users/stakeholders?
• Metadata for OA – What is already available in ONIX and recommendations for best practice
• What and where are the challenges in running OA alongside traditional models (a hybrid approach)?

The Host 
Graham Bell, Executive Director, EDItEUR

The Speakers
Leila Moore, Director, Open Access Policy, Wiley
Graham Bell, Executive Director, EDItEUR
Zelah Pengilley, Content Management Analyst, Taylor & Francis Group 
Dr. Sven Fund, Managing Director, Knowledge Unlatched

Presentation slides
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Recordin
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Green BIC Brunch February 2022

Green Book Supply Chain 101

Thursday 24th February 

#greenbicbrunch 

Kindly sponsored by: Publishing Scotland

Introduction
Increasingly, global book industry standards – such as ONIX and Thema – are being adopted worldwide with a view to bettering international communications, discoverability, and increasing sales. But what does this mean for the book industry’s supply chain? What is the scale of our industry’s carbon footprint and its consumption of plastic? How can your organisation increase its sustainability whilst reducing its overall environmental impact? And what does the future hold? This Green BIC Brunch explored these questions and the key concerns highlighted in the results of a recent Publishing Scotland survey:

-Shipping and distribution
– Waste and packaging (including plastics)
– Production – printing, inks, materials.

The Host
Karina Urquhart, Executive Director, BIC

The Speakers
Emma Holak, Production Editorial Manager, Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Gregory Fitzgerald, Business Services Manager, Bell & Bain Ltd
John Thompson, Head of Site Services, HarperCollins Distribution  
Jaki Hawker, Academic Manager, Blackwell’s Bookshops

Recording
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Presentation Slides
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BIC Brunch, March 2022

BIC Brunch – The Thema Sessions: Thema (1 of 6):  Adult  Fiction

Thursday 17th March 2022

The first of six Thema focussed BIC Brunches: # 1: Adult Fiction.  We had the opportunity to hear first-hand experiences from Libri and Pan Macmillan on how they are benefitting from the use of Thema in their systems, processes, and metadata workflows

The Host 

Karina Urquhart, Executive Director, BIC

The Speakers

Chris Saynor, Standards Editor, EDItEUR
Marisa Davies, Metadata Manager, Pan Macmillan
Dr Detlef Bauer & Nele Ahrens, Product Management Metadata & Search, Libri

Recording

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Presentation Slides

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BIC Brunch, April 2022

BIC Brunch – A Guided Tour of What’s New in Thema Version 1.5

Thursday 28th April 2022

Chris Saynor, EDItEUR and Howard Willows, Nielsen BookData took us on a guided tour of the key additions, clarifications and changes to be found in Thema version 1.5.

The Host 

Karina Urquhart, Executive Director, BIC

The Speakers

Chris Saynor, Standards Editor, EDItEUR
Howard Willows, Senior Manager, Data Development: Nielsen BookData

Recording

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Presentation Slides

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BIC Brunch, May 2022

BIC Brunch – Thema (2 of 6): Diversity, Equity, Equality and Inclusion

Thursday 26th May 2022

The Host 

Karina Urquhart, Executive Director, BIC

The Speakers

Chris Saynor, Standards Editor, EDItEUR

Recording

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BIC Brunch, June 2022

BIC Brunch – Rights – A Key Part of the Publishing Value Chain

Thursday 30th June 2022

Event kindly sponsored by FADEL.

It might be argued that everything the book industry does ultimately stems from rights, or the permission to sell or license. This BIC Brunch, kindly sponsored by FADEL, focused on the basics and definitions of rights management. What do we means by rights? What different types of rights exist in the book/content eco-system? What impact do they have on the supply chain, and on maximising sales and new streams of revenue? And how do organisations, or individuals even know the right permissions are in place?

In this session a variety of topics were covered:

  • What are rights?
  • Common terminology
  • How authors’ deals/contracts are key to creating a rights inventory for optimal business operation
  • The importance of ensuring all right for different (i.e., from different sources/authors/creators) content in your products align.
  • How well understood and managed rights are a valuable asset to a publishing organisation.
  • How rights impact the publishing ecosystem -we’ll look at the different types of rights transactions.
  • How book industry standards can help.

The Host 

Karina Urquhart, Executive Director, BIC

The Speakers

Paul Gore, EVP and GM of Professional Services, FADEL

Amy Joyner, Rights & Licensing Director, Kogan Page

Clare Hodder, Director, RightsZone

Recording

If you were unable to attend this event it is now possible to watch our BIC Brunch, Green BIC Brunch and/or BIC Breakfast sessions via the BIC YouTube channel

View the recording of the BIC Brunch – Thema (2 of 6): Diversity, Equity, Equality and Inclusion.

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BIC Brunch, July 2022

BIC Brunch – Thema (3 of 6): Children’s, Teenage and Education

Thursday 28th July 2022

The Host 
Karina Urquhart, Executive Director, BIC

The Speakers
Chris Saynor, Standards Editor, EDItEUR
Jack Lowe, Senior Bibliographic Coordinator, PRH UK
Ivan O’Brien, Managing Director, The O’ Brien Press Ltd

Recording
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Presentation Slides
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BIC Brunch, September 2022

BIC Brunch – The Thema Sessions (4 of 6): Non-Fiction: Popular

Thursday 22nd September 2022

The Host 
Karina Urquhart, Executive Director, BIC

The Speakers
Chris Saynor, Standards Editor, EDItEUR
Sarah Spencer, Sales Director, Cicerone
Kieron Smith, Digital Director, Blackwells

Recording
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Presentation Slides
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It is now possible to watch our previous BIC Brunch, Green BIC Brunch and/or BIC Breakfast sessions via the BIC YouTube channel