BIC ONIX for Digital Products (New for 2023)

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Purpose of the Course 

This is a short 3-hour session focusing on ONIX for digital products.

Who should attend

This course has been designed for those who have completed the two-session BIC ONIX Essentials course in 2021-2022 who would like further guidance on the use of ONIX for digital products. It covers the additional material that was not included in BIC ONIX Essentials course.

Please note: The digital products material was previously included in the ONIX Advanced Topics course, but it has now been transferred from this advanced course to the BIC ONIX Essentials Plus course which is new for 2023.

Benefits of Attending

Delegates will build upon the knowledge gained from the ONIX essentials course, with additional details for description of digital products in ONIX (including both e-books and digital audio).

Course Outline

Prior to the course, we will contact delegates to enquire if they have specific areas of concern / interest. Although each course can be tailored to a certain degree, the overall content is as follows:

Key Data Elements:

• Digital products
• Usage restrictions and licensing
• Open access
• Non-territorial sales restrictions
• Accessibility
• Audiobooks
• Chapter-level metadata

The Trainers

Graham Bell

Executive Director, EDItEUR

Graham is Executive Director of EDItEUR, and is responsible for the overall development of EDItEUR’s standards and the management services it provides on behalf of other standards organisations (ISNI International Agency and the International DOI Foundation). He joined EDItEUR as its Chief Data Architect in 2010, focusing on the continuing development and application of ONIX for Books, Thema, EDItX and on other EDItEUR standards for the global books and serials sectors.

Graham is an experienced trainer and speaker. He previously worked for HarperCollins Publishers in the UK, where most recently he was Head of Publishing Systems.

Chris Saynor

Standards Editor, EDItEUR

Chris is responsible for EDItEUR’s book publishing standards including ONIX, Thema and EDItX. He joined the organisation in late 2016. For the previous eight years, Chris worked for GiantChair Inc. in Paris as a metadata specialist and project manager and has been responsible for implementation of the Onixsuite application in many publishing organisations. He is widely known for his work with French industry liaison body CLIL and with BISG committees. Prior to that, Chris has a 20-year background in bookselling with Waterstones and WHSmith. 

Date of this Course

Tuesday 6th June 2023, 2pm – 5pm GMT.

Bespoke and In-House Training 

BIC is committed to providing high quality, accessible training for the book industry. We are able to provide both bespoke courses and in-house training to suit your requirements. This course is suitable for in-house training so please do contact us to request further information or to make a booking: info@bic.org.uk

Course Location

This course will be held online via the GoToMeetings platform. Full log in instructions will be given to trainees one week ahead of the course start date.

Course Length

Three hours, 2pm-5pm, GMT.

Prices  

BIC & EDItEUR Members £135.00 + VAT

Friends of BIC £160.00 + VAT

Non-Members £185.00 + VAT

Discounted rates apply to BIC and EDItEUR members only.

Not sure if your organisation is a BIC or EDItEUR member, email info@bic.org.uk to check.

Alternative Payment Option: If you would prefer BIC to invoice your organisation directly, please contact us: info@bic.org.uk. Please note that this process will incur a £25.00 administration fee.

BIC Training Courses

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Established in 1991, BIC is an independent, not-for-profit organisation at the heart of the UK book industry. We pride ourselves on working collaboratively with key stakeholders in the industry to produce quality training courses that are created and delivered by expert, highly respected trainers on a wide range of supply chain topics. Being a not-for-profit organisation, BIC is able to offer all of its training at highly competitive rates. If there is a topic that you would like us to provide training on, that we do not provide at present, get in touch; we also welcome enquires about the provision of bespoke in-house courses.

Cancellations by BIC

Please note: as we price our training courses so competitively, the running of them is dependent on there being a set minimum number of delegates registered by the time the booking period ceases. For this reason, please be aware that unfortunately some courses may be cancelled if this requirement is not met. Should this happen, BIC will arrange for full refunds for all training courses booked. We will liaise with registered delegates at least 2 weeks prior to each course date regarding this.

Refund Policy

Please take a few moments to familiarise yourself with our refund policy. 

Should you need to cancel your ticket, refunds may be given as follows:

• Up to 6 calendar weeks (i.e. 42 calendar days) before the event: full refund
• Less than 6 calendar weeks, but more than 2 calendar weeks (i.e. 14 days) before the event: 50% refund
• Less than 2 calendar weeks before the event: no refund

If you (or a colleague in your place) do not attend the training course you have booked, no refund will be given.

Please note: Tickets are transferable within your organisation.