Really excited to share that we’ve published Thoth Open Metadata’s self-assessment against the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI). 🎉
For us, this is more than a compliance exercise. It’s an open reflection on how we believe open metadata for books should be governed, sustained, and shared - with community oversight, open-source code, and CC0 data and open APIs at its core. As open access policies evolve, infrastructure transparency matters for publishers, librarians, and policymakers alike. 📚 #MetadataMatters
This work connects directly to the next phase of Thoth’s development - and we’ll be continuing the conversation at the Copim community's #CopimConference tomorrow and on Friday, where we’ll be discussing the future of #communityled #OAbooks and the infrastructure they depend on together with like-minded #openinfras, #libraries, #publishers, and #researchers.
There's no #OpenAccess without #OpenInfrastructure!
With this post, we share the results of our recently-conducted self-assessment of Thoth Open Metadata against the current version v2.0 of the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI). POSI is an important reference point for us: it articulates important elements of what it means for an infrastructure to be open, community-governed, and sustainable over the long term.
I’ve been documenting this for months (since 28.09.2025). Here’s a quick breakdown of how http://Amazon.de has mishandled Tom Hiddleston’s metadata for over a decade!
https://is.gd/AmazonDEMetadata
#Namesmatter #RespecttheArtist #TomHiddleston #metadatamatters #QAFail #AmazonDE
We are super excited to announce the publication of our substantive report "International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for #OABooks and Chapters"
The report addresses a longstanding challenge in #OAbooks publishing: how to create, manage, and disseminate metadata that actually works across today’s fragmented scholarly ecosystem. #MetadataMatters
Bringing together multiple perspectives of not-for-profit #DiamondOA book publishers, librarians, and open infrastructures, the report takes a closer look at research, policy analysis, and community insight to support publishers, libraries, and aggregators working to improve the discoverability, accessibility, and sustainability of books and chapters – with a particular focus on small-to-medium-sized, scholar-led and institutional publishers.
We are pleased to announce the publication of “International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access Books and Chapters”, …
[CATCH UP] @amandaramalho at #FILGuadalajara2025 📚
Hear her insights on @scielo @Thoth_metadata & why open metadata matters — sparking lots of interest from publishers!
Amanda is on the Board of Stewards @openbookcollect & Coordinator of @scielobooks
🎥 Watch now https://buff.ly/XCQwcz0
DatAasee - A Metadata-Lake for Libraries
https://ulbmuenster.github.io/dataasee
#WeLoveMetadata because #MetadataMatters
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