We are delighted to share that Thoth is now an accredited @crossref.bsky.social Service Provider at the Advanced tier, recognising years of work to make rich, open book metadata achievable for presses of every size! 🎉

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#openinfrastructure #MetadataMatters #OAbooks

... automation that provides support to cataloguing and metadata specialists, instead of threatening their actual roles within #scholcom. #MetadataMatters #AI #oat26 #openinfrastructures

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We look at four problems: scaling and sustainability, operating costs externalised onto open infrastructures, the dissolution of provenance, and the simple fact that, in cataloguing, having no metadata is preferable to having erroneous (aka "hallucinated") metadata. #MetadataMatters

Toby Steiner joins up with Voices of @operaseu.bsky.social UK to talk open #metadata, and why open infrastructures should collaborate through open data and APIs rather than consolidate. Read more: research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2026/09/2...

#OAbooks #MetadataMatters

Are you a publisher or infrastructure attending OASPA Conference #OASPA2026 from 21-23 September, or Open-Access-Tage 2026 #OAT26 from 28-30 September, and are interested in learning more about what we do? #MetadataMatters #OAbooks

Feel free to book a meeting with Toby via the links below! 👇

Indeed, #MetadataMatters !

And don't forget, this holds especially true for #openmetadata - which is metadata released under a public-domain dedication (such as CC0) to enable wide re-use by e.g. libraries.

A blast from the past!

I enjoyed many a year working in the building opposite with @manchester.ac.uk colleagues including @emmabooth.eurosky.social

#Cataloguing #MetadataMatters

#MetadataMatters #DataQualtyMatters