Journal supply chain support provider Ringgold Inc. has announced a new service for publishers which simplifies the process of creating and disseminating comprehensive metadata for web-scale discovery and Demand-Driven Acquisition. ProtoView puts quality book, e-book and database information in the hands of end-users at the point of use and purchase.
ProtoView is a cost effective, single source solution for publishers to enhance content discoverability. It includes the creation of standards compliant, enriched and normalised metadata about each title which is fed directly into the scholarly supply chain, including discovery services, aggregators, and vendors.
Publishers provide Ringgold with their content, either in print or online, along with any existing metadata. Ringgold's professional writers produce an objective and keyword-rich summary of each title. Ringgold builds an extensive metadata record from MARC records, original research, standard identifiers and our authoritative Identify database. Records are distributed in accepted industry standard formats to our network of licensees.
All metadata is also provided on ProtoView.com. This fully searchable website was designed for librarians and patrons to search and browse, and to set new title alerts according to their interests.
Ringgold will be launching ProtoView at the London Book Fair at stand O660.
