15 Publisher

A publisher is an entity responsible for making a resource more widely available after it has been created.

Some Questions to Consider When Determining Publisher

• Was this item widely distributed?
• Were copies made after the original creation?
• Who was responsible for making sure users had access to the resource after its creation?
• Is metadata being created for a physical item, a digital item, a physical item that has been digitized? Could there be more than one possible publisher?

Publisher Examples

• Book publishing companies such as Penguin Random House or Harper Collins
• School yearbook companies responsible for printing, binding, and creating a large number of copies to distribute to students
• Ancestry.com could be considered a publisher for making genealogical information digitally available