Kristen WilsonMay 14, 2014

BUILDING THE GLOBAL OPEN

KNOWLEDGEBASE

OVERVIEW

What is

GOKb?

The proble

m space

How can

GOKb help?

Next steps

An enhanced knowledgebase

A community-managed knowledgebase

An open data knowledgebase

(What about link resolvers?)

WHAT IS GOKB?

GOKB PARTNERS

GOKB TIME LINE

2012 2013 2014 20152011 2016

GOKb and KB+ collaborate on data

model

GOKb Phase I:Proof of Concept

Release

Funded by Mellon Foundation & Kuali

OLE Partnership

GOKb Public

Release

Community development New partners

Enhanced functionaityGOKb Phase II:Partner Release

THE PROBLEM SPACE

• Kbs were primarily used for access

• They became a part of the add-on ERMS

• Movement toward integrated systems

• A positive and necessary experience.

The Kb experime

nt

THE PROBLEM SPACE

• Kbs are needed for management too

• Identifiers are crucial

• We need to manage all e-resources

• Systems should be integrated and Kb-centric

Lessons learned

Managing the right “thing”

Going beyond bibliographic description

Creating identifiers for what we need to manage

WHY KB-CENTRIC?

Title: Tetrahedron Letters

Format: Electronic

Publisher: Elsevier

Package: Freedom Collection

Platform: ScienceDire

ct

Enhanced data means we can manage what’s important

Open data means that the knowledgebase is not wedded to any one system

Community-managed data means we contribute directly to the quality of the knowledgebase

HOW CAN GOKB HELP?

ENHANCED DATA: THE TIPP

Global (GOKb)

Local

Title changes ISSN change as principal indicatorEarlier Related Title and Later Related Title

Titles within a package on a platform (TIPPs)

Organization role changes, especially Publisher transfers

ENHANCED DATA: CHANGES OVER TIME

GOKb

TIPP

E-ISSN

P-ISSN

DOI

Vendor ID

Catalog ID

ENHANCED DATA: IDENTIFIERS

GOKb is just data – it’s not tied to any one system

GOKb will support Kuali OLE and KB+ -- but it can support any other project too

External systems will access data via API

GOKb will include a co-referencing service to crosswalk between different sets of identifiers

OPEN DATA

COMMUNITY-MANAGED DATA: DOING MORE TOGETHER

• Publisher Data• Package information• Standard licences

Global (GOKb)

• National/Consortial information• National licences• Central Services

National (KB+)

• Local holdings• Financial information• Documentation

Institutional

(OLE)

Initial ingest: OpenRefine Apply rules Validate data

Working with data: GOKb web application Browse and search data Make corrections Submit error reports

COMMUNITY-MANAGED DATA: TOOLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS

GOKB DEMO: OPEN REFINE

GOKB DEMO: WEB APPLICATION

GOKB DEMO: WEB APPLICATION

Data collectionEbooksLinked data

Building community

NEXT STEPS

It’s a community, not a start upEnsure consistency of data across supply

chainOpen data and softwareExtensible community model for data

managementStructured participation will be possible for:

National Kbs Vendors Individual libraries

WHY SHOULD YOU GET INVOLVED?

Kristen WilsonGOKb EditorAssociate Head of Acquisitions & DiscoveryNorth Carolina State University Librarieskristen_wilson@ncsu.edu

gokb.org

QUESTIONS?