gokb: the global open knowledgebase (nfais 2013)
DESCRIPTION
Presented at NFAIS 2013 by Kristin Antelman and Liam EarneyTRANSCRIPT
Kristin Antelman, GOKbLiam Earney, KB+
NFAISMay 30, 2013
GOKb is a freely available community-managed data repository that will contain key publication information about electronic resources as it is represented within the supply chain from content publishers to suppliers to libraries.
Data to Support E-Resource Lifecycle Management
License
Activate
Buy
Manage
Assess
Select
GOKb Partners
GOKb Timeline
2012 2013 2014 20152011 2016
GOKb and KB+ collaborate on data
model
GOKb Phase I:Proof of Concept
Release
GOKb funded by Mellon Foundation
and Kuali OLE Partner libraries
GOKb Public
Release
Community development New partnersEnhanced functionaity
GOKb Phase II:Partner Release
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?The problems we are seeking to address
Data quality and availability
My sales rep asked me if we could let them know which of their
journals we subscribe to.
We didn’t know so we asked our agent, but they didn’t know eitherLibrarianJISC Collections Roadshow12th June 2012
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Duplicated Effort
The Big Four KBs employ c80 FTE on KB maintenanceBUT…
Breeding, M, E-resource knowledge bases and link resolvers: an assessment of the current products and emerging trends, Insights, 2012, 25(2), 173–182, doi: 10.1629/2048-7754.25.2.173
“ “minor points of differentiation in their comprehensiveness
and quality
Interoperability
My Content
Publisher
Subs Agent
ERM
Link resolver
Filing cabinets
Spreadsheets
Library staff
Consortia
APPROACHESSo what do we mean by maximising the knowledge base?
Open data Collaborative Communities
Enriched information
Standards and Best Practice?
Maximising the knowledge basePublications – Packages – Platforms – Organizations – Template Licences
Approaches to resolving the problem
OPEN DATA
Open data delivers practical benefits
• Share and Collaborate with anyone and everyone– Improve accuracy– Publication information provided to all systems
vendors– Reduces the burden on any one element in the
supply chain– Efforts not tied in or limited to specific products or
systems– Easier to seed knowledge bases
COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITIES
3rd Party Systems
and Services
Doing more by working together
• Publisher Data• Package information• Standard licences
Global (GOKb)
• National/Consortial information• National licences• Central Services
National (KB+)
• Local holdings• Financial information• Documentation
Institutional(Kuali OLE)
International Cooperation
GOKb
?
ENRICHED INFORMATION
Communities of knowledge
A human must turn information into intelligence or knowledge
Grace Hopper"The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper" by Philip Schieber in OCLC Newsletter, No. 167 (March/April 1987)
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STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICE
ONIX
GOKB DEMONSTRATION
Open Refine with GOKb Extension
Open Refine - Suggest rules
Open Refine - Applying rules
Open Refine - Ingest
GOKb WebApp - Components
GOKb WebApp - Components
GOKb WebApp - Packages
GOKb WebApp - Packages
USING GOKB DATA
National KBsLibrary
Management Systems
Vendor KBs
subscriptionagents
librarye-resourcecommunity content
providers
publishers
Catalogs
Open web,DBPedia,
etc.
Co-referencing Service: A bridge between identifiers and resources
GOKb TIPP
ID
OCLC IDs
Vendor IDs
Catalog IDsDOI
ISSNs
GETTING INVOLVED
Why should you get involved?
• Increased use of e-resources • Ensure consistency of data across supply chain• Better customer service
A Community, not a Start-up
• Open data and software• Extensible community model for data
management• Structured participation will be possible for:– National KBs– Vendors– Individual libraries
THANK YOU