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Maximising the Knowledge BaseKB+ and GOKb
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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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
Duplicated Effort
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 – Licences – Subscriptions – Entitlements
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
International Cooperation
GOKb
?
ENRICHED INFORMATION
A Fraction of the Whole
Data Licence
Information and Interpretation
DataHoldings and Entitlements
Answer Post-Cancellation
Access Entitlements
DecisionPrint Disposal
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
The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to
choose from
Andrew Tanenbaum
“ “….but do please choose one
ONIX
© Simon WilliamsPhotography
Set your data free
THANK YOULiam Earney @liamearney
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