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Come One, Come All:
Building a Community for the
Global Open KnowledgebaseKristen Wilson
NCSU Libraries
ER&L / February 23, 2015
Presentation Agenda
Project overview and quick demo
Partnership stories
Next steps
Questions
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.
Value Proposition for GOKb
Solving problems across the industry
Duplication of effort
Data quality issues1
Untangling data and software
1Hill, K. & Collins, M. (2013, June 6-9). Building a Better Knowledgebase: A Community Perspective.
Presented at the NASIG Annual Meeting in Buffalo, NY.
Current Supply Chain
KB A KB B KB C
lib 1 lib 2 lib 3 lib 4 lib 5 lib 6
Publisher A Publisher B Publisher C
Project Time Line
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
GOKb and KB+ collaborate on data
model
Funded by Mellon Foundation & Kuali
OLE Partnership
Proof of Concept Release
Partner Release
Public preview and Phase 2
Mellon funding
Community development New partners
Enhanced functionaity
GOKb Partners
Why Stories?
Evolving and shaping an iterative
conversation
Getting input from the community
Keeping the momentum going
Project Partners: NCSU &
ChicagoThe story: how do we do it?
OLE Partners: Lehigh, Duke,
RutgersThe story: how can we help?
Project Partners: Jisc
The story: integration and feedback
Publisher Partners: TBD
The story: fixing data at the source
Publisher A Publisher B Publisher C
KB
AR
T
Vendor Partners: TBD
The story: solving industry-wide
problems
Publisher A Publisher B Publisher C
KB A KB B KB C
lib 4
lib 5
lib 6
lib 4
lib 5
lib 6
KB
AR
T
KBART KBART
Next steps
Hire GOKb editor
Continue training existing partners
Pull in suggestions from the larger
community
Work with new partners
QUESTIONS?
HTTP://GOKB.ORG
Thank you!
