Maximising the Knowledgebase (UKSG 2013)

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

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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

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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