Introducing the Global Open

Knowledgebase (GOKb)

Kristin AntelmanNCSU Libraries

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

The Problem Space: Managing Multiple Kbs

ILS Kb• Description• Location• Acquisitions• Circulation

Discovery Kb• Description• URI• Coverage• Platform• Package

ERM Kb• Description• Acquisitions• Licenses• Entitlements• Platform• Package• Usage

Subscription Agent Kb• Description• Package• Payments• History

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)

National KBs

Library Management

Systems

Vendor KBs

subscriptionagents

librarye-resourcecommunity content

providers

publishers

Catalogs

Open web,

DBPedia

Who will use GOKb?

GOKb data model

Bill of Materials model (BoM)

The fast food model Everything is a

component or a combination

GOKb data model

Endlessly repeatable Extensible to ebooks, articles, chapters, etc.

ID Component type

Component name

1Title instance Serials Review

2Title instance Tetrahedron

3Package Freedom Collection

4PackageElsevier Custom Collection

5Platform ScienceDirect

ID Combo type

Combo ID1

Combo ID2

6TI-Pack 1 3

7TI-Pack 2 3

8TI-Pack-Plat 7 3

GOKb data sourcing

Where will the data come from? Publishers

Freely available from publisher or on web KBART Might include proprietary IDs

CUFTS partnership Manual creation

Community Data ManagementRoles GOKb editors OLE partner editors Other editors Data contributors

Data contributors

GOKb Editors

GOKb governance and sustainability

Year 1: Mellon grant

Year 2+: Absorbed into Kuali OLE with additional partners