@ The World Bank

Open Knowledge Repository (OKR)

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/

Eliza McLeod, Head WBG Library

September, 2013

UN LINKS, Geneva

Modified from presentation by

Jose de Buerba, Sr. World Bank Publishing Officer

& Paschal Ssemaganda, World Bank Publishing Officer

Agenda• Roots of OKR

• ORK & Access to Information Policy

• Policy Scope & Requirements

• Working with Bank authors

• Features & General Costs of the Repository

Stimulate use of development

knowlege to solve

development problems

The goal of open development,

…is to improve the lives of

people around the world

through access to information.

“We need to recognize that

development knowledge is no longer

the sole province of the researcher,

the scholar, or the ivory tower. The

aim is to open the treasure chest of

the World Bank’s data and

knowledge to every village health

care worker, every researcher,

everyone.”

Robert B. Zoellick, Former President, The World Bank

Group, Georgetown University, September 2010

Dr. Kim, Current President, The World Bank

Group

Open Knowledge Repository

Part of Larger Open Development Trend

Open About

What We Know

(Data and Knowledge)

Open About

What We Do

(Operations and Results)

Open About

How We Work

(Partnerships for Openness)

Open

Government

(Transparency, Accountability)

T H E W O R L D B A N K O P E N A G E N D A

Embracing Openness

Open Knowledge Repository

Background

Built on the work of the Internal Documents Unit which

created Imagebank (internal official Bank documents

repository) in 1993.

Created external version of Imagebank in 1996, called

World Development Sources which changed the

name to Documents & Reports

http://www-wds.worldbank.org

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/home

Open Access Policy

Creative Commons

Open Knowledge Repository

Strategic Review of

World Bank Publishing

or

Why an Open Access Policy?

• To provide greater access to Bank research and

knowledge outputs

• To encourage innovation allowing use and re-use

(i.e., derivative works, translations, text-mining,etc.)

• To join a growing Open Access community (e.g.,

governments, universities, and other institutions)

• To align Bank’s Publishing with Bank’s Open

Development Agenda

Policy Scope

WB OA Policy applies to manuscripts and

accompanying data sets:

(a) resulting from research, analysis, and economic and

sector work;

(b) which have undergone peer review or have been

otherwise vetted and approved for release to the public;

and

(c) for which approval for release is given on or after July 1,

2012.

1. For works published by the Bank

− Available immediately in OKR

− Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

2. For works by Bank staff published externally (mostly

journal articles)

‒ Working paper version available immediately in OKR

under CC BY

‒ Final, peer-reviewed Accepted Author Manuscript (AAM),

available in OKR after Publisher's embargo under CC BY

NC ND (unless more liberal license is accepted)

Policy Requirements

World Bank Publishing

Intranet web site

Internal Training

Step-by-Step Guides for Authors

Features

1. Optimal Discoverability:

• Interoperable with other repositories

• Adherence to Open Access standards (Dublin Core

metadata and OAI-PMH)

• Systematic metadata curation process

2. Intuitive Interface:

• Several browse options, advanced search, most viewed

content, citation information, permanent links, etc.

• Built on DSpace - OA platform

3. Allows Use, Reuse and Building-on Bank’s Work:

• CC BY copyright license

4. New Content:

• Content published by external Publishers

FEATURE: Advanced Metrics

1 million downloads in 1 year

(44% from developing countries)

Usage: Total Downloads, First Year

Interoperability & Discoverability

DSpace is limited in flexibility for metadata

harvesters. Current solution: Allow filtering via

facets like country and topic to create virtual sets. The

resultant XML output is OAI-PMH compliant and

exportable. Working on upgrade to allow mobile

improved search.

Indexing in Google Scholar.

Internal pressure from WBG regions for local

language searching and content

Costs $120K in development, 2011 to date (August,

2013) Contracted a Belgian developer

Hosting cost $25K/year, hosted in cloud

On-going costs approximately $30-40K

2 FTEs, 1 repository manager, a project

manager and .5 FTE for marketing & social

media support

Conclusions

1. Still in early stages in Open Access publishing.

2. Academic publishers are rebuilding their business

models: some embrace, some resist and some hide.

3. Embargo periods vary per publisher, only 1 publisher

has agreed so far (Routledge, Elsevier being negotiated).

4. Open Repositories built on open software (DSpace,

ePrints) increase dissemination significantly… but

marketing & outreach are still important.

5. WB focused on technical innovations and building new

partnerships to drive usage and discovery

Open Knowledge Repository (OKR)World Bank eLibrary

Tools/Functionality:• Quick & Advanced Search• Citation information• Interconnected with Bank operations

portal and websites• Interface and Search available in six

languages

Content:• All publically-available World Bank

documents since 1946 (including newly de-classified documents)

• Publications & Research• World Bank Economic Review (WBER)

and World Bank Research Observer (WBRO) since 1986 with 18-month embargo

• Policy Research Working Papers• Economic & Sector Work• Annual Reports & Independent

Evaluation Studies• Board Documents• Country Focus• Project Documents• Translated content (selected)• Full text PDF

• Machine-readable text files

Volume: 140,000+

Documents & Reports

Tools/Functionality:• Quick & Adv. Search (+ Full Text Search)• MARC records• Save Favorites and Searches• Full Text Search• Citation exporting • Customized new content alerts• Indexed in Lib. Search & Disc. Services• Athens & Shibboleth Authentication• COUNTER-compliant Reports• Mobile optimized (forthcoming)

• Custom eBook Tool (forthcoming)• Customer service

Content:• Full collection of all Publications &

Research since 1990s• World Bank Economic Review (WBER) and

World Bank Research Observer (WBRO) since 1996 with no embargo

• All Policy Research Working Papers since 1998

• All Development Outreach issues• Links to related datasets (forthcoming)• Full text PDF + Chapter-level access/

XML for new books (forthcoming) • Creative Commons CC BY licenses (WB-

published content only)

Volume: 9,000 (52% overlap with OKR)

Comparison of Document Collections

Tools/Functionality:• Quick & Advanced Search• Citation information• Author Profiles• “Most Viewed Content” & Usage

Statistics• Interoperable with Open Access

repositories (Dublin Core)• Indexed in Google Scholar

Content:• Publications & Research since 2005 • Policy Research Working Papers since

2005• Economic & Sector Work since 2005• Annual Reports & Independent Evaluation

Studies since 2005• World Bank Economic Review (WBER) &

World Bank Research Observer (WBRO) 2007-2010 with 18-month embargo

• All Knowledge Notes• Links to Bank-authored, external journal

articles 2008 -2011• Full text PDF • Machine-readable text files• Creative Commons CC BY licenses (WB-

published content only)

Volume: 10,000

Free. Select ContentSubscription: More Tools & Functionality

9/2013

Free. Most Content