1. The Knowledge Base at the Center of the Universe
Kristen Wilson
North Carolina State University Libraries
NASIG – June 10, 2016
Intro
Kristen Wilson, Associate Head of A&D
Background with KBs
GOKb

2. About this presentation
This presentation is based on:
Kristen Wilson, “The Knowledge Base at the Center of the Universe,” ALA Library Technology Reports 52, no. 6 (August- September 2016) (forthcoming).
Report is complete, should be available in August
Believe it will be open access after one year.

3. Agenda The center of the universe Building a knowledge base
KBs and LSPs
Innovations
Collaborative KBs

4. The center of the universe
My soapbox about KBs

6. Bib record

8. KB record

9. What is a knowledge base?
Structured data describing an institution’s collection and how to access it.
At the most basic, a knowledge base includes:
Titles
Packages
Holdings
A knowledge base usually contains global and local data (but not always)

10. Add GOKb, Bacon, ERDB-JP, Innovative

11. KB
OpenURL
MARC records
Discovery
ERM

12. KB
Linking
Catalog
Discovery
ERM
Resource sharing
Acquisitions
Identity management
Usage statistics
Inventory management
APIs
Linked data

13. Building a knowledge base

14. The supply chain
Content Provider KB
Library

15. The real supply chain Content Provider Content ProviderKB KB KB
Library
Library
Library
Library
Library
Library
Library

16. When it goes wrong Missing titles Titles listed in error
Conflict between coverage and publication dates
Incorrect identifiers (ISSN, ISBN)
Incorrect use of identifiers
Incorrect coverage information
Incorrect embargo information

17. “ ” Yvette Diven, Proquest
This metadata can be a byproduct of something that a provider does. If they’re focused on publishing e-journals or e- books, this metadata can be a byproduct rather than the main product. ”

18. KBART

19. KBs and LSPs

20. Library services platforms
Procurement
Owned
Leased
Open
Metadata
MARC
Dublin Core
Others
Discovery
Integrated
Stand alone
Hosting
In the cloud
Multi-tenant
Browser based
Knowledge base
Global data
Localization features
Marshall Breeding, “Library Services Platforms: A Maturing Genre of Products,” Library Technology Reports 51, no. 4 (May/June 2015): 8,

21. Library services platforms
Procurement
Owned
Leased
Open
Metadata
MARC
Dublin Core
Others
Discovery
Integrated
Stand alone
Hosting
In the cloud
Multi-tenant
Browser based
Knowledge base
Global data
Localization features
Marshall Breeding, “Library Services Platforms: A Maturing Genre of Products,” Library Technology Reports 51, no. 4 (May/June 2015): 8,

22. “
Oliver Pesch, EBSCO
For things to function properly—acquisitions and circulation and discovery and linking and usage and all of those pieces—you need to be consistent in how you talk about the resources that are in your collection. And the best way of doing that is to have some fairly rich central knowledge base in the middle that, if nothing else, is acting as an identity broker. ”

23. EBSCO EBSCO Global Knowledge Base EBSCONet EBSCO Discovery Service
Usage Consolidation
ERM Essentials
Newly announced open LSP…

24. EBSCO

25. OCLC WorldCat Knowledge Base WorldCat WorldShare Management Services
Acquisitions
Circulation
ILL Discovery
License manager
Etc

26. Jonathan Blackburn, OCLC“
Jonathan Blackburn, OCLC
The assumption we came to this with is that the items in the knowledge base, whether they’re titles or collections, should function just the same as anything you’re purchasing. ”

27. OCLC

28. Other LSPs Alma, ProQuest / Ex Libris
Sierra, Innovative Interfaces, Inc.
TIND

29. Innovations

30. Titles (journals and books)
Traditional KB data
Titles (journals and books)
Packages
Platforms
Holdings

31. Titles (journals and books)
Enhanced KB data
Titles (journals and books)
Packages
Platforms
Holdings
New content types
Change management
IDs, not strings
MARC records
Relationships
Transparency

32. APIs and Integrations API=Application programming interface
Sets of tools for building and interacting with software applications

33. University of New Brunswick
Discovery interface built using WorldCat Knowledge Base API

34. University of New Brunswick
Discovery interface built using WorldCat Knowledge Base API

35. Steve Oberg, Wheaton College“
Steve Oberg, Wheaton College
It’s how to leverage all of your investment in your knowledge base, to reduce duplicate work and make sure your access is consistent. You want to make sure that whatever path users choose, they’re able to get to your resources. To me the knowledge base is the key part there. ”

36. Library specific holdings

37. Collaborative knowledge bases

38. “
Ross Singer
By tapping into the power of the entire community—from the beginning of the publishing chain to the end-user—the knowledgebase becomes self-sustaining and finds new and interesting uses along the way.
“The Knowledgebase Kibbutz,” Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship 20, no. 2 (2008): 85 , doi: / ”

39. Qualities of collaborative knowledge bases
Users can contribute and/or edit content
Data is freely available and easily reused
Emphasis on improvements across the supply chain

40. The Global Open Knowledge Base (GOKb)
Sister project to Kuali OLE
Open data, community managed
Working to share data with commercial and open source products.

41. The Global Open Knowledge base (GOKb)

42. The Global Open Knowledge base (GOKb)

43. OCLC WorldCat Knowledge Base
Integrated into OCLC WorldShare
Offers community voting and contribution of custom collections
Available to all WorldCat customers

44. OCLC WorldCat Knowledge Base

45. Knowledge Base Plus (KB+)
Run by Jisc Collections in the UK
Focuses on highly curated data describing UK consortial deals
Integrates with KB+ ERM and other UK projects like Journal Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP)

46. Knowledge Base Plus (KB+)

47. Knowledge Base Plus (KB+)

48. BAse de COnnaissance Nationale (BACON)
Run by ABES in France
Focuses on highly curated data describing French publications
Offers open data and APIs

49. BAse de COnnaissance Nationale (BACON)

50. BAse de COnnaissance Nationale (BACON)

51. Electronic Resources Database-Japan (ERDB-JP)
Collaboration between several Japanese higher education groups
Focuses on highly curated data describing Japanese publications
Data is freely available and partners can edit the knowledge base

52. Electronic Resources Database-Japan (ERDB-JP)

53. Working at the right level
Global
Publisher data
Package information
Standard licenses
National/Consortial
Shared packages
Shared licenses
Local
Local holdings
Financial information
Individual licenses
Kristin Antelman and Kristen Wilson, “GOKb: The Global Open Knowledgebase,” presented at the UKSG Annual Conference Glasgow, UK, March 2015.

54. Thoughts or questions?
Thanks!