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Come One, Come All: Building a Community for the Global Open Knowledgebase
Conference Track
8. Emerging Technologies & Trends
Keywords
knowledgebases, metadata
Learning Objectives
understand the advantages of a community-based model for knowledgebase management; evaluate the benefits of institutional participation GOKb.
Abstract
The Global Open Knowledgebase (GOKb) is a project to build a community-managed, open data respository of information about electronic journals and books. This presentation will describe the community model of management; the roles of partners including libraries, vendors, and publishers; and the contributions made and benefits realized by each group.
Presenters
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a71abae78e5302abd2f395a351624ac2.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Kristen Wilson, North Carolina State University")