S62 - GOKb Collaborations: Enhancing Knowledge Base Data through Crowdsourcing

Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 2:30 PM–3:15 PM CDT
Room 104
Conference Track

4. External Relationships

Learning Objectives

Following this sesion, participants will be able to understand the different types of work that volunteer data managers have done with GOKb to enhance the data quality in the knowledge base, and how to engage with upcoming opportunities for community involvement.

Abstract

This presentation will focus on GOKb’s crowdsourcing approach as part of the project's long-term vision. The GOKb editor and volunteer data managers will discuss different types of work they have done with GOKb and how that work is helping to enhance the data quality in the knowledge base.

Presenters

Jennifer Solomon, North Carolina State University
Kate Hill, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Kurt Blythe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Zorian Sasyk, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Nathaniel Gustafson-Sundell, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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