[nfais-l] Registration Closes Tomorrow! NFAIS Webinar, May 31

[jilloneill at nfais.org]

Registration Closes at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, May 29th, for the NFAIS Webinar, The Global Open Knowledgebase (GoKB): Building A Community Managed Knowledgebase
 
Registration will close at noon (EST) on May 29th for the NFAIS webinar The Global Open Knowledgebase (GoKB): Building A Community Managed Knowledgebase scheduled to take place from 11:00am to 12:30pm  EST on Friday, May 31.
 
You’ll want to learn more about the Global Open Knowledgebase (GOKb) – a new open, community-based international data repository that will provide libraries with information about electronic resources. It will include data such as publication information, related organizations, and model licenses, and will be accessible across all US and UK academic libraries. The initiative was funded in June 2012 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and is being led by the Kuali OLE partner libraries and JISC. The expectation is that a beta version will be launched this summer. The ultimate goal of the effort is to enhance the supply chain lifecycle for libraries in managing electronic resources while mobilizing community effort to add quality, timeliness and economies to the library management environment.
 
Our speakers will be Kristin Antelman, Associate Director for the Digital Library, North Carolina  State University, Raleigh and Liam Earney, Project Director, Knowledgebase Plus, JISC Collections.  Some of the issues that they will discuss are:
 
·         The industry problems that led to the development of GOKb such as issues of data quality and inefficient data management across the supply chain
·         The approach taken to develop the repository, including principles of open data, collaboration, enhanced data, and use of standards and best practices.
·         How GOKb data will be used in current national and local-level services, such as Knowledge Base Plus in the UK and Kuali OLE
·         How it could be of use to entities of all types across the supply chain, including publishers and vendors
·         The approach to supporting community management of GOKb going forward
 
In addition, a demonstration of a beta version will be provided.
 
With registration closing at noon on Wednesday, May 29, you’ll want to get set to listen in on this key initiative.  NFAIS members pay $105, Sister Society members pay $115, and non-members pay $125.  An unlimited number of staff from NFAIS member organizations can participate for a group fee of $255. The group fee for an unlimited number of staff from any Sister Society is $275, and from a non-member organization is $295. The registration form can be accessed at: [http://nfais.org/event?eventID=523] http://nfais.org/event?eventID=523.
 
For more information contact Jill O’Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, [tel:215-893-1561] 215-893-1561 (phone); [tel:215-893-1564] 215-893-1564 (fax); [mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org] mailto:jilloneill at nfais.org or go to [http://www.nfais.org/] http://www.nfais.org/.
 
 
 
 
 
NFAIS: Serving the Global Information Community
 
 
 
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