4. “ My sales rep asked me if we
could let them know which of their
journals we subscribe to. We didn’t
know so we asked our agent, but
they didn’t know either”
Librarian
JISC Collections Roadshow
12th June 2012
19. Software development
Data Management
Updates to Licence and Subscription information with the
ability to cascade changes to the local level
Major processes and Workflows
Support for management and tracking of change in major
entities (Title Instances, Platforms, Packages, Subscriptions
and Licences, especially with reference to start/end/mid-term
processes
Multi-year representation
Navigation / filtering of multi-year data in user interface,
reports and exports
Improved User Interface
Display more of the underlying KB+ data
20. Software Development
Consortium relationships
Functionality to enable consortia to use KB+ efficiently,
drawing on the SHEDL exemplar
Communication
Improvement of Notes and Alerts to support communication
and annotation across the KB+ community
Integration
JUSP and Elcat
Other third party services via imports and exports of data
Reports
Ensure that reports continue to function during changes and
add new reports in light of user feedback
21. Data
Maintain and update all current data for 2013
Add in new agreements especially non-JISC
agreements
E-journal agreements
Full text databases
E-book agreements
Open access
Preparing priorities based on JUSP and
institutional data
22. Historical Data
Collect and normalise historical data relating to
journal agreements
Title lists and licences
Invite institutions to submit data in any format
Electronic and paper copies
Normalise data and load into KB+
Supports activity around Post-Cancellation
Access
23. Sustainability
Free until August 2013
Complete 2 major releases
Pre-populate with local and national data
Relationship to JISC offer
Continue as part of central offering?
Standalone service?
Part of a collection of other services?
Provisional pricing
based on new JISC bands
24. Getting involved
Currently 26 institutions using/preparing to use
KB+
All institutions are welcome to sign up for
training now
Though you can just explore it now!
All institutions can join the historical
entitlements data collection project
DataAccuracy and availabilityContextualisationInteroperabilityData silos and flowsImplementation of standardsWorkflows“the workflow support problem” (NISO, 2012)Duplication of effort Maintaining numerous KBs WITHIN an institutionMaintaining numerous KBs ACROSS institutions
Leverage investment Improve quality of data for allOpennessTechnologyDataRelationships – UK, international, suppliersStandards and Best Practice Structured and accurate dataPromote interoperability and exchange of data Prioritise existing issuesSave time and money from the outsetCohesive activity, tools and servicesJISC servicesCommercial and non-commercial suppliersAcademic institutions
2 Major releases in December 2012 and July 2013Ongoing incremental releases every 3 weeks
