Knowledge Base+

Acronym

KB+

Duration

Phase 1: August 2011 – September 2012

Phase 2: October 2012 – August 2013

Website

http://www.kbplus.ac.uk/

Summary

EDINA is part of the Knowledge Base+ project team which is being led by JISC Collections. The project is developing a shared community service that is aiming to improve the quality, accuracy, coverage and availability of data for the management of electronic resources for UK HE. It resulted from the work initiated by SCONUL to identify the e-resource management requirements of UK academic institutions.

EDINA Activity

• Hosting the KB+ application, through provision of resilient infrastructure
• Development of reports, including output in CSV and KBART formats
• Provision of an authentication layer to support access via UKAMF
• Development of an API to query publication information available in other JISC-funded services provided by EDINA, including SUNCAT and the Keepers

EDINA Contacts

Christine Rees
Tel:0131 650 3335

Funders

HEFCE

Links

• JISC Collections KB+ blog
• JISC Collections project page
• SCONUL
• SCONUL: Shared Services Study, Business Case November 2009
• SCONUL: Project outputs - how ‘above campus’ (consortium or national) electronic resource management might benefit university libraries May 2011