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1. @ The World Bank
Open Knowledge Repository (OKR)
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/
Eliza McLeod, Head WBG Library
September, 2013
UN LINKS, Geneva
Modified from presentation by
Jose de Buerba, Sr. World Bank Publishing Officer
& Paschal Ssemaganda, World Bank Publishing Officer

2. Agenda
• Roots of OKR
• ORK & Access to Information Policy
• Policy Scope & Requirements
• Working with Bank authors
• Features & General Costs of the Repository

3. Stimulate use of development
knowlege to solve
development problems
The goal of open development,
…is to improve the lives of
people around the world
through access to information.
“We need to recognize that
development knowledge is no longer
the sole province of the researcher,
the scholar, or the ivory tower. The
aim is to open the treasure chest of
the World Bank’s data and
knowledge to every village health
care worker, every researcher,
everyone.”
Robert B. Zoellick, Former President, The World Bank
Group, Georgetown University, September 2010
Dr. Kim, Current President, The World Bank
Group
Open Knowledge Repository
Part of Larger Open Development Trend

4. Open About
What We Know
(Data and Knowledge)
Open About
What We Do
(Operations and
Results)
Open About
How We Work
(Partnerships for
Openness)
Open
Government
(Transparency,
Accountability)
T H E W O R L D B A N K O P E N A G E N D A
Embracing Openness

5. Open Knowledge Repository
Background
Built on the work of the Internal Documents Unit which
created Imagebank (internal official Bank documents
repository) in 1993.
Created external version of Imagebank in 1996, called
World Development Sources which changed the
name to Documents & Reports
http://www-wds.worldbank.org
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/home

6. Open Access
Policy
Creative
Commons
Open
Knowledge
Repository
Strategic Review of
World Bank Publishing
or

7. Why an Open Access Policy?
• To provide greater access to Bank research and
knowledge outputs
• To encourage innovation allowing use and re-use
(i.e., derivative works, translations, text-mining,etc.)
• To join a growing Open Access community (e.g.,
governments, universities, and other institutions)
• To align Bank’s Publishing with Bank’s Open
Development Agenda

8. Policy Scope
WB OA Policy applies to manuscripts and
accompanying data sets:
(a) resulting from research, analysis, and economic and
sector work;
(b) which have undergone peer review or have been
otherwise vetted and approved for release to the public;
and
(c) for which approval for release is given on or after July 1,
2012.

9. 1. For works published by the Bank
− Available immediately in OKR
− Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
2. For works by Bank staff published externally (mostly
journal articles)
‒ Working paper version available immediately in OKR
under CC BY
‒ Final, peer-reviewed Accepted Author Manuscript (AAM),
available in OKR after Publisher's embargo under CC BY
NC ND (unless more liberal license is accepted)
Policy Requirements

10. World Bank Publishing
Intranet web site

11. Internal Training
Step-by-Step Guides for Authors

12. Features
1. Optimal Discoverability:
• Interoperable with other repositories
• Adherence to Open Access standards (Dublin Core
metadata and OAI-PMH)
• Systematic metadata curation process
2. Intuitive Interface:
• Several browse options, advanced search, most viewed
content, citation information, permanent links, etc.
• Built on DSpace - OA platform
3. Allows Use, Reuse and Building-on Bank’s Work:
• CC BY copyright license
4. New Content:
• Content published by external Publishers

13. FEATURE: Advanced Metrics

14. 1 million downloads in 1 year
(44% from developing countries)
Usage: Total Downloads, First Year

15. Interoperability & Discoverability
DSpace is limited in flexibility for metadata
harvesters. Current solution: Allow filtering via
facets like country and topic to create virtual sets. The
resultant XML output is OAI-PMH compliant and
exportable. Working on upgrade to allow mobile
improved search.
Indexing in Google Scholar.
Internal pressure from WBG regions for local
language searching and content

16. Costs
 $120K in development, 2011 to date (August,
2013) Contracted a Belgian developer
 Hosting cost $25K/year, hosted in cloud
 On-going costs approximately $30-40K
 2 FTEs, 1 repository manager, a project
manager and .5 FTE for marketing & social
media support

17. Conclusions
1. Still in early stages in Open Access publishing.
2. Academic publishers are rebuilding their business
models: some embrace, some resist and some hide.
3. Embargo periods vary per publisher, only 1 publisher
has agreed so far (Routledge, Elsevier being negotiated).
4. Open Repositories built on open software (DSpace,
ePrints) increase dissemination significantly… but
marketing & outreach are still important.
5. WB focused on technical innovations and building new
partnerships to drive usage and discovery

18. Open Knowledge Repository (OKR)World Bank eLibrary
Tools/Functionality:
• Quick & Advanced Search
• Citation information
• Interconnected with Bank operations
portal and websites
• Interface and Search available in six
languages
Content:
• All publically-available World Bank
documents since 1946 (including newly
de-classified documents)
• Publications & Research
• World Bank Economic Review (WBER)
and World Bank Research Observer
(WBRO) since 1986 with 18-month
embargo
• Policy Research Working Papers
• Economic & Sector Work
• Annual Reports & Independent
Evaluation Studies
• Board Documents
• Country Focus
• Project Documents
• Translated content (selected)
• Full text PDF
• Machine-readable text files
Volume: 140,000+
Documents & Reports
Tools/Functionality:
• Quick & Adv. Search (+ Full Text Search)
• MARC records
• Save Favorites and Searches
• Full Text Search
• Citation exporting
• Customized new content alerts
• Indexed in Lib. Search & Disc. Services
• Athens & Shibboleth Authentication
• COUNTER-compliant Reports
• Mobile optimized (forthcoming)
• Custom eBook Tool (forthcoming)
• Customer service
Content:
• Full collection of all Publications &
Research since 1990s
• World Bank Economic Review (WBER) and
World Bank Research Observer (WBRO)
since 1996 with no embargo
• All Policy Research Working Papers since
1998
• All Development Outreach issues
• Links to related datasets (forthcoming)
• Full text PDF + Chapter-level access/
XML for new books (forthcoming)
• Creative Commons CC BY licenses (WB-
published content only)
Volume: 9,000 (52% overlap with OKR)
Comparison of Document Collections
Tools/Functionality:
• Quick & Advanced Search
• Citation information
• Author Profiles
• “Most Viewed Content” & Usage
Statistics
• Interoperable with Open Access
repositories (Dublin Core)
• Indexed in Google Scholar
Content:
• Publications & Research since 2005
• Policy Research Working Papers since
2005
• Economic & Sector Work since 2005
• Annual Reports & Independent Evaluation
Studies since 2005
• World Bank Economic Review (WBER) &
World Bank Research Observer (WBRO)
2007-2010 with 18-month embargo
• All Knowledge Notes
• Links to Bank-authored, external journal
articles 2008 -2011
• Full text PDF
• Machine-readable text files
• Creative Commons CC BY licenses (WB-
published content only)
Volume: 10,000
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