isbnKHFor a more Open Access to Books Info in Cambodia

Vantharith OUM

SmallWorld Press/ OKFn Cambodia

Fast pitch presentation

24th February 2014

The problem

• Readers/ Librarians: Looking for info about books published in Cambodia? It’s like ‘finding needle in the sea!’

• Same issues faced by other stakeholders: Booksellers, Publishers, National Library…etc.

• isbnKH: An open ISBN linked data repository/ #OpenBibliographic data for books published in Cambodia.

 

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លសខអ / ISBN: Int’l Standard Book Number

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Our Inspirations

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Open Bibliographic Data Working Group openbiblio.net

km.wikipedia.org

openlibrary.org

openfoodfacts.orgproduct.okfn.org

Opening up Info on Books & Literacy

• BIG IDEA: To build a free, online, centralized, open & collaborative repository of bibliographic database for books published in Cambodia.

• TARGET BENIFICIRIES: Anyone virtually on the web, from students to parents, teachers to librarians and other players in book trade and literacy/education sector.

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Basic Fields of the Database

• ISBN• Book title• Cover Image• Author, (Editor, Translator, Illustrator..., if any)• Publisher, Year,• Language• Keywords/ Subjects• Genres/ Collections• And other relevant fields...etc.

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Current Status

• Talking around: Reaching out to SIPAR/IBBY & other publishers if they.

• Next: Getting National Library of Cambodia (NLC) involved

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Get Involved!

• Join the Team: Refine the idea, develop a strategy & push the project forward.

• Developers: to help build platform, API…• Be our Partners (e.g. publishers): Submit your

book catalog & databases.• Be our Sponsors!

After the Launch:• Be our Users and/or Contributors!

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