Kristen RatanCollaborative Knowledge Foundation

April 21, 2016Allen Press Emerging Trends in Scholarly Publishing 2016

Collaboration:Creating a New Mindset

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CKF: Building open source tools to improve knowledge production & research output

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“everybody in the groupis thinking creatively and sharing openly”John AbeleAuthor of The Collaboration Paradox

Collaboration on three levels

1. Collaborative knowledge production2. Collaborative product design 3. Collaboration among publishers

Collaboration in Knowledge Production

Authoring andpeer review todayShuffling frustrating formats around

Email

Collaborative WebspaceReal-time, concurrent discussion and work In and around a web-based research object

Networked OutputDynamic publication with linked set of research objects

Result is increased integrity, transparency and speed

Collaborative Product Design

Building collaboratively with partners, stakeholders and users from inception through delivery

Collaborative Product Design

Critical ingredients1. Diversity (team)2. Facilitation (method)3. Product flexibility

(goal)

Diversity

Moving away fromtechnocratic meritocracyand towards a communityof diverse stakeholders 

Facilitationleaders need to cede control –not vigorouslyexert it

Products that can be re-invented by users breed innovation

Flexibility

COLLABORATION ACROSS PUBLISHERS

Create thepublic utilitiesof publishing

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CKF Technology Suite

Authoring Workflow

Production

Dashboards

Data Tools

Ingest & conversion

Web Delivery

Web Editor

Collections / TOC Manager

Enrichment

Collaboration & annotation

Syndication

INK Backend and Admin PubSweet Backend and Admin

@cocofoundationwww.coko.foundation

Collaboration& annotation

Dashboards

WorkflowIngest &

conversion

TOC Manager

Web Editor

Production

Enrichment

INK Backend and Admin PubSweet Backend and Admin

Community-built

enrichments

eBooks Platform

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Authoring Workflow

Production

Dashboards

Data Tools

Ingest & conversion

Web Delivery

Web Editor

Collections / TOC Manager

Enrichment

CollaborativeEditing / Peer

Review

Syndication

INK Backend and Admin PubSweet Backend and Admin

Journals Platform

@cocofoundationwww.coko.foundation

Ingest & conversion

Enrichment

INK Backend and Admin PubSweet Backend and Admin

Community-built

enrichments

Workflow Dashboards

Web Editor Production

Aggregator Production Environment

@cocofoundationwww.coko.foundation

CKF Technology Suite – Our shared roads

Authoring Workflow

Production

Dashboards

Data Tools

Ingest & conversion

Web Delivery

Web Editor

Collections / TOC Manager

Enrichment

Collaboration & annotation

Syndication

INK Backend and Admin PubSweet Backend and Admin

Community-built converters or enrichments

Community-built components

Shared Infrastructure• Built and maintained as an open source project• Lower foundational costs, enabling investment

in innovation• Community-led

Collaboration:Creating a New Mindset

Kristen RatanCollaborative Knowledge Foundation

@cokofoundation @kristenratanwww.coko.foundation