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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.
Development Innovations 2
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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