Council of Science EditorsMay 5, 2014
What We Will Cover
1.Who is Ringgold?2.The case for institutional identifiers
What they are How they help
Smoothing the supply chain
Background and HistoryRinggold acquires Frontline GMS Ltd and Consortium Directory Online. Laura Cox joins as V.P. Sales & Marketing.
Identify reaches 200,000 records.
2011
2003
Identify database created via project with OUP.
Ringgold Inc and Ltd established.
3,500 records in Identify database.
2005
2006
Ringgold joins forces with British Library, Swets, HighWire, OUP and Rockefeller University Press in pilot project to apply identifiers to subscribing institutions in UK.
Identify database grows to 15,000 records.
Ringgold begins licensing institutional IP data from Ingenta's global access control system.
60,000 records in Identify.
2008
2009
Ringgold creates strategic partnership with DataSalon to combine Identify database with MasterVision platform.
100,000 records in Identify.
2012
Ringgold becomes first contracted ISNI Registration Agency for Institutions.
Identify database reaches 345,000 records.
Ringgold acquires Book News Inc.
What We DoScholarly Institutions.
Connected.
Identify DatabaseConsortium Directory OnlineAudit/Data normalization services
Scholarly Information. Discovered.
ProtoView: Supporting discovery, purchase, and use of scholarly content with standardized metadata
How identifiers helpProper understanding of the customer, whether author,
reader or institutionProvides a simple basis for wider data governance:
Data governance, as defined at Ringgold, is the processes, policies, standards, organization, and technologies required to manage and ensure the availability, accessibility, quality,
consistency, auditability, and security of data.
What are standard identifiers? Numeric or alpha-numeric persistent designations associated with a single entity Entities can be an institution, person, or piece of content
…and what do they do, exactly?
Disambiguate, aka enforce uniqueness
Enable linking, aka data integration
In other words, they provide a simple basis for data governance
Enforcing Uniqueness Means:Disambiguating things that have the same name, but are actually different… UCL:
University College London (UK) Université Catholique de Louvain
(Belgium) Universidad Cristiana
Latinoamericana (Ecuador) University College Lillebælt
(Denmark) Centro Universitario Celso Lisboa
(Brazil) Union County Library (USA)
NPL: National Physical Laboratory (UK) National Physical Laboratory (India)
York University University of York (UK) York University (Canada)
Northeastern University: Northeastern University (Boston,
USA) Northeastern University (Shenyang,
China)
….. And consolidating the things that have different names but are actually the same
University of OxfordUniv. OxfordOxford UniversityLibrary, Oxford Univ.Radcliffe Science LibraryBodleian LibraryBodleian, OxfordOxford, University of
University of Northampton Northampton Business School School of Education School of Health School of Science and Technology
Division of Computing Division of Engineering Environmental & Geographical Sciences Institute for Creative Leather
Technologies School of Social Sciences School of The Arts
Why is disambiguation important?Uniquely identify institutions within recordsEradicate duplication of dataEnsure correct delivery, entitlements, access rights, feesBetter understand your customer base and relationships with
institutionsMap institutions into their hierarchy or “family tree”
So that you can trust your data
Data integration, or linkingIdentifiers are a single data element that provides an unambiguous “hook” into a record
What can you do with linked data?Using Institutional
Identifiers to link internal systems:Break down silos Keep data up-to-date and
systems synchronisedEnable staff to use data
more effectivelySimplify data transmissionImprove overall data quality
Linking author and institution IDsWhen authors and their affiliations are linked correctly, publishers
gain:Market intelligence about authors and institutionsAuthor and subscriber information mapped togetherKnowledge of where research funding is concentratedReduction in time taken calculating open access charges (APCs)
Institutions gain information about their overall research outputFunders gain information about where authors reside and publishReaders benefit from improved search and discovery
The supply chain
Consortium
AuthorSubmission
and Peer Review System
Publisher
Technology Partner
Subscription Agent or
Sales Agent
Fulfilment House or System
Library
Discovery ServiceWSDs
End User
Data Syndication
Targets
Consortium
Societies
FundersCitation
The supply chain
Consortium
Submission and Peer Review System
Technology Partner
Subscription Agent or
Sales Agent
Fulfilment House or System
End User
Consortium
Societies
FundersCitation
The supply chain using identifiers
Consortium
The supply chain using identifiers
Consortium
The supply chain using identifiers
Consortium
A Final Thought
Free text is the death of good data
Jay HenryChief Marketing [email protected]
ProtoView: Jean BrodahlPublisher Relations - [email protected]: 503.239.7540
Identify: Christine OrrNorth American Sales [email protected] Tel: 540.359.6620
www.ringgold.com
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