From: "Gottlieb, Daniel (gottlidd)" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:49:49 -0400 As a subscriber to the World Bank eLibrary, we received the following email from the World Bank earlier this week regarding the introduction of their OA policy. There was also an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education regarding their New World Bank Open Repository at http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/the-world-bank-goes-open-access-2/36017. Information in their FAQ was also useful concerning subscribers of their eLibrary, especially item # 11 at: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/faq Dan Gottlieb Associate Dean for Collections & Technical Services Langsam Library University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-0033 email: [log in to unmask] ************ Dear World Bank eLibrary Subscriber: We are writing to tell you about an important announcement the World Bank made today about its new Open Knowledge Repository (OKR), and forthcoming Open Access Policy that will go into effect on July 1, 2012. This announcement builds on the World Bank’s ongoing Open Development Agenda that includes the Open Data initiative (launched April 2010) and the Access to Information Policy (effective as of July 2010). The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) is the World Bank’s new repository for its research outputs and knowledge products. Through the OKR, the World Bank collects, disseminates, and permanently preserves its intellectual output in digital form. The OKR is interoperable with other repositories and supports optimal discoverability and re-usability of the content by complying with Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) standards and the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Upon launch, the OKR will include a subset of the content available in eLibrary. The OKR is built on D-Space, a platform designed for repositories rather than for the more research-oriented functionality and features offered by the World Bank eLibrary, such as “favorites,” saving searches, customized content alerts, and MARC records. For more information, please read today’s press release at http://go.worldbank.org/VOS0JQ0VK0. We also invite you to visit the OKR and the FAQs page to learn more about it. eLibrary New Terms of Use Your existing subscription is not affected by today’s announcement, except that as a benefit to eLibrary users, we are aligning the eLibrary Terms of Use covering the content of the eLibrary with the Creative Commons copyright licenses that have been adopted by the Bank. Please find the updated version here: http://elibrary.worldbank.org/termsconditions. New Best of Breed eLibrary As always, eLibrary provides access to the full backlist of ebooks, flagship reports, Policy Research Working Papers, and the latest World Bank Economic Review (WBER) and World Bank Research Observer (WBRO) journal articles without an embargo period (more than 7,000 works in total), and it remains focused on providing added value for libraries, corporations, and heavy users of World Bank Research. We would also like to take this opportunity to announce that we are in the process of building a new and enhanced XML-based version of eLibrary. The new eLibrary will allow users to search across and use content at a more granular level – such as by chapter – with enhanced browsing, faceting, and more. Among other features, users will be able to access eLibrary via mobile devices; build custom ebooks from eLibrary content for course packs; create alerts; and bookmark content. It will incorporate even more time-saving conveniences and tools for subscribers such as improved citation tools, integrated data, and much more. We will keep you posted on the progress throughout the year. We thank you for your continued support of World Bank Online Resources. We look forward to offering you new and improved ways to access and use research and knowledge from the World Bank. As always, we welcome any feedback so please don’t hesitate to contact us at [log in to unmask] Thanks and best regards, Devika Levy Online Sales Manager World Bank Online Resources Office of the Publisher The World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433 - USA Fax: 1(202) 522-2625 email: [log in to unmask]