Project Goals

The key goals of the project is to:

1. Create a Wikibase Cloud account and set up Wikibase Instances for the College Library
2. Train at least twenty librarians on how to on Linked Open Data and utheWikibase software
3. Develop and maintain structured and linked open data of at least 500 information resources at the College of Science Library at KNUST. With this, we hope to link the bibliographic records to the global knowledge base of linked open data.
4. Create a Community of Practice (CoP) of advocates of Linked Open Data among librarians in Kumasi metropolis
5. Promote collaboration and knowledge sharing among librarians in the country and other stakeholders by providing a platform for shared data management and collaboration.
6. Support the long-term preservation and accessibility of library data by implementing a sustainable data management and archiving strategy.