Transforming research communication through the use of community-driven open source tools that will improve the published record and reproducibility

1. Kristen Ratan
Collaborative Knowledge Foundation
April 21, 2016
Allen Press Emerging Trends in Scholarly Publishing 2016
Collaboration:
Creating a New Mindset
@cokofoundation @kristenratanwww.coko.foundation

2. CKF: Building open source
tools to improve knowledge
production & research output
coko.foundation

3. “everybody in the group
is thinking creatively and
sharing openly”
John Abele
Author of The Collaboration Paradox

4. Collaboration on
three levels
1. Collaborative knowledge production
2. Collaborative product design
3. Collaboration among publishers

5. Collaboration in
Knowledge Production

6. Authoring and
peer review today
Shuffling frustrating formats around
Email

7. Collaborative Webspace
Real-time, concurrent discussion and work
In and around a web-based research object

8. Networked Output
Shared output is linked set of files tied together
with content or narrative

9. Result is increased integrity,
transparency
and speed

10. Collaborative Product Design

11. Building collaboratively with partners, stakeholders
and users from inception through delivery
Collaborative Product Design

12. Critical ingredients
1. Diversity (team)
2. Facilitation (method)
3. Product flexibility (goal)

13. Diversity
Moving away from
technocratic meritocracy
and towards a community
of diverse stakeholders

14. Facilitation
leaders need
to cede control –
not vigorously
exert it

15. Products that can be
re-invented by users breed
innovation
Flexibility

16. COLLABORATION ACROSS
PUBLISHERS

17. Create the
public utilities
of publishing

18. @cocofoundationwww.coko.foundation
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

19. @cocofoundationwww.coko.foundation
Collaboration
& annotation
Dashboards
Workflow
Ingest &
conversion
TOC Manager
Web Editor
Production
Enrichment
INK Backend and
Admin
PubSweet Backend and Admin
Community-built
enrichments
eBooks Platform

20. @cocofoundationwww.coko.foundation
Authoring Workflow
Production
Dashboards
Data Tools
Ingest &
conversion
Web Delivery
Web Editor
Collections / TOC
Manager
Enrichment
Collaborative
Editing / Peer
Review
Syndication
INK Backend and
Admin
PubSweet Backend and Admin
Journals Platform

21. @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

22. @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

23. Shared Infrastructure
• Built and maintained as an open source project
• Lower foundational costs, enabling investment in
innovation
• Community-led

24. Collaboration:
Creating a New Mindset
Kristen Ratan
Collaborative Knowledge Foundation
@cokofoundation @kristenratanwww.coko.foundation