Journals often change titles over the course of many years of publication. GOKb aims to provide information about each title that's occurred during a journal's lifespan. (This group is often known as a title family.) Many providers, however, don't include complete title history information as part of their title lists. Some providers may list only the current iteration of each title. Others may list some earlier titles, but often this information is incomplete or incorrect.If you are interested in working on title histories, please contact Jennifer Solomon, GOKb Editor to schedule a training session and receive a title history assignment.
**This project is not currently active. Many thanks to all of our volunteers who participated!
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Resources for Adding Title History Details
GOKb web application: https://gokb.openlibraryfoundation.org/gokb/
Title History Spreadsheet (Phase 2): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XOv8Rq9nMwwqdzeqqAuhBynAOztRLunY5E4ICm1bw_I/edit?usp=sharing
Title History Spreadsheet (Phase 3): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10yNCL5YPWMP6ETeLOjhTUD2YcwpzwSh8UAPdjMWhKTw/edit#gid=0
Title History Spreadsheet (Phase 4): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LxHKsudJtNFt4uvDHACZ1jpaumBLlv2GMGDEKrq6KFc/edit
Instructions
Step 1: Search title
Sign in to the GOKb web app.
Copy title from Title History Spreadsheet (Phase 2), (Phase 3), or (Phase 4).Spreadsheet
Search the title by using the GOKb Global Search box, or Search by Title.
Select title.
Open the publisher’s web page for the title using the Availability tab in GOKb or the URL in your spreadsheet.
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Status is will always be Current for this project.
When the status is Current, Status Reason will be Empty.
Under Title details tab, code for OA Status and Continuing Series. Both the spreadsheet and the publisher site will provide information on open access. Select Unknown if status is unclear. Code "Yes" if the title is a monographic series.
Step 3: Research title history
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