Geoffrey will also discuss CrossRef's new initiatives at the Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP) in Lund, Sweden on Monday, 14 September at 3.

Ashdin Publishing
Bogor Agricultural University
Journal of Graduate Medical Education
Photonics Society of Poland

Last updated August 31, 2009

American Society for Aesthetics
North American Journal of Medical Sciences
Papers in Physics
ReVision Publishing
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
TECSI

Total no. participating publishers & societies 2,864
% of non-profit publishers 57%
Total no. participating libraries 1,519
No. journals covered 20,711
No. DOIs registered to date 38,049,895
No. DOIs deposited in previous month 293,100
No. DOIs retrieved (matched references) in previous month 21,318,081
DOI resolutions (end-user clicks) in previous month 25,419,223

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We also encourage you to register for our 10th Anniversary Celebration Dinner, which will take place Monday, November 9th, 2009 at 6:30 pm following the CrossRef Technical Meeting at the Museum of Science in Boston, MA. Transportation from the Charles Hotel to the Museum of Science will be provided. Our 2009 Annual Meeting will take place on Tuesday, November 10th at 9:00 am in the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA and we urge you to register soon (if you haven't already done so)
as space is limited. You may register for both events here.

*Please note that this year's Technical Meeting will be on Monday afternoon.

North American Journal of Medical Sciences
TECSI

Last updated August 24, 2009

Academy Publisher
American Journal of Heath Promotion
College of Occupational Therapists
Hebrew University Magnes Press
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Architecture
Spontaneous Generations

Total no. participating publishers & societies 2,853
% of non-profit publishers 57%
Total no. participating libraries 1,514
No. journals covered 20,691
No. DOIs registered to date 37,970,588
No. DOIs deposited in previous month 395,800
No. DOIs retrieved (matched references) in previous month 17,599,035
DOI resolutions (end-user clicks) in previous month 27,305,166

Total no. participating publishers & societies 2,845
% of non-profit publishers 57%
Total no. participating libraries 1,514
No. journals covered 20,684
No. DOIs registered to date 37,884,110
No. DOIs deposited in previous month 395,800
No. DOIs retrieved (matched references) in previous month 17,599,035
DOI resolutions (end-user clicks) in previous month 27,305,166

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Total no. participating publishers & societies 2,845
% of non-profit publishers 57%
Total no. participating libraries 1,510
No. journals covered 20,604
No. DOIs registered to date 37,845,217
No. DOIs deposited in previous month 395,800
No. DOIs retrieved (matched references) in previous month 17,599,035
DOI resolutions (end-user clicks) in previous month 27,305,166

INIST-CNRS
Southern Economic Association

Last update July 27, 2009

EURP
Journal of Clinical Research of Pediatric Endocrinology
Korean Society for Library and Information Science
MAFTREE
Netbiblio

Total no. participating publishers & societies 2,843
% of non-profit publishers 57%
Total no. participating libraries 1,508
No. journals covered 20,595
No. DOIs registered to date 37,769,278
No. DOIs deposited in previous month 395,800
No. DOIs retrieved (matched references) in previous month 17,599,035
DOI resolutions (end-user clicks) in previous month n/a

What of the past? Ed Pentz, CrossRef's Executive Director, identifies cross-publisher collaboration as the single most surprising (and effective) development in creating the CrossRef organization and the linking service that "improved the experience for readers of online scholarly content." Such collaboration and the network effects of many participants joining together are also necessary to make newer developments, such as reference linking for books and the CrossCheck plagiarism screening service, valuable.

And the future? Researchers practice "reading avoidance," so the role of scholarly communications should be to help them invest their time wisely, says Bilder. The paradox, he explains, is that scholarly authors spend time turning data into reading material, but their readers want to turn prose into manipulable data. Asked to speculate on the future of journals and books, he predicts that semantic web technologies will allow them to do just that.

Read the full interview.

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