Latest blog posts
Lucy Ofiesh
2020 May 21

Calling all prospective board members

The Crossref Nominating Committee is inviting expressions of interest to join the Board of Directors of Crossref for the term starting in 2021. The committee will gather responses from those interested and create the slate of candidates that our membership will vote on in an election in September. Expressions of interest will be due Friday, June 19, 2020. The role of the board at Crossref is to provide strategic and financial oversight of the organization, as well as guidance to the Executive Director and the staff leadership team, with the key responsibilities being:

...Find out more
Laura J Wilkinson
2020 April 29

Come for a swim in our new pool of Education materials

After 20 years in operation, and as our system matures from experimental to foundational infrastructure, it’s time to review our documentation. Having a solid core of education materials about the why and the how of Crossref is essential in making participation possible, easy, and equitable. As our system has evolved, our membership has grown and diversified, and so have our tools - both for depositing metadata with Crossref, and for retrieving and making use of it.

...Find out more
Jennifer Kemp
2020 April 29

Crossing the Rubicon - The case for making chapters visible

To help better support the discovery, sale and analysis of books, Jennifer Kemp from Crossref and Mike Taylor from Digital Science, present seven reasons why publishers should collect chapter-level metadata. Book publishers should have been in the best possible position to take advantage of the movement of scholarly publishing to the internet. After all, they have behind them an extraordinary legacy of creating and distributing data about books: the metadata that supports discovery, sales and analysis.

...Find out more
Paul Davis
2020 April 27

Memoirs of a DOI detective...it’s error-mentary dear members

Hello, I’m Paul Davis and I’ve been part of the Crossref support team since May 2017. In that time I’ve become more adept as a DOI detective, helping our members work out whodunnit when it comes to submission errors.

If you have ever received one of our error messages after you have submitted metadata to us, you may know that some are helpful and others are, well, difficult to decode. I’m here to help you to become your own DOI detective.

...Find out more
  • Menu
search

Blog

Crossref LIVE Brazil evoked vibrant Q&A session

Susan Collins

Susan Collins – 2018 October 31

In Crossref LiveCommunityCollaboration

There has been a steady increase in the growth of our membership in Latin America—and in Brazil in particular—over the past few years. We currently have more than 800 Brazil-based members; some as individual members, but most are sponsored by another organization. As part of our LIVE Local program Chuck Koscher and I traveled to meet some of these members in Goiânia and Fortaleza, where we co-hosted events with Associação Brasileira de Editores Científicos do Brasil (ABEC Brasil)—one of our largest sponsoring organizations.

It’s not about the money, money, money.

Amy Bosworth

Amy Bosworth – 2018 October 18

In MembershipContent RegistrationCommunity

But actually, sometimes it is about the money. As a not-for-profit membership organization that is obsessed with persistence, we have a duty to remain sustainable and manage our finances in a responsible way. Our annual audit is incredibly thorough, and our outside auditors and Board-based Audit committee consistently report that we’re in good shape. Our Membership & Fees committee regularly reviews both membership fees and Content Registration fees for a growing range of research outputs.

A wrap up of the Crossref blog series for SciELO

Christine Cormack Wood

Christine Cormack Wood – 2018 October 05

In CommunityDoiContent TypesSponsorshipMembershipTranslations

Crossref member SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online), based in Brazil, celebrated two decades of operation last week with a three-day event The SciELO 20 Years Conference.

Join us in Toronto this November for LIVE18

Christine Cormack Wood

Christine Cormack Wood – 2018 September 25

In CommunityCrossref LiveAnnual Meeting

LIVE18, your Crossref annual meeting, is fast approaching! We’re looking forward to welcoming everyone in Toronto, November 13-14.

Crossref at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2018

Amanda Bartell

Amanda Bartell – 2018 September 11

In MeetingsCommunityParticipation Reports

How good is your metadata? Find out at the Frankfurt Book Fair…

At the Frankfurt Book Fair this year (Hall 4.2, Stand M82), the Crossref team will be on hand to give you a personal tour of our new Participation Reports tool. Or join us at The Education Stage to hear about how this new tool can help you view, evaluate and improve your metadata participation.

Presenting PIDapalooza 2019

Christine Cormack Wood

Christine Cormack Wood – 2018 August 28

In PidapaloozaPersistenceIdentifiersCollaborationCommunityMeetings

PIDapalooza, the open festival of persistent identifiers is back and it’s better than ever. Mark your calendar for Dublin, Ireland, January 23-24, 2019 and send us your session ideas by September 21.

Org ID: a recap and a hint of things to come

John Chodacki

John Chodacki, Trisha Cruse, Laure Haak, Ed Pentz – 2018 August 02

In Organization IdentifierInfrastructureORCIDDataCiteCdlCollaborationIdentifiersCommunity

_Cross-posted on the blogs of University of California (UC3), ORCID, and DataCite: https://doi.org/10.5438/67sj-4y05_. Over the past couple of years, a group of organizations with a shared purpose—California Digital Library, Crossref, DataCite, and ORCID—invested our time and energy into launching the Org ID initiative, with the goal of defining requirements for an open, community-led organization identifier registry. The goal of our initiative has been to offer a transparent, accessible process that builds a better system for all of our communities.

Crossref LIVE and local (to you)

Vanessa Fairhurst

Vanessa Fairhurst – 2018 July 18

In EducationAmbassadorsCommunityCrossref LiveOutreachCollaboration

The last few months have been busy for the Crossref community outreach team. We’ve been out and about from Cape Town to Ulyanovsk—and many places in between—talking at ‘LIVE locals’ to members about all things metadata. Our LIVE locals are one-day events, held around the world—but local to you—that provide both deeper insight into Crossref, and information on our services and how to benefit from them. These events are always free to attend, and whether you are a long-established member, totally new, or not even a member at all, we welcome you all to join us.

Meet the members, Part 3 (with INASP)

Christine Cormack Wood

Christine Cormack Wood, Sioux Cumming – 2018 June 20

In SponsorsMeet the MembersCommunity

Next in our Meet the members blog series is INASP, who isn’t a direct member, but acts as a Sponsor for hundreds of members. Sioux Cumming, Programme Specialist at INASP tells us a bit about the work they’re doing, how they use Crossref and what the future plans for INASP are.

Crossref LIVE in Tokyo

Rachael Lammey

Rachael Lammey – 2018 March 08

In OutreachCrossref LiveCommunityCollaboration

What better way to start our program of LIVE locals in 2018 than with a trip to Japan? With the added advantage of it being Valentine’s Day, it seemed a good excuse to share our love of metadata with a group who feel the same way!

RSS Feed

Recent Posts

Calling all prospective board members

2020 May 21

Come for a swim in our new pool of Education materials

2020 April 29

Crossing the Rubicon - The case for making chapters visible

2020 April 29

Memoirs of a DOI detective...it’s error-mentary dear members

2020 April 27

Categories

Archives