Member Briefing - Crossref

2018 election slate

Lisa Hart Martin – 2018 August 17

In BoardMember BriefingGovernanceElectionCrossref LiveAnnual Meeting

With Crossref developing and extending its services for members and other constituents at a rapid pace, it’s an exciting time to be on our board. We recieved 26 expressions of interest this year, so it seems our members are also excited about what they could help us achieve.

3,2,1… it’s ‘lift-off’ for Participation Reports

Anna Tolwinska, Kirsty Meddings – 2018 August 01

In ParticipationMember BriefingMetadataBest Practice

Metadata is at the heart of all our services. With a growing range of members participating in our community—often compiling or depositing metadata on behalf of each other—the need to educate and express obligations and best practice has increased. In addition, we’ve seen more and more researchers and tools making use of our APIs to harvest, analyze and re-purpose the metadata our members register, so we’ve been very aware of the need to be more explicit about what this metadata enables, why, how, and for whom.

How good is your metadata?

Kirsty Meddings, Anna Tolwinska – 2018 April 26

In Member BriefingParticipationMetadataContent Registration

Exciting news! We are getting very close to the beta release of a new tool to publicly show metadata coverage. As members register their content with us they also add additional information which gives context for other members and for services that help e.g. discovery or analytics.

Richer metadata makes content useful. Participation reports will give—for the first time—a clear picture for anyone to see the metadata Crossref has. This is data that’s long been available via our Public REST API, now visualized.

Do you want to be on our Board?

Lisa Hart Martin – 2018 April 18

In BoardMember BriefingGovernanceElection

Do you want to effect change for the scholarly community?

The Crossref Nominating Committee is inviting expressions of interest to serve on the Board as it begins its consideration of a slate for the November 2018 election.

Hear this, real insight into the inner workings of Crossref

Joe Wass, Ginny Hendricks – 2018 April 01

In Member BriefingEvent DataLaunch

You want to hear more from us. We hear you. We’ve spent the past year building Crossref Event Data, and hope to launch very soon. Building a new piece of infrastructure from scratch has been an exciting project, and we’ve taken the opportunity to incorporate as much feedback from the community as possible. We’d like to take a moment to share some of the suggestions we had, and how we’ve acted on them.

A year in the life of Crossref

Ed Pentz – 2018 January 23

In MembersMember BriefingCommunityStrategy

We are delighted to report that last year Crossref welcomed a record-breaking 1,939 new members and, because our member base is growing so rapidly in both headcount and geography—with the highest number of new members joining from Asia—we thought it was a good time to reiterate what Crossref is all about, as well as show off a little about the things we are proud to have achieved in 2017.

Peer reviews are open for registering at Crossref

Jennifer Lin – 2017 October 24

In Peer ReviewContent TypesSchemaMember Briefing

About 13-20 billion researcher-hours were spent in 2015 doing peer reviews. What valuable work! Let’s get more mileage out of these labors and make these expert discussions citable, persistent, and linked up to the scholarly record. As we previously shared during Peer Review week, Crossref is launching a new content type to support the registration of peer reviews. We’re one step closer to changing that. Today, we are excited to announce that we’re open for deposits.

Changes to the 2018 membership agreement for better metadata distribution

Ginny Hendricks – 2017 October 09

In Member BriefingApisMetadataPolicyAgreements

We are making a change to section 9b of the standard Crossref membership agreement which will come into effect on January 1, 2018. This will not change how members register content, nor will it affect membership fees in any way. The new 2018 agreement is on our website, and the exact wording changes are highlighted below. The new membership agreement will automatically replace the previous version from January 1, 2018 and members will not need to sign a new agreement.

2017 election slate

Lisa Hart Martin – 2017 August 17

In BoardMember BriefingGovernanceElectionCrossref LiveAnnual Meeting

Slate of 2017 board candidates announced, and it’s going to be exciting Crossref is always evolving and the board knows it must evolve with us so we can continue to provide the right kind of services and support for you, as members of the research community. This year two things happened for the first time: we used our updated bylaws see article VII, section 2 agreed by the board last year, to allow more candidates than available seats; and secondly, to issue an open call for expressions of interest.

Now put your hands up! (for a Similarity Check update)

Madeleine Watson – 2017 June 06

In Full-Text LinksMember BriefingMetadataSimilarity Check

Today, I’m thinking back to 2008. A time when khaki and gladiator sandals dominated my wardrobe. The year when Obama was elected, and Madonna and Guy Ritchie parted ways. When we were given both the iPhone 3G and the Kindle, and when the effects of the global financial crisis lead us to come to terms with the notion of a ‘staycation’. In 2008 we met both Wall-E and Benjamin Button, were enthralled by the Beijing Olympics, and became addicted to Breaking Bad.

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