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February / March 2024 newsletter
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Hello,
We're already two months into the new year. Here is a summary of what we’ve been talking about since the start of the year.
As always, I welcome your feedback.
Rosa
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 Rachael has moved to 67Bricks after 12 years at Crossref. She has had a truly memorable effect on our organization, helping Crossref grow by leading new projects and building strong relationships worldwide. Her work has made a significant difference by linking people and ideas in the research world. Rachael's effort raises a strong case on how really one person can make a difference.
Read more about Rachael's contributions at Crossref
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 We are happy to share that Ed, our Executive Director, was awarded the 2024 Miles Conrad Award from the National Information Standards Organization (NISO). Ed was presented with his award during the NISO Plus conference in Baltimore, where he delivered the 2024 Miles Conrad lecture, reflecting on how far open scholarly infrastructure has come.
Learn about Ed’s recognition
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Madhura highlights the 2023 Frankfurt ISR Roundtable, emphasizing the importance of metadata in enhancing research accessibility and integrity. She outlines our role in linking and preserving scholarly records, underlining the need for community collaboration. Through discussions in 2022 and a follow-up in 2023, we shared progress and explored strategies to maintain the integrity of the scholarly record.
Learn more about what was discussed
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We're shifting from the Open Funder Registry to the ROR Registry to improve the identification of funders and affiliations. This involves updating systems, developing mapping strategies, and seeking community feedback for a smooth transition. Members are encouraged to integrate ROR IDs into their workflows.
Explore our blog for insights
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We hold metadata for approximately 150 million scholarly artifacts using DOIs, but keeping links active can be tricky. A study on 5,000 DOIs showed that we could only resolve 66.02% to the right landing pages. Automated access gets complicated by publisher rules and browser detection tricks. We found that running browsers in full mode boosts success to 97.04%, but we still face challenges like irrelevant content due to domain hijacking. We need better ways to monitor DOI link persistence.
Check out Martin's blog
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Isaac introduces insights from the team on simplifying member queries. The team addresses common concerns like metadata updates and understanding reports like conflicts and resolutions. They stress learning through complexity and sharing knowledge openly, with a focus on enhancing user experiences. Members are encouraged to join the Community Forum for further discussion and assistance with technical support queries.
Explore the blog for the collective insights
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 Can you spend 3 minutes letting us know by taking this survey? We want to meet you online where it's most convenient. Together with COPE, DOAJ and OASPA, we’re holding a brief poll of social media preferences, to make sure that we offer information and take part in conversations about scholarly communications and infrastructure with all members of our world-wide diverse community.
Take the survey now
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