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Launched in January 2021 as a consortium for any nonprofit in the US looking to get started with DataCite DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers), the Lyrasis DataCite US Community is dedicated to supporting open research infrastructure and best practices for making research and scholarly materials more FAIR: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. This is the third annual newsletter for the Lyrasis DataCite program

Community Snapshot

  • Participating organizations = 23
  • DOIs registered to date = 58,862
  • Top DOI resource types:
    • Text (23,948)
    • Other (12,516)
    • Image (7,240)
    • Dataset (5,762)
    • Audiovisual (4,536)
    • Dissertation (1,930)

Participating organizations as of June 1, 2024 include:

  • Brandeis University
  • Brown University
  • CyVerse
  • Dauphin Island Sea Lab - Marine Environmental Science Consortium
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
  • Georgetown University
  • Georgia State University
  • Institute for Advanced Study
  • Lyrasis
  • New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • North Dakota State University
  • Phoenix Bioinformatics
  • Rockefeller University
  • RTI International
  • The Cancer Imaging Archive
  • Trenholm State Community College
  • Uniformed Services University
  • University of Alabama
  • University of Delaware
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Tampa
  • University of Wyoming
  • Wake Forest University

Upcoming Events

August 7: Community Call - DataCite-integrated repositories & the White House “public access” memo

  • When: Wed. August  7, 2024 @ 2 - 3 p.m. Eastern/ 1 - 2 p.m. Central/ 12 - 1 p.m. Mountain/ 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pacific
  • Register to attend
  • Agenda: On this call, we will explore the different repository systems that are integrated with the DataCite API, and discuss best practices and implications related to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Public Access Memo

Community Resources

The Lyrasis DataCite US Community provides opportunities for engagement via community calls, webinars, written resources and networking with a national and international community of practice for DOIs and other persistent identifiers. The following resources and more can be found on our website:

Educating Researchers about DOIs:

Case Studies:

  • 2024 Showcase featuring Dauphin Island Sea Lab (US), Ocean Networks Canada, Phoenix Bioinformatics (US) and the University of New Brunswick (Canada)
  • 2023 Showcase featuring the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (US), the University of British Columbia (Canada), The Cancer Imaging Archive (US) and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada Federated Research Data Repository (Canada)
  • 2022 Showcase featuring Scholars Portal (Canada), University of Tampa (US), Bank of Canada (Canada) and CyVerse (US)

Select Community Call Topics:

General Information:

DataCite Resources & News

2023 Member Survey Results

In the fall of 2023, a brief survey was sent out to all participating organizations to gather feedback on the types of resources and topics of interest for priority focus in 2024. For 2023, we received responses representing 11 of the 23 participating organizations at that time. Responses from that survey have been used to plan our 2024 community activities (see below). We will continue to survey participating organizations at the end of each calendar year to prepare for the following year. Stay tuned for the 2024 survey later this year!

Top three most helpful resources/events in 2023:

Top five topics of interest for further discussion:

  • ORCID & DOIs: How they work together
  • DOI creation workflows
  • Repository systems that integrate with the DataCite API
  • DOIs and the White House “public access” memo
  • Related identifiers in DOI metadata

Desired community activities for 2024: 

  • Hearing DOI case studies from other organizations
  • Community calls: presentations and discussion on specific topics related to DataCite DOIs
  • Blogs on specific topics related to DataCite DOIs

Level of satisfaction with the Lyrasis DataCite US Community program (on a scale of 1-5):

  • Rating = 5 - very satisfied (53%)
  • Rating = 4 - mostly satisfied (30%) 
  • Rating = 3 - neutral (15%) 

For questions or to contribute to future Lyrasis DataCite US Community newsletters, please contact sheila.rabun@lyrasis.org.