Launched in January 2021, the LYRASIS DataCite US Community is growing strong! This is the first official newsletter for the LYRASIS DataCite program.

Community Snapshot

  • Participating organizations = 19
  • DOIs registered to date = 22,447

  • Participating organizations as of June 1, 2022 include:
    • Brandeis University
    • Brown University
    • CyVerse
    • Dauphin Island Sea Lab - Marine Environmental Science Consortium
    • Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
    • Georgia State University
    • Institute for Advanced Study
    • Kenyon College
    • LYRASIS
    • North Dakota State University
    • Phoenix Bioinformatics
    • Rockefeller University
    • RTI International
    • The Cancer Imaging Archive
    • Trenholm State Community College
    • University of Alabama
    • University of Pennsylvania
    • University of Tampa
    • Wake Forest University

Educating Researchers about DOIs

The following resources are now available, based on the discussion that took place at our April 11 community call on the topic of educating researchers about DOIs:

Upcoming Events

July 27: Community Call - DOIs, Research Data Management, & Data Management Plans

  • When: Wednesday July 27 @ 1-2pm Eastern/ 12-1pm Central/ 11am-12pm Mountain/ 10-11am Pacific 
  • Register to attend
  • Agenda: On this call, we will discuss DOIs as they relate to Research Data Management and Data Management Plans.

September 14: Community Call - DataCite DOI Metadata & Discoverability

  • When: Wednesday Sept. 14 @ 1-2pm Eastern/ 12-1pm Central/ 11am-12pm Mountain/ 10-11am Pacific
  • Register to attend
  • Agenda: On this call, we will discuss the DataCite DOI metadata schema and explore how DataCite’s open metadata facilitates object discoverability

Community Resources

Communication Platforms:

Webinar recordings and slides:

Community Calls (contact sheila.rabun@lyrasis.org for access to notes and recordings):

  • DataCite DOI Best Practices (April 7, 2021)
  • ORCID, DOIs, and Data Management Plans (June 15, 2021)
  • ORCID & DOIs: How they work better together (July 14, 2021)
  • DataCite Commons (Sept. 27, 2021)
  • DOIs and FAIRness (Feb. 15, 2022)
  • Educating Researchers about DOIs (April 11, 2022)
  • US/Canada DataCite DOI Case Studies (May 5, 2022), featuring: Scholars Portal (Canada), University of Tampa (US), Bank of Canada (Canada), CyVerse (US)

DataCite Resources & Roadmap

2021 Member Survey Results

In the fall of 2021, 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 2022. For 2021, we received responses representing 10 of the 14 participating organizations at that time. Responses from that survey have been used to plan our 2022 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 2022 survey later this year!

Which 2021 resources/events were helpful to you in your work with DataCite DOIs? (select all that apply):

  • Community Call: DataCite Commons (60%)
  • DataCite DOI Best Practices (50%)
  • Community Call: ORCID, DOIs, and Data Management Plans (40%)
  • Community Call: ORCID & DOIs - how they work better together (40%)
  • API documentation (10%)
  • 20% of respondents had not had a chance to review these resources yet

What types of items are you currently or planning to assign DOIs to?

  • Datasets (80%)
  • Theses/dissertations (40%)
  • Periodicals (40%)
  • Research papers (30%)
  • Presentations (30%)
  • Images/graphics (10%)
  • Podcasts & digital projects (10%)
  • Projects & matrices (10%)

Of the following, which areas do you have questions about or would like to learn more about? (please select your top 5 choices):

  • DOIs and FAIRness (50%)
  • Educating researchers about DOIs (40%)
  • DOIs and research data management (40%)
  • DataCite metadata schema (40%)
  • Discoverability of DOIs and metadata (40%)
  • DataCite REST API (40%)
  • Repository systems that integrate with DataCite API (30%)
  • How DOIs relate to other PIDs (30%)
  • Digital preservation strategies (30%)
  • Best practices for data citations (30%)
  • COUNTER-compliant stats (20%)
  • Managing repositories in Fabrica (10%)
  • Fabrica manual entry (10%)
  • Fabrica XML upload (10%)
  • Other DataCite APIs (10%)
  • Data Management Plans (10%)

Thinking ahead for 2022, which of the following resources/activities would be most helpful to you? (select all that apply):

  • Updates on DataCite functionality, features, and roadmap (100%)
  • Resources for how to educate researchers about DOIs (70%)
  • Community Calls on specific topics related to DataCite DOIs (50%)
  • Hearing DOI case studies from other organizations (50%)
  • DataCite support “open office hours” (30%)
  • Community Calls - open discussion (20%)
  • General announcements and updates via listserv (20%)
  • Advocacy for DataCite API integration (10%)

How often would you want to participate in community calls or other events?

  • Once a month (30%)
  • Once a quarter (30%)
  • Every other month (20%)
  • Twice a year (20%)

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