Through the partnership between DataCite and IGSN e.V. , DataCite services can be used to register International Generic Sample Numbers (IGSN IDs) for material samples. The blog series ‘IGSN ID Implementation Exemplars’ showcases sample management workflows developed by the community that incorporate IGSN ID registration.
The last weeks have been very busy, engaging with the DataCite community across the world. On 4 November, we hosted DataCite Connect in Livingstone, Zambia in collaboration with 27th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD 2024). This was our first event hosted in Africa and we welcomed 60 participants from countries including Zambia, Botswana, India, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
The Persistent Identifiers for Projects Community Dialogue, hosted by DataCite and Metadata Game Changers, brought together a diverse group of experts to explore how PIDs can transform the identification and documentation of projects and related resources of many kinds.
Metadata is at the heart of DataCite’s services. This blog post is about why and how an organization is harvesting DataCite metadata.
Hi there, I’m Katharina and I joined DataCite in October 2024 as the new Finance Manager. I wanted to take a moment to share a bit more about myself—my background, experience, and what I hope to bring to our team and community.
The Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) for Instruments Community Dialogue, hosted by DataCite and Metadata Game Changers, brought together a diverse group of experts to explore how PIDs can transform the identification of scientific instruments and the data they collect.
DataCite welcomed over 370 participants from almost 300 institutions across 59 countries to our Annual Community Meeting on 25 September 2024. The DataCite Community Meeting was held across 10 sessions in three blocks and spanning all time zones, with some sessions repeated to give a regional focus.
Collaborative research projects often involve teams of researchers from different institutes, and each research stage—from the planning, the piloting, the data collection, analysis, writing, and revision—produces outputs that embody rich details of the research work that are essential for reproducibility and reuse.
As we approach the 2025 election, an exciting chapter for our community, the Election Committee is steering a process that will shape the future of DataCite’s leadership.
As a global community, DataCite encourages involvement from people that share our vision: to ensure that research outputs and resources are openly available and connected so that their reuse can advance knowledge across and between disciplines, now and in the future.
Through the 2021 partnership between DataCite and IGSN e.V. , DataCite services can be used to register International Generic Sample Numbers (IGSN IDs) for material samples. Over the coming months, the blog series ‘IGSN ID Implementation Exemplars’ will showcase sample management workflows developed by the community that incorporate IGSN ID registration.