2013 DataCite Summer Meeting - Making Research better
DataCite. Co-sponsored by CODATA.
Thursday, 19 September 2013 at 13:00 - Friday, 20 September 2013 at 12:30
Washington, DC. National Academy of Sciences
http://datacite.eventbrite.co.uk/
2. DataCite
Make research better by enabling people to
find, share, use, and cite data
A leading global membership organization
offering reliable persistent data
identification
We engage researchers, scholars, data
centers, libraries, publishers, and funders
through advocacy, guidance and services
3. Strategic objectives
1. Become a sustainable organization
2. Become part of the global research
infrastructure
3. Nurture our membership & build strong
communities
4. Build and maintain services, guidelines,
policies
5. Deliver clear communications
4. DataCite History
2005:
• TIB pioneers DOIs for data
2009:
• DataCite founded
• 7 members
• >25 data centres
2010:
• Pilot projects begin
• All members assign DOIs
• 12 members
• > 50 data centres
2011:
• >1,000,000 total DOIs
• >90 data centres
• Metadata schema 2.2
• Shared technical infrastructure
• 16 members
2012:
• Production infrastructure
• >1,600,000 total DOIs
• >450,000 new DOIs
• >1,800,000 resolutions
• >160 data centres
2013 Q1-Q3:
• >2,000,000 total DOIs
• >5,700,000 resolutions
• >350,000 new DOIs
• >250 data centres
• Metadata schema 3.0
• 7 affiliates
• 17 members
6. How can you get involved?
Become a member
• Play a key role in delivering
data identification and citation
services
• Register unlimited DOIs for
your clients
• Use shared infrastructure for
registration, resolution,
reporting
• Vote in the general assembly
• Contribute to working groups
contact@datacite.org
www.datacite.org
Work with a member
• Assign DOIs to your data
• Make your data easier to
cite, find, and re-use
• Make it easier to track
use of your data
Become an affiliate
• Be part of the community
advocating for data
citation
• Share practices
• Participate in general
assembly and strategy
meetings
