From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:31:31 -0700

Three people addressed my query and I extend my gratitude to them.

On the request of the editor, the librarians came back to me with the following clarifications:
  • Off-course isn't managed by the Libraries. If it was in our suite of journals that we host in our repository, Scholars Archive, then we could assign DOIs for each work published. 
  • Related to the above: Since your work isn't in our repository, we aren't responsible for the long-term maintenance and preservation of the work and its associated metadata, so we can't mint a DOI on your behalf. That responsibility falls to the journal. My sense is that the journal doesn't have the budget for a Crossref membership.
  • As a workaround, we offered that you consider sharing your work in a generalist repository, like Zenodo. The advantage is that this is a well-established generalist repository, there is no fee associated with deposit, and the work would get a DOI at the point of deposit.
Thus the best advice I received was to apply for DOI with Zenodo, which I did but ... which (Zenodo's DOI) seems not to be recognized by ResearchGate or Kudos.

I am wondering whether there is a rivalry between various depositories, like Crossref and Zendodo, for storing new publications? Pure business?

And what about the said "suite of journals" - does each university/library have its own "suite"? The richer the college the richer suite?:)


Ari Belenkiy

Vancouver BC
Canada


On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 10:02 PM LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Amy Schuler <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:13:20 -0400

This is surprising to me, however, are you sure the librarians are actually "unaware of Crossref", or are they instead unaware of the proper procedure or workflow for submitting metadata directly to Crossref?  There is a difference.  Off the top of my head, I do not know how to submit metadata directly to Crossref, since the (data) repository I use is already tied into DataCite and mints DOIs for us.  

Also I have no doubt the librarians at the NY institution could figure it out in about 10 minutes.


Amy C. Schuler (she/her)
Director, Information Services & Library

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies | 2801 Sharon Turnpike | Millbrook, NY



On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 10:02 PM LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:06:03 -0700

Dear members,

I got into a curious situation. I recently published a paper in a journal, run by one of the universities in NY State, that failed to provide DOI for my paper.

The editors were advised to submit the metadata for the paper to Crossref and contacted the university librarians but the latter could not help, being unaware of Crossref.

Isn't that scandalous for an American university? How common is this situation in the USA?

Ari Belenkiy

Vancouver BC
Canada