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
> www.caryinstitute.org
>
>
> 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
>>
>