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Sustaining the ARK Ecosystem
July 9, 2025 Author: John ChodackiCategories: Since its inception, CDL has been home to the ARK (Archival Resource Key) community. ARKs were originally developed at CDL to support persistent access and durable citation of information objects. From the early release of the Noid software in 2004 to the launch of the Name-to-Thing (N2T) resolver and global registry, we’ve remained committed to making persistent identifiers accessible, open, and usable for the long term.
CDL Public Statement on Endorsing the Barcelona Declaration
April 23, 2025 Author: John ChodackiCategories: California Digital Library (CDL) is proud to formally endorse the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information and commit to supporting and participating in open, transparent and community-governed research information systems. The values articulated in the Barcelona Declaration – openness, transparency, inclusivity and the commitment to public infrastructure – resonate deeply with CDL’s mission and long-standing efforts.
Desirable Characteristics of Persistent Identifiers
Considerations in the context of open scholarship and open infrastructure Persistent identifiers (PIDs) in scholarly communications and research infrastructure have garnered growing attention over the last several years, especially from governments who are recognizing the vital role PIDs play in creating a more efficient and trustworthy research ecosystem.
Farewell to Maria Gould
December 11, 2023 Author: John ChodackiCategories: California Digital Library (CDL) announces that, effective January 16, 2024, Maria Gould will be embarking on a new journey as Director of Product at DataCite. We’re thrilled for her and wish her nothing but success in this exciting opportunity! Maria joined CDL and the UC3 team in November 2018 and took over responsibility for CDL’s persistent identifiers (PIDs) portfolio.
Wishing farewell to Catherine Nancarrow
January 26, 2023 Author: John ChodackiCategories: It is with a sad heart that we say goodbye to Catherine Nancarrow. Catherine has decided to step down to spend more time with her family and to return to her work as a consultant in ethical and editorial best practices for publishing research articles and data. Her last day will be February 2, 2023. Catherine has served as Associate Director of the University of California Curation Center (UC3) for the past 3 1/2 years.
Board of Directors
Martin Brennan FSCI representative (non-voting position) 01/01/2019 to 02/29/2020 Leslie Chan Advisory Board Member 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2015 Tim Clark Advisory Board Member 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2019 Robert Dale Advisory Board Member 01/01/2012 to 07/25/2014 Paul Groth Advisory Board Member 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2019 Laurel Haak Advisory Board Member 01/01/2018 to 12/31/2019 Ivan Herman Advisory Board Member 01/01/2016 to 12/31/2019 Eduard Hovy Advisory Board Member 01/01/2017 to 12/31/2019 Todd...
Researcher Bill of Rights and Principles
FORCE11 is a community of scholars, librarians, archivists, publishers and research funders that has arisen organically to help facilitate the change toward improved knowledge creation and sharing. FORCE11 has grown from a small group into an open movement of like-minded individuals and stakeholders associated with emerging technologies, policies, funding mechanisms and business models.
Job announcement: DataCite is looking for an Executive Director
Following the announcement of Trisha Cruseâs retirement, DataCite has started its search for a dynamic, committed, and entrepreneurial Executive Director to build on our exceptional record of providing first-class services to the research community. DataCite was founded in 2009 and celebrates its 10 year anniversary this year. DataCite has seen tremendous growth during these 10 years, in terms of members, services, and staff.
DOIs, Data, and Dedication: DataCite ED Trisha Cruse retires
It is with mixed feelings that I announce that our Executive Director, Trisha Cruse, plans to retire later this year. Iâm sad that Trisha will be leaving us, grateful for all the work Trisha has done for DataCite, but also happy that our friend and colleague will be able to take on new life adventures. As many of you will know, Trisha has been with DataCite from day one. Trisha was there when on December 1, 2009 DataCite was founded in London.
Org ID: a recap and a hint of things to come
Over the past couple of years, a group of organizations with a shared purpose—California Digital Library, Crossref, DataCite, and ORCID—invested our time and energy into launching the Org ID initiative, with the goal of defining requirements for an open, community-led organization identifier registry. Â The goal of our initiative has been to offer a transparent, accessible process that builds a better system for all of our communities.
Technical aspects of preprint services in the life sciences: a workshop report
Article metadata Introduction Pre-workshop get-together and demo session Workshop Outcomes from the breakout sessions Architecture, APIs, metadata, and file formats of existing preprint servers/platforms/journals) Capabilities of document conversion services (.doc or .tex to .xml/.html) Tools for automated screening – plagiarism, image manipulation, author authentication Interfaces and approaches for human moderation and curation Data storage models (and linking to external datasets)...
A Healthy Research Ecosystem: Diversity by Design
Diversity supports the well-being of any healthy and productive ecosystem. The scholarly research enterprise is no different in this regard. Diversity needs to be designed into the research ecosystem and the interactions across the community. We call the community to refocus its efforts on building a vibrant habitat by supporting diversity and inclusivity. Many of the points raised in the recent posting, Openness is Inclusivity, resonated with us.
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