Mr Peter Mason1, Dr Aliese Millington1
1Flinders University Library, Adelaide, Australia
Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) were first introduced in 2000 to be a permanent way of identifying and resolving to publications, and specifically, journal articles. From these beginnings only 22 years ago, DOIs have been expanded to identify research data, software, and equipment, such as High-Performance Computing (HPC). Today, approximately 275 million DOIs have been minted.
Flinders University Library is looking to ‘what’s next’ and is exploring the viability of minting DOIs for Research Services. We distinguish a Research Service as being made up of people providing a service, not simply an output or equipment. In this presentation we will look how this fits with the DataCite manual, where best-practice currently is, and how the research community can benefit.
Biography:
Peter and Aliese work in the Research Engagement team at Flinders University Library, connecting library services to the Flinders research community. The team embraces four pillars of scholarly communication support, with a focus on open and FAIR practices. Their pillars include advanced search, bibliometrics, publishing and research data management. Peter works in the team’s research data management pillar, while Aliese coordinates the team and the Library’s services for research.