Recently I attended the General Assembly of DataCite, the international organization devoted to providing a reliable means of citing research data. The organization has made remarkable progress in a … More…
CDLINFO News: DataCite
The Scholar’s Library is Global
There has been much talk of late about the need for and possibility of creating a National Digital Library (see the call by Robert Darnton and one response by Roy … More…
Go Giants! Persist!
Hundreds of thousands of Giants fans crowded the streets of downtown San Francisco to welcome their conquering heroes home, many having waited a lifetime for the pleasure. Orange and black … More…
Persistence
Since March, I’ve had the opportunity of working with the UC3 team at CDL. I joined part time, you might say, as the project manager for the EZID/DataCite project. (I … More…
Update on the DataCite Metadata Working Group
It’s about time for a check-in on my experiences with the DataCite Metadata Working Group. I introduced this intrepid band a couple of months ago when we met face-to-face in … More…
Strength in diversity: notes from the DataCite Conference
In his groundbreaking book Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond argued that Europe’s key advantage over China during the Age of Exploration was the sheer number of European political entities. … More…
