DOI Serbia: Seven years of experience with CrossRef in a

Fifth Belgrade International Open Access Conference, May, 2012Fifth Belgrade International Open Access Conference, May, 2012

DOI Serbia: Seven years of experience with CrossRef in a transition country

Biljana KosanovićDepartment of Scientific InformationNational Library of Serbia + KoBSON


Scientific publishing in Serbia 2005

Why DOI

DOI in action

Important numbers

Organization scheme

Topics


publishers: societies, and institutes or departments

lack of professionalism: all job is done byvolunteers

passivity: relying on government’s support

SciSci Publishing Publishing -- Serbia 2005Serbia 2005


government promoted an ambitious strategy offast catching-up

non-arbitrary evaluation of journals (N=450)made breakthrough (SCIndeks, www.ceon.rs)

SciSci Publishing Publishing -- Serbia 2005Serbia 2005


to modernize publishing

to improve citation rate of the national journals

to join a project bringing benefits globally

to govern new technology (despite justifed scepticism)

CrossRefCrossRef DOIDOI -- our our motivationmotivation


unique alphanumeric string assigned to a digital object

serves as a stable, persistent link to the full-text

takes advantage of the power of network effects – linkout and get links back

reference linking CrossRef - gateway to the DOI world

Easy reliable navigation

What is What is CrossRefCrossRef DOIDOI exactlyexactly??


DOI assigned in DoiSerbia:

10.2298/JSCS0301017V

for this article:Veličković Dragan T.: Hemijski sastav i antimikrobno delovanje etanolnih ekstrakata dobijenih iz cveta, lista i stabljike Salvia officinalis L, Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2003, vol. 68, br. 1, str. 17-24

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Ministry of Scienceunderstands importanceselects titles (on the basis of CEES follow-up)pays DOI’s fee

National Library of Serbiaimplementing DOI schemadepositing digital copy on serversdepositing meta-data on CrossRefcontracting with publishers

Publishers/Editorial Boardshand out the digital copies (“digitally born”)accept free of charge policy resolve copyright and licensing restrictions

Our Our PartnershipPartnership: : allall fairfair & & squaresquare


local contents incorporated in international content

journal’s visibility raised

journal’s regularity, frequency, quality, and finallyimpact elevated

some of the journals entered the club

national research output raised; that’s why:the government pays the bill publishers are forced to accept OA

Additional value (Additional value (for for journals)journals)


being not only a gateway to information, but also a facilitator to help journals/people promoting their results

improve our service to the community

share our knowledge and practice in the region and...

Additional value (Additional value (for for Nat Lib)Nat Lib)


www.doiSerbia.nb.rs

Don't publish online in the dark...

just DOI it!

Questions? Questions? (at the end of Workshop)(at the end of Workshop)

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DOI Serbia: Seven years of experience with CrossRef in a