Ed:

Can you help us understand further the role of the HEFCE in dealing with
DOI's?

We are less familiar with this organization in the United States.     I
think this is the acronym for the British
organization, the Higher Education Funding Council for England, or the
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/).

We are glad that Haworth's DOI efforts contribute to  the critical
CrossRef leadership in this
area.


Bill Cohen, Publisher
The Haworth Press, Inc.
www.HaworthPress.com



[log in to unmask] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This exchange of messages is very timely and prompted me to join this list.
>    It's great to hear that DOIs are useful.  There are a few things to mention:
>
> 1) DOI Guidelines - a set of different guidelines for the DOI is available
> at http://www.crossref.org/02publishers/guidelines.html - feedback on these
> documents is welcome.  Some of the documents are directed at publishers but
> a couple deal with how DOIs should be used in citations.
>
> We encourage all publishers to display DOIs and include them in their XML
> deliveries to third parties (Haworth already has very good DOI use on its
> journals pages).  We are just about to undertake to revise the current
> general DOI Guidelines.  These are focused on information for publishers but
> it would also be useful to add a section on library issues.
>
> 2) RAE - CrossRef is working with HEFCE so that they can retrieve DOIs and
> metadata directly from CrossRef.  The current plan is for HEFCE to build
> CrossRef access directly into their submission system.  This will help
> verify submissions and, if a DOI isn't supplied, double check if one exists.
>
> 3) CrossRef wants to improve its services for libraries  - CrossRef has a
> variety of interfaces and libraries can get free CrossRef query accounts
> (http://www.crossref.org/03libraries/index.html - or use the open
> interfaces) but we want to see if there are better ways for libraries to get
> DOIs and metadata from CrossRef.
>
> So, any CrossRef member publishers who would be interested in helping update
> the Guidelines please contact me.  Also, if any librarians would be
> interested in helping on the DOI Guidelines and CrossRef services for
> libraries please get in touch with me.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed
>
>
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:36:12 -0400, William Cohen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
>> Thank you, Anna!
>>
>> At Haworth Press,  we will endeavor to include DOI links in our
>> electronic materials as conveniently
>> as possible to assist librarians and library users.
>>
>> An issue that comes up over and over again is whether or not librarians
>> allow receipt of new book title
>> announcements via e-mail, which themselves may have DOI links.
>>
>> Can you tell us if your library permits receipt of new book
>> announcements via e-mail, or
>> are these so numerous that you need to use an "e-junk mail filter"?
>>
>> Many, many thanks!
>>
>> Bill Cohen, Publisher
>> The Haworth Press, Inc.
>> www.HaworthPress.com
>>
>>
>>
>> [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bill,
>>>
>>> For me, the most frequent situation where DOIs are used is in
>>> conjunction with our link resolver. Invoking DOI linking in our link
>>> resolver allows us to take users directly to even more of the content
>>> we have acquired on their behalf - allowing us to, for example, get
>>> down to article level where we would otherwise only be able to get
>>> users to the very top level of a journal site. I'm also aware that
>>> people use them for creating links to content from catalogues and
>>> reading lists but perhaps others could comment on this?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Anna
>>>
>>> At 18:20 17/07/2006, you wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anna:
>>>>
>>>> Can you help us understand the most frequent situations for which the
>>>> DOI
>>>> is needed in the academic library or home office setting?
>>>>
>>>> Bill Cohen, Publisher
>>>> The Haworth Press, Inc.
>>>> www.HaworthPress.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You can look them up on the CrossRef website at
>>>>> http://www.crossref.org/guestquery/
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Anna
>>>>>
>>>>> At 12:43 17/07/2006, you wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please forgive my ignorance but is there a service where I can
>>>>>> present the basic bib  details of an article and get the DOI or be
>>>>>> told with reasonable certainty the article doesn't have one?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know some articles have the DOI at the bottom of the article
>>>>>> title page and in some cases you can see it when veiwing an article
>>>>>> abstract online.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John Smith,
>>>>>> The Templeman Library
>>>>>> University of Kent, UK
>>>>>>
>>>>> Anna Sansome
>>>>> E-Journals Administrator
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>>>>> University College London
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>> Anna Sansome
>>> E-Journals Administrator
>>> UCL Library Services
>>> University College London
>>> Gower Street
>>> WC1E 6BT
>>>
>>> Tel: +44 (0) 20 7679 7380
>>> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>>>
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>>> The new electronic resource gateway from UCL Library Services.
>>>