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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 >>>>> UCL Library Services >>>>> University College London >>>>> Gower Street >>>>> WC1E 6BT >>>>> >>>>> Tel: +44 (0) 20 7679 7380 >>>>> E-mail: [log in to unmask] >>>>> >>>>> Have you tried MetaLib yet? http://metalib.ucl.ac.uk >>>>> The new electronic resource gateway from UCL Library Services. >>>>> >>> 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] >>> >>> Have you tried MetaLib yet? http://metalib.ucl.ac.uk >>> The new electronic resource gateway from UCL Library Services. >>>