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New Metadata Health Check webinars are coming up this February, with more sessions running through spring 2026. Dates and registration links: https://www.crossref.org/events/metadata-health-check-webinars/

#metadata #research #funders #librarians #community

A new bill in New York would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content A new bill in the New York state legislature would require news organizations to label AI-generated material and mandate that humans review any such content before publication. On Monday, Senator…

The NY FAIR News Act would require news organizations to label AI-generated material and mandate that humans review any such content before publication. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/a-ne...

Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Releases Executive Roundtable Report: Strategies for #AI Access www.cni.org/topics/ci/st... #LLMs #GenAI #libraries

📣 Join us on March 5th for the Community Call, where we'll discuss the ins and outs of doing open peer review as part of a team. 🤝
ASAPbio and @prereview.bsky.social staff will discuss peer review crowds and clubs, PREreview platform & more.

Register 👇️
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International Open Access Week International Open Access Week is held annually to inspire global momentum toward the open sharing of knowledge in order to address important social issues affecting people around the world. Open Acce...

Save the Date: International #OpenAccess Week will be October 19-25, 2026. #OAWeek is an opportunity to join together, take action & raise awareness of the benefits of openly sharing knowledge. www.openaccessweek.org

MetaROR’s approach to Crossref DOI registration

Innovation in scientific publishing and its implications for Crossref DOI registration practices - MetaROR’s approach

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Together with @andre-brasil.bsky.social I just published this blog post about @crossref.bsky.social DOI registration practices for @metaror.bsky.social.

YouTube video by ICAR Indian Institute of Horticultural Research 3rd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access - 2026, Day - 1

Happy 3rd day of #DOASummit2026!

Did you catch @crossref.bsky.social presentation on #metadata for #DiamondOA?

Recording (1:52:00) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zjJ...

PKP + Crossref Partnership for more rich, inclusive metadata in #OpenJournalSystems + #OpenMonographPress:

pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/22/c...

Building the Research Nexus with relationship metadata in Crossref

Real-world use cases, matching projects, and relationship metadata - join us for a webinar and learn how relationship #metadata can be used to support the scholarly record. https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/9817700446700/WN_TumI3wI1Q4WmghlOfMverA

#research #funders #librarians #community

PKP's Mark Huskisson is connecting with folks at #DOASummit2026 - there's lots to talk about from ecosystems to policy to community powered infrastructure to sustainability... the list goes on!

Here's Mark with one of our partners, Kornelia (Kora) Korzec, Director of Community @crossref.bsky.social

Our most commented upon topic for several months!

The GEM program 2026 Crossref

The GEM Program has supported over 600 organisations and 300,000+ works in its first three years, with further expansion planned for 2026. Read more on the blog: https://doi.org/10.64000/wbrxx-ftc39
#community #equity #research

Getting started at Crossref

An introductory webinar, Getting started at Crossref, is coming up this February. Join us to learn the basics of content registration and metadata. https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/5717696846775/WN_yrRXmJHtQ1CyPB6cksiciw

#metadata #research #funders #librarians #community

Another day, another workshop. At the #CrossrefBangkok meeting today. Good turnout as @crossref.bsky.social currently have 94 members in Thailand

Madhura Amdekar from @crossref.bsky.social launches the Crossref day in Bangkok, Thailand. A lot to get through today, with @abartell.bsky.social up next with the importance of quality metadata. Already lots of questions and comments from the community.

It'll be pleasure to reconnect with the Diamond OA community, and what a great company to be presenting the workshop with!

Promotional graphic for the 3rd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access. Title: “Workshop: Metadata Standards, Interoperability & Persistent Identifiers for Diamond OA.” Date and time: Monday 2 February, 06:00–08:30 (CET) / 10:30–13:00 (IST). Join online via YouTube Live @ihrmm. More info: diamondoadasummit.org. Includes an outline map of India with a location marker and the text “Bengaluru | Online / IST,” plus the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information logo.

🌍 The Barcelona Declaration joins the 3rd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access

🧩 Workshop: Metadata Standards, Interoperability & Persistent Identifiers for Diamond OA

📅 Mon 2 Feb | 🕒 06:00–08:30 CET / 10:30–13:00 IST
🔎 diamondoasummit.org
▶️ Live: www.youtube.com/@IIHRMM

🎤 Speakers:

• Imma Subirats Coll, FAO AIMS, FAO
• Lautaro Matas, LA Referencia
• @qornik.bsky.social, @crossref.bsky.social
• @msphelps.bsky.social, Barcelona Declaration
• Ellen Tise, Stellenbosch University / ORCID Board

Crossref OJS Plug-in webinar on how to improve your metadata quality

Join us for a webinar on using the OJS Plug-in to improve metadata quality and deposit metadata with Crossref using OJS 3.3 and 3.4. https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/2617668442033/WN_IrObqTMTR-yaNVfMSco5gA

#research #funders #librarians #community #Crossref

Crossref membership ticket of the month December 2025

Our membership ticket of the month breaks down how membership supports reference linking, metadata quality, and persistent access across the scholarly ecosystem. https://community.crossref.org/t/can-i-buy-dois-without-becoming-a-crossref-member-membership-ticket-of-the-month-december-2025/15143

We just tipped over 24,000 active organisational members and also reached 165 countries with the addition of the *University of Nouakchott*, bringing representation and governance from *Mauritania* for the first time! A big welcome to them 🇲🇷 🤩

انضم إلى ندوتنا عبر الإنترنت لجولة عملية في أداة تقارير المشاركة، والتعرّف على أهمية جودة البيانات الوصفية، وكيفية تحسينها لزيادة الظهور وإمكانية إعادة الاستخدام.

https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/3017679931848/WN_yOF5V_0cRjmWrEAzm2Pgdw

Metadata Health Check webinars are back in 2026!

Join us for upcoming sessions from January to May focused on #metadata quality, tools, and practical workflows.

Dates and registration links: https://www.crossref.org/events/metadata-health-check-webinars/

Grant DOI registration fees have been reduced from 1 January 2026. Crossref has lowered the Current-Year fee to support growth of the Grant Linking System and strengthen connections across the Research Nexus. Learn more in the latest blog post. https://doi.org/10.64000/g6vyx-1tn51

ICYMI: Our blog explains how the new Crossref Grant ID field helps connect research outputs with the funding that supported them, all through #metadata. A small change with a big impact on reporting and discoverability. https://doi.org/10.64000/x7d4h-x3r11

At Charleston Conference Asia in Bangkok, the session The Importance of Metadata for Asian Scholarship will explore how open #metadata supports discovery, research integrity, and assessment in Asia. Speakers include Robbykha Rosalien, Namtip Wipawin, Mochammad Tanzil Multazam, and Xiaofeng Guo.

🎉 Grant DOI field is here! We're now supporting even greater #ResearchFunding transparency. Do you? https://doi.org/10.64000/x7d4h-x3r11

Join us tomorrow to learn about Crossref's Grant Linking System/Grant DOIs and hear how the open grant metadata created by our funder members is being put to good use in Dimensions and Altmetric.

📣 THIS WEEK: Using Crossref, Dimensions & Altmetric to demonstrate real impact

You'll learn:
🔹How Crossref Grant registration strengthens transparency & reproducibility
🔹How Altmetric attention data reveals influence beyond citations
🔹& more

🔗 Register:https://ow.ly/mqwc50Y0kSh

Graphic announcing new language versions of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information. The image reads “Now available in Arabic · Japanese · Romanian” and “18 languages and growing”. Speech bubbles display greetings in different languages, including “Salut”, “こんにちは” (Japanese), and “مرحبا” (Arabic), on a light background with abstract line patterns in purple and yellow.

🌍 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐜, 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧
Hello | مرحبًا | こんにちは | Salut

With these new translations, the Declaration is now available in 𝟏𝟖 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, supporting engagement with open research information across regions and contexts.
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Upholding integrity: Crossref member obligations and COPE guidance takes place tomorrow, 21 January. The session features Crossref and COPE speakers examining how metadata, member obligations, and publication ethics guidance help protect the scholarly record. https://tinyurl.com/2923k6mj