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Katie Fraser
@katie.donphan.social.ap.brid.gy
Librarian who loves technology and pop culture. Interests include #openresearch #scholcomm #openaccess #bibliometrics #discovery #persistentidentifiers

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#scholarlycommunication #persistentidentifiers #pids | Katie Fraser
Great thought-provoking post https://lnkd.in/eb4aWWh6 from Ludo Waltman and André Brasil on the challenges of assigning DOIs, and metadata more generally, for innovative types of publishing. This really reflects my own challenges working with metadata of this type at Research Consulting Limited. In a previous role overseeing the DataCite account for an institution, I came across similar challenges in deciding when to assign DOIs. Institutional repositories regularly hold versions of content which have been assigned DOIs elsewhere. I ended up concluding we should become okay with giving multiple DOIs to different versions of content (even if different meant "hosted elsewhere"). In avoiding assigning a DOI because one already exists, we compromise the discoverability of valuable content and create a two-tier system of content. Plus there is already good metadata available within the DOI system to indicate where items are versions of each other. However, to capitalise on this data use of versioning metadata needs to be consistent and reliable. Bibliometric systems need to be able to automatically identify alternate versions and allow records to be collapsed together for analysis. I'm not certain whether the challenge in doing this lies more in the productionn of the original DOI metadata or how it is used in bibliometric systems, but I would be really interested to hear from those with insights. Final thought: I'm personally a fan of when one organisation mints DOIs for multiple versions (i.e. all records have the same DOI prefix) and indicates version information within the DOI itself. If it was possible to make the existence of an alternative version transparent in DOIs regardless of which organisation minted it, that would would be my dream! But infinitely easier said than done, I realise. #scholarlycommunication #persistentidentifiers #PIDs
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September 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Off to #rluk25 this morning. Looking forward to a chance to reconnect with colleagues, meet new people and see what good practice is around. Please come and say hello: that counts double if you've got a problem Research Consulting might be able to help solve!
March 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Reposted by Katie Fraser
I'm once again asking everyone who got the order to delete or change stuff on their websites etc. pp.:
Before doing so, ping us.
Either at @SafeguardingResearch or me
Also via matrix: @schoeneh:matrix.org

We also got a forum to organize:
https://safeguarding-research.discourse.group/

And a […]
Original post on fedihum.org
fedihum.org
January 31, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I started work at Research Consulting this week and am learning lots already! There's a welcoming environment and lots of interesting questions to get involved with. I'm enjoying getting stuck into data and questions and warming up my evidence gathering skills. Plus, I get my own welcome post […]
Original post on donphan.social
donphan.social
December 11, 2024 at 4:32 PM
It's been a while since I used R under the tutelage of @DrBeth and even longer since I dusted off my SPSS skills, and but I've spent the last couple of weeks starting to bridge the gap with help from 'Hands on Programming with R' https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/index.html
November 27, 2024 at 1:44 PM
@SarahHLib @g3om4c Looks like my bridge is working now https://bsky.app/profile/katie.donphan.social.ap.brid.gy (not that telling people on here is the point :D)
November 26, 2024 at 4:30 PM
This will be of no use to anyone else I know, but I am very satisfied to have removed the unwanted arms from my fancy office chair without resorting to a hacksaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8-YkscTjTo
November 26, 2024 at 2:18 PM