The international conference on persistent identifiers PIDfest 2026 is coming up. The second year of the event will take place from October 27-29 2026 in Leiden, the Nederlands. This year’s theme is Keeping Knowledge Connected, divided into three topics: You can submit your entries until March 22. Applications will then be anonymized and reviewed by the …
DOI registration agency DataCite has introduced several new features to its DataCite Commons tool. By leveraging DOI DataCite, Crossref metadata, and organization metadata from the Research Organization Registry (ROR), DataCite Commons offers new search capabilities. Now in DataCite Commons, you can:
Invitation to the second edition of the PIDfest international conference dedicated to persistent identifiers. PIDfest is a three-day international summit of talks, activities and workshops focussing on how persistent identifiers can deliver world-class research infrastructure. The event brings together PID advocates, users, and leaders from around the world to solve real world infrastructure challenges that …
We are looking for new colleagues for the National Centre for Persistent Identifiers. For more information have a look at the jobs.cz website. We are looking for new colleagues for the Centre for repositories and metadata management. For more information have a look at the jobs.cz website.
Prague, April 3, 2025: A cost-benefit analysis finds that the time savings from widespread adoption of persistent identifiers (PIDs) in Czech institutions could save over 7,000 person days per year. This equates to total potential savings of 33 million Czech crowns annually. It is widely recognised that researchers and research staff – in the Czech …
The DataCite Registration Agency is making metadata for digital objects that have been assigned a DOI identifier through the agency available through the DataCite Metadata Store, in line with its commitment to the POSI principles. One of the ways the agency makes metadata publicly available is through a public data file. In late January 2025, …
DataCite has released its latest public metadata data file Read More »
RAiD, the ‘Research Activity Identifier, is a unique, persistent identifier (PID) for research projects and activities designed in accordance with the RAiD ISO standard (23527:2022). It is intended to help researchers, research institutions, and even funders solve the key challenge of tracking all activities and outputs associated with a particular research activity or project throughout …
The National Library of Technology (NTK) will host the PIDfest international conference on persistent identifiers from 11 to 13 June 2024. The event aims to bring together persistent identifier experts, providers and users from around the world to discuss current trends and practical challenges in the use of identifiers to facilitate information and administrative processes …
Representatives of the National Center for Persistent Identifiers conducted a webinar on March 22, 2024 entitled Introduction to Persistent Identifiers. The webinar was held under the Training Center of the EOSC-CZ initiative. Persistent identifiers (PIDs) are the cornerstone of implementing the FAIR principles. Their effective use can greatly simplify the sharing of research results. The …
National PID Centre held a webinar “Introduction to Persistent Identifiers” Read More »
ORCID is a global not-for-profit community-based organization made up of more than 1,300 member organizations. In 2023, 145 organizations became new members, with 116 of these new members joining as consortia members. Two new consortia were also formed in June 2023, one of which is the Czech National ORCID Centre, which currently has 22 members. …
