Increase your impact through better metadata!

Wednesday 9 Mar 2022, 09:00 → 10:00 UTC

Persistent identifiers (PIDs) are necessary to facilitate discoverability, citation, and re-use of research outputs today and in the future. A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is one such a PID and helps research institutions and researchers to increase the visibility and impact of their publications.
This webinar, organized by AfLIA and DataCite, gives an introduction to DataCite DOIs, addresses the relevance of DOI metadata, and shows step-by-step how to get a DataCite DOI.

Speakers include:

• Bosun Obileye (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA)
• Yared Abera Ergu (Ambo University)
• Mohamed Ali Ahmed (SomaliRen)
• Paul Vierkant (DataCite)

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The webinar will be recorded and provided afterwards.

09:00 → 09:05 Welcome and Introduction

Convener: Nkem Osuigwe (Aflia)

09:05 → 09:15 Introduction to persistent identifiers

a) Include privacy aspects
b) Difference and relation of DataCite DOIs to other PID systems

Convener: Paul Vierkant (Datacite)

09:15 → 09:25 Relevance of metadata in FAIR

Convener: Obileye Olatunbosun (CGIAR)

09:25 → 09:32 Registering a DataCite DOI step-by-step: SomaliRen

Convener: Mohammed Ali Ahmed (SomaliRen)

09:32 → 09:39 Registering a DataCite DOI step-by-step: NADRE

Convener: Yared Abera Ergu

09:39 → 09:59 Question and Answers