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21. June 2010

DataCite Summer Meeting 2010 in Hannover

"Making Datasets Visible and Accessible" was the motto of the first DataCite Summer Meeting in Hannover from 7th- 8th June 2010.

Access to research data via the internet took centre stage at the conference which was organised by DataCite and the TIB (German National Library of Science and Technology).

The internationality of the more than 100 participants was remarkable: library and information specialists, as well as researchers and representatives from publishers and data centres, had travelled from 12 countries.

The highly-distinguished speakers and lectures/talks given by, amongst others, the OECD, Harvard University and Microsoft Research emphasised the international significance of this first conference on the theme of research data.

The get-together in the ‘Neues Rathaus’ (New Town Hall) on the evening of the first day of the conference provided plenty of opportunities for technical and personal discussions.

The evaluation of the appraisal showed particularly positive feedback from the participants. The content and quality of the programme, the selection of speakers and the ‘time for networking’ were especially identified as ‘very good’ or ‘good’.

The professionalism of the organisation was also praised.
 

Punctually at the start of the Summer Meeting, the new DataCite website went live. At www.datacite.org, you can find information on the consortium and its aims, as well as the contact details of the 12 members from nine countries who have made themselves available as contact partners for researchers, publishers, libraries and data centres at a national level.

DataCite registers research data and allocates them a unique digital identifier – the so-called Digital Object Identifier (DOI). On the website, this elegant link between the scientific article and the analysed research data is presented using examples from different disciplines. On the website, you will soon be able to view a video of all the contributions to the conference during the Summer Meeting.

DataCite is orientating itself on the successful work of the TIB as the world’s first registration agency for research data. The aim of the international consortium is to make it easier for scientists to access research data via the internet and to safeguard and ensure worldwide uniform standards when accessing this research data. Since 2005, the TIB has registered approx. 700,000 research datasets and allocated them a DOI name thus enabling easy access and citability. DataCite is the official DOI registration agency and a member of the International DOI Foundation (IDF). The TIB manages DataCite’s offices in Hannover.