CrossRef Annual Meeting 2012 Global Panel Eleonora Dagiene
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Transcript of CrossRef Annual Meeting 2012 Global Panel Eleonora Dagiene
CrossRef in <Lithuania
Eastern Europe><Vilnius Gediminas Technical University>
<The Association of Lithuanian Serials>
VGTU Press is one of the three largest academic publishers in Lithuania
Discoverability of the Lithuanian journals on the Internet
The Association of Lithuanian Serials
Henry Oldenburg (1615—1677) the first Secretary of the Royal Society and the first
editor of The Philosophical Transactions of the
Royal Society (Phil. Trans). It was established in 1665.
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Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Lithuanian Physical Society
Association of Lithuanian Serials
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
Publishing House Technologija
Vytautas Magnus University
The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences is the only governmental institution which is
not a university that publishes 12 journals.
Currently, only 57 Lithuanian journals
receive a partial state funding from
the Academy (funding will last
until 2014).
What do organizations outside <Lithuania> need to know to do
business with <Lithuania>
• The Law on Public Procurement regulates the use of funds in state institutions including universities.
• The budget cycle starts in January and ends in December.
• Only small tenders can be conducted in the form of an inquiry (asking no less than three suppliers to submit a proposal), while larger ones require for an open tender.
• A successful tenderer can sign a contract for no longer than three years. Once the contractual period is over, all procurement procedures have to be started again.
VGTU Press started CrossRef services in 2008
In order to register DOIs, we restructured the journal websites following the rules set by CrossRef, which resulted in bigger visibility of VGTU journals on the Internet.
Reference Linking is done in PDF files as VGTU journals are not yet published in HTML format.
Which CrossRef Services do we participate in?
Which CrossRef Services do we participate in?
VGTU Press staff uses The Simple Text Query and recommends it to journals‘ editorials and authors
Which CrossRef Services do we participate in?
VGTU Press launched CitedBy with the widget written by our programmer in 2011
Some issues we encounter: local language and lack of DOIs metadata for local journals
Which CrossRef Services do we participate in?
CrossCheck has been used by all editors of the VGTU journals since spring of 2009.
CrossCheck is actively promoted in events of the Association of Lithuanian Serials.
This year, the Lithuanian Research Council gave a small grant to the Association for promotion of the system.
CrossCheck is also used by previously mentioned 57 journals, the publishing of which is partially funded from the budget.
Which CrossRef Services do we participate in?
To what types of content are you assigning CrossRef DOIs?
How many of each?
Journals articles
Books – 170 annually (about 500 in general)
Some of conference proceedings
What are some of the benefits you have seen from participating
in CrossRef?
• With each new CrossRef service we implemented, we have learned a lot about scholarly publishing
• Minimum investments are required to improve journal circulation and visibility in the global academic community if CrossRef and its initiative are followed.
• With CrossRef we can always be sure to be up to date with the latest innovations that are important to our journals and their authors.
Small publishers produce about 70% of research journals globally, so we rule.
We rule only if we are initiative and innovative.
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