Structured, well-documented, and FAIR-aligned data is the foundation of effective research dissemination. However, data publishing activities have often focused on the last step in the…
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UC3 New Year Series: Persistent Identifiers at CDL in 2025
Posted in EZID, Persistent Identifiers, and ROR
CDL’s persistent identifier portfolio, which includes the Research Organization Registry (ROR), EZID, Name-to-Thing (N2T), and the new Collaborative Metadata Enrichment Taskforce (COMET) initiative, had a…
UC3 New Year Series: The Merritt Digital Preservation Repository in 2025
Posted in Digital Preservation, and Merritt
At UC3, we’re dedicated to advancing the fields of digital curation, digital preservation, and open data practices. Over the years, we’ve built and supported a…
At UC3, we’re dedicated to advancing the fields of digital curation, digital preservation, and open data practices. Over the years, we’ve built and supported a…
Sustainable, community-driven infrastructure is essential for advancing open scholarship. That’s why UC3 not only championed the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) through our advocacy…
Understanding the Vision Behind Make Data Count and the Open Global Data Citation Corpus
Posted in data metrics, and Make Data Count
As the scientific community increasingly embraces open data, the question of how these datasets are being accessed and utilized becomes ever more pressing. Researchers, funders,…
Embracing a New Era of Data Curation: A Vision for Openness and Innovation at UC3
Posted in Data Publication
At the University of California Curation Center (UC3), our commitment to advancing data curation and publishing is deeply rooted in our belief in open access…
High-Quality Metadata: A Collective Responsibility and Opportunity
Posted in Persistent Identifiers, Projects, and UC3
Cross-posted from the Upstream Blog: https://upstream.force11.org/high-quality-metadata/ Our community and tools rely on high-quality DOI metadata for building connections and obtaining efficiencies. However, the current model –…
Developing a US National PID Strategy
Posted in Persistent Identifiers, and UC3
Advancing Research through a Unified National PID Strategy In a recent project facilitated by the Open Research Funders Group (ORFG) and Research Data Alliance US…
Welcome, Adam Buttrick: Introducing UC3’s new Persistent Identifiers Product Manager
Posted in EZID, Hiring, Persistent Identifiers, and ROR
Championing PIDs and Open Science at UC3 Hello! My name is Adam Buttrick and I’m excited to be joining the UC3 team to lead its…