1. CrossRef Adds New Services, Expands to New Content Areas.
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ONLINE information services , *PUBLISHING , *SOCIETIES , *WEBSITES - Abstract
The paper reports that CrossRef now has more than 700 participating publishers and societies and has been adding an average of 9,000 digital opportunity initiative (DOI) per day to its system in 2004. Of the more than 12 million DOI now registered with CrossRef, 850,000-plus are assigned to books and conference proceedings. CrossRef recently began offering discounted registration for components and multiple entries in large reference works. It has also moved to admit other types of original research content such as working papers. Among the organizations that joined CrossRef in recent months are GeoScience World, Social Science Research Network, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, and the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi.
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- 2004