Challenges and roadblocks to robust metadata in the scholarly communications industry

For the scholarly communications community to extract the most value from scientific research, as well as to successfully move from subscription to open access publishing models, it is essential to have ‘clean’ metadata and a robust infrastructure to build the required workflows, processes and syste...

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Published in:Insights: The UKSG Journal
Main Authors: Deni Auclair, Jamie Carmichael, Jessica Thibodeau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2024-05-01
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Online Access:https://account.insights.uksg.org/index.php/up-j-i/article/view/642
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Summary:For the scholarly communications community to extract the most value from scientific research, as well as to successfully move from subscription to open access publishing models, it is essential to have ‘clean’ metadata and a robust infrastructure to build the required workflows, processes and systems to support effective use of that metadata. The obstacles to achieving a supporting infrastructure and implementing effective workflows are many, negatively impacting every stakeholder group and every aspect of the research and publishing process.
ISSN:2048-7754