How to improve the metadata coverage and quality of open scholarly metadata databases?
Find out and take part in Simon Willemin's presentation on open scholarly databases and their use in Open Access monitoring on 24 October 2024.
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 12.15 - 13.00
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No registration is necessary
As part of this year's International Open Access Week, Simon Willemin from the ETH Library will talk about the use and improvement of open scholarly metadata databases such as OpenAlex and OpenAIRE.
Open scholarly metadata databases such as OpenAlex and OpenAIRE can be used to measure the progress of the implementation of Open Access (OA) in a country or institution. The coverage and quality of the publication metadata available in such databases can still be improved. Since some of the registries used as a source in those global databases are community-led, it is possible for anyone to contribute to their improvement.
The webinar will first handle some challenges of using such databases for quantitative purposes (bibliometrics). It will then introduce tools that anyone can use to improve the coverage and quality of the metadata in such databases. A particular focus will be placed on the metadata required for analyses of OA publications output from Swiss institutions.
The webinar is addressed at professionals involved in OA or research evaluation, librarians, and anyone interested in open scholarly metadata databases.