Project Title

PID Network Germany

Funder

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Grant ID: 506475377)

Duration and Start Date

36 mo., March 1, 2023

Partners

German National Library (DNB), the Helmholtz Open Science Office at the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and University Library, Bielefeld University – University Library

Objectives

The project “PID Network Germany” aims to establish a network of stakeholders around the persistent identification of people, organizations, publications, resources, and infrastructures in the field of digital communication in science and culture, promoting the dissemination and connection of PID systems in Germany. The focus will also be on identifying needs and optimization potential for existing PID systems and embedding them in international knowledge graphs. The project findings should lead to recommendations in order to create a national PID roadmap for Germany.

Contact

Paul Vierkant

Paul Vierkant

Outreach Manager

Paul is our outreach manager at DataCite contributing to the DFG-funded projects re3data COREF and ORCID DE. Prior to DataCite Paul worked for the Helmholtz Open Science Office and different universities where he was involved in building publication and data repositories. As a dedicated Open Science advocate Paul strives to spread the idea of openness in scholarly communication. Paul loves beautiful infographics and even more his crazy family.