Workshop on PIDs for scientific events

Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) are essential tools for improving the discoverability, accessibility, and reusability of research resources. By enabling precise identification, reliable tracking, and long-term availability of metadata, PIDs serve as a cornerstone for integrating research outputs into the scholarly ecosystem. While the use of PIDs for resources like text publications, research data, and researchers is widely recognized, their application to academic events such as conferences or workshops remains limited – despite these events being vital drivers of scholarly communication and collaboration.

The workshop on PIDs for academic events is part of the event series organized by the PID Network Deutschland project . The goal of the workshop is to explore the role of PIDs in improving the organization, visibility, integration and quality control of academic events in scientific information infrastructure systems. We will address the diverse information needs of stakeholders, including researchers, conference organizers, publishers, librarians, funders, and research organizations.

The workshop aims to clarify why PIDs are crucial for academic events and how the lifecycle of these events can be effectively described using robust metadata. We want to show tools and platforms that can leverage event PIDs and discuss how researchers and organizations can benefit from their adoption – not only for discovery and citation purposes but also for research assessment. We will highlight how PIDs facilitate the connection of diverse outputs from academic events – such as proceedings, videos, slides, and posters – while playing a pivotal role in cataloguing and linking event-related information.

The workshop aims to develop a deeper understanding of the different perspectives and needs of stakeholders in the description and archiving of academic events. Participants will also gain insights into existing practices, tools and platforms as well as the future development of metadata standards.

You can register for the workshop here.