The State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine (SSTL of Ukraine) has joined DataCite, an international not-for-profit organisation that provides persistent identifiers (DOIs) for research data and other outputs of scholarly activity.

DataCite brings together institutions from around the world that are committed to making research outputs open, interconnected and reusable across different disciplines, both now and in the future. To support this goal, DataCite develops metadata standards that link different types of research outputs, ranging from samples and images to datasets and preprints. The organisation also supports the creation and management of persistent identifiers (PIDs), integrates its services into researchers' workflows, and facilitates the discovery and reuse of research outputs.

Membership in DataCite enables SSTL of Ukraine to assign DOIs to research datasets produced by Ukrainian higher education and research institutions and published in the National Research Data Repository of Ukraine. This will increase the visibility of Ukrainian research data in the global scholarly landscape, make datasets easier to cite correctly, and help ensure that researchers receive recognition for their contributions.

SSTL of Ukraine has already developed and is further advancing a pilot version of the National Research Data Repository of Ukraine (NRDR, UARD) on the Dataverse platform. The repository will serve as the primary infrastructure for implementing DataCite services.

We invite you to collaborate with us:

• Universities and research institutions are welcome to establish their own branded collections within the NRDR.
• Researchers are invited to publish their research data, obtain DOIs for their datasets, and make them openly available to the research community.

For further information about collaboration, please contact: t.yaroshenko@dntb.gov.ua.