i would appreciate hearing from actual publishing academics on the
subject if doi would help them.
Yes, it helps. This is one of the standard pieces of metadata that
libraries use, and being able to provide a DOI makes things easier and
bring the RFC series into line with typical best practice for academic
publishing.
really? i am told by uk peers that it is similar to what Riccardo wrote.
Riccardo Bernardini <framefritti(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
In Italy, at the moment, not so much. In order to be taken in account
in evaluation procedures, it must be published on an indexed journal.
(Yes, even works published on conferences are not considered for
evaluation purposes)
randy