The inaugural Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing Impact has been awarded to the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for Scholarly Publishing, in recognition of its transformative role in the industry.

We are pleased to be a part of the joint collaboration between the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), the Association of University Presses (AUPresses), the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), and the International Association of Scientific Technical & Medical Publishers (STM).

Created in memory of Bruce Rosenblum, who was renowned for his trailblazing work in developing DTDs, XML standards, and ensuring sophisticated editorial practices, this award marks the first collaboration between these main five membership bodies in scholarly publishing.

DOI for Scholarly Publishing was unanimously selected as the first recipient for this award. In the award announcement, Melanie Dolechek, Executive Director of the Society for Scholarly Publishing said, “For the past three decades, the Digital Object Identifier has become an indispensable feature” in scholarly publishing, improving the discoverability and impact of research and leading to clear industry standards for identification, documentation, registration and resolution within the scholarly ecosystem we know today. 

This initiative has taken 18 months of collaboration by its five sponsoring organizations within two committees. The Award Governance Committee is made up of the leaders of the five organizations: Caroline Sutton, CEO of STM; Melanie Dolechek, Executive Director of SSP; Peter Berkery, Executive Director of AUPresses; Todd Carpenter, Executive Director of NISO; and Wayne Sime, CEO of ALPSP.

Each body has two representatives forming the Award Planning and Piloting Committee, which currently includes Annette Windhorn and Charles Watkinson (AUPresses), Eefke Smit and IJsbrand Jan Aalbersberg (STM), Lou Peck and Louise Russell (ALPSP), Mary Beth Barilla (replacing Nettie Lagace, no longer with NISO) and Todd Carpenter (NISO), and Simon Holt and Yael Fitzpatrick (SSP). Bill Kasdorf is the convenor and facilitator of both committees.

For further information about Bruce Rosenblum and the Rosenblum Award for Scholarly Publishing, please visit www.rosenblumaward.org. Watch the announcement video, featuring leaders from ALPSP, AUPresses, NISO, SSP and STM below.