Title: Empowering Discovery with DataCite: DOIs Powering Research Workflows in DSpace
When: May 4, 2026, 12:00 – 13:30 CET (Europe/Warsaw)
Speakers: – Małgorzata Paszkowska, PCG Academia
– Mohamad Mostafa, DataCite
Organizer:
DSpace Lab Days
DSpace Lab Days is a monthly series of online meetings designed for the professional exchange of knowledge and experience regarding the implementation and use of the DSpace system. The format of the meetings is flexible: from short lectures and expert panels, through case studies and Q&A sessions, to practical hands-on workshops. The meetings are addressed to members of the DSpace Poland National Group and all repository administrators, digital libraries, developers, and project managers interested in increasing the visibility of scientific achievements through DSpace.
The meetings are primarily addressed to members of the DSpace Poland National Group, but are open to all interested parties. In particular, we also invite repository and digital library administrators, developers, project managers, and anyone interested in the DSpace repository.
DSpace Lab Day #6
Persistent identifiers are the backbone of modern research infrastructure and DOIs are at the heart of it. In this edition of DSpace Lab Days, we are joined by Mohamad Mostafa from DataCite to explore how DOIs and the DataCite metadata schema empower research discovery and open science workflows.
The session is structured in two parts: first, a conceptual and strategic overview of what DataCite offers and why it matters for institutional repositories then a live demonstration of how the DataCite integration works inside DSpace, from DOI minting to metadata export.
Whether you are already using DOIs or considering how to adopt them in your repository, this session will give you both the big picture and the practical detail.
What you will learn:
What DataCite is and why persistent identifiers matter for research visibility and compliance,
How DOIs are assigned and managed for research outputs in institutional repositories,
Where and how the DataCite integration appears inside DSpace: submission workflow, metadata fields, API,
How DOI minting works in practice: a live walkthrough inside a running DSpace instance,
What institutions gain from connecting their DSpace to DataCite – discoverability, reporting, open science mandates.
Agenda:
Welcome and introduction,
DataCite overview — what DOIs enable for repositories and open science,
Live demo — DataCite integration in DSpace: DOI minting, metadata, workflows,
Q&A and open discussion.
Experts:
Małgorzata Paszkowska
Key Account Manager / Project Manager, PCG Academia
She specializes in project management and business analytics, currently serving as a client supervisor and project manager in the Science line at PCG Academia. A long-time collaborator of the Information Processing Center – National Research Institute. She supervised the implementation of projects such as the Scientific Achievement Evaluation System (SEDN) and the Polish Scientific Bibliography (PBN). As part of her professional work, she has carried out projects related to end-to-end software development – from concept to production implementation to post-implementation user support. She holds numerous certificates in business analysis and traditional and agile project management. She graduated from interdisciplinary studies in European Studies at the University of Warsaw.
Mohamad Mostafa
DataCite
Mohamad Mostafa supports institutions and communities around the world in adopting open research practices and values through DataCite membership, services, and activities. He is also a member of the UNESCO Working Group on Open Science Infrastructures. Prior to joining DataCite, Mohamad worked for over 12 years in scholarly publishing, focusing on Open Access for journals and books. He values contributing to the development of an equitable and inclusive research infrastructure.
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