Next Steps for CRediT - An Interview with the Co-Chairs - The Scholarly Kitchen

"As you may have seen, the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (aka CRediT) was recently formalized as an ANSI/NISO standard, making it easier for organizations to give — and individuals to get — recognition for their specific contributions to a research publication (full disclosure: I am Director of Community Engagement for NISO). Getting to this point took a lot of work on the part of many people, not least, the three Co-Chairs of the NISO Contributor Roles Taxonomy Working Group, Liz Allen, Simon Kerridge, and Alison McGonagle-O’Connell. And, while this was a major milestone, there is still much work to be done. So I’m very grateful to Liz, Simon, and Alison for taking the time to tell us a bit about the standardization process, next steps (including launching a new NISO Standing Committee, which will be announced shortly), and opportunities to get involved.

You can read more about the original thinking behind the taxonomy here and if you’ll be at this year’s Society for Scholarly Publishing Annual Meeting, you can also hear more in “Community Standards and Recommendations Supporting Open Scholarship: A Host of Benefits for All“, led by my NISO colleague, Nettie Lagace...."