Direct Member Settings

Direct Members can update their account settings, which include organization information, contact information, and billing information. This information populates the Members page and is DataCite's primary source for being able to contact the relevant parties at your organization.

To modify the Direct Member settings, go to the Settings tab in the Member dashboard. Click the "Update Member" button in the upper left. Enter any changes in the appropriate fields and click "Save" at the bottom of the page.

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DataCite Members Page

The fields Logo, Member Name, Website, Country, Organization Type and Focus Area in your Member account in Fabrica populate the DataCite Members page. If you leave these fields blank, they will appear blank on the Members page.

Here is an example of how it looks for a Direct Member:

Organization Information

• Member ID: The Member ID is the unique identifier for each Member and can't be changed. The Member ID can contain only upper case letters and must not be longer than 8 characters. An automatically generated ID will appear when creating a new account. Note: The Member ID is established during onboarding and can't be modified.
• Organization identifier (optional): The ROR ID for your organization. Use the lookup to search the Research Organization Registry (ROR) for your organization's ROR ID.
• Member Name: The official name of your organization.
• Member Display Name: Name of your organization as you would like it to appear in Fabrica and on DataCite’s website. The contents of this field will appear on the DataCite Members page.
• System Email: The primary email address that you would like DataCite to use to communicate with you, including sending password reset requests. If you have a generic shared email address (such as [email protected] or similar), you may use that here.
• Group Email (optional): A generic shared email address (such as [email protected] or similar) where you would like to receive communications from DataCite.
• Website (optional): The URL of the Member's primary website. The contents of this field will appear on the DataCite Members page.
• Twitter (optional): The Twitter handle for the Member.
• Country (optional): The country where the Member is physically located. The contents of this field will appear on the DataCite Members page.
• Organization Type (optional): Select the type of organization that best describes the Member. The contents of this field will appear on the DataCite Members page.
• Focus Area (optional): Select the field of research that best describes the primary focus of the materials described by the Member's DOIs. The contents of this field will appear on the DataCite Members page.
• Description (optional): A description of the Member.
• Logo (optional): Please upload your horizontal logo in either png or jpeg format. It will be proportionally resized to be no larger than 500 x 200 px.

Contact Information

All of the following contact information must be included in the Direct Member profile.

• Voting Representative: The voting contact is the person responsible for casting the Member's vote in the DataCite General Assembly. Please provide this person's name and email address.
• Service Contact: The service contact is the primary person responsible for the Member from an account management perspective. This person is considered to be the primary contact for any necessary DataCite or system communications. Please provide this person's name and email address.
• Technical Contact: The technical contact is the person responsible for maintaining any custom integrations with DataCite services the Member may have built, or otherwise the person most suited for discussing troubleshooting with DataCite technical staff. Please provide this person's name and email address.
• Billing Contact: The person responsible for handling payment to DataCite. Please provide this person's name and email address.

Billing Information

• Billing Organization: The name of the organization as it should appear on invoices.
• Billing Department: The specific department at your organization that is responsible for payment.
• Billing Street: The street and number of your organization's mailing address, as it should appear on invoices.
• Billing City: The city in your organization's mailing address, as it should appear on invoices.
• Billing State/Province: The state or province in your organization's mailing address (if applicable), as it should appear on invoices.
• Billing Zip/Post Code: The zip code or postal code in your organization's mailing address, as it should appear on invoices.
• Billing Country: The country in your organization's mailing address, as it should appear on invoices.