[Irtalk] Another tip: Assign doi's to your theses/dissertations/other digital objects in your repository

[Smith, Ina <ismith@sun.ac.za>]

Doi's are important in a digital environment: Like the Universal Product Code (UPS) bar code used on virtually every physical product, digital objects are identified by DOIs. Since its introduction, the DOI has provided a stable, persistent link between content and a directory on the Internet to which the content owner wishes the DOI to point instead of a Web address or URL.

The DOI is also used as an important emerging international standard for identification of published material online. Today many scientific journal publishers are using the DOI to enable readers to move seamlessly across the Internet from one location to another. Using DOI makes managing digital objects in a networked environment much easier and more convenient for both publishers and their customers. The usages of the DOIs are also very broad. Even though applications of the DOI were first applied within the publishing industry, they extend well beyond the publishing industry, especially for electronic commerce applications.
Register with a service provider such as CrossRef and assign doi's to all theses/dissertations: http://crossref.org/03libraries/index.html

Kind regards
Ina

Ina Smith
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