Do I need a DOI?

This lightning talk will be a short introduction to DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers). John Kunze (2021) [1] describes ten persistent myths about persistent identifiers. Similarly, in this lightning talk I will describe some of the misunderstandings I have encountered in my discussions with people about DOIs in my role coordinating the NZ DOI Consortium.

References:
[1] John Kunze 2021, ARK Alliance website, ARK Alliance Key (ARK), accessed 27 October 2023, https://arks.org/blog/ten-persistent-myths-about-persistent-identifiers/.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Andrea Goethals started her digital preservation career in 2003 as a computer scientist working on the technical challenges. Since then she has worked in many different roles focusing on the policies, strategies and people that make digital preservation programmes possible. She is now Manager of Digital Preservation and Data Capability at the National Library of New Zealand. She participates in many local, regional and international working groups including NZ DOI Consortium, Australasia Preserves, IIPC Steering Committee, iPres Steering Group, Digital Preservation Storage Criteria WG, DataCite CESG, NSLA DPN and DPC-Australasia.

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