DOIs for theses

[jezcope]

Hi folks, we recently surveyed our UK DataCite Consortium members on assignment of DOIs to theses, and while there’s broad interest in this right now very few organisations have actually been able to put it into practice. We (and our consortium members) would love to hear about the practical issues that our international colleagues have faced and how (or if?) you’ve over come them. A couple of prompts come to mind:

1. What needed adapting in processes, systems, metadata etc. to make assigning DOIs to theses work?
2. If you needed additional resource, how did you make the business case to support it?

We’re planning a webinar on this soon as well, so if anyone is willing to share a short (10 minutes max) presentation on your experiences please let us know; we’d be very grateful!

Also linking this previous thread as it’s relevant:

DOI Assignment to Dissertations and Theses

Is there a best or standard practice for which organizations typically assign DOIs to dissertations and theses? I could imagine the university or institution where the dissertation is produced might assign a DOI or the organization publishing the dissertation. As a funding organization, we are considering if we should assign DOIs to dissertations. Or, if DOI assignment is occurring through another mechanism prior to the dissertation or thesis being provided to us.

Thanks,
Jez

[KellyStathis]

Thanks for this @jezcope! You might try posting in the DataCite Chat Room (which is public) if you’re looking for input beyond consortia - I could see universities that are direct members also having insights on this topic!

[jezcope]

Thanks Kelly! I think I put this in the General category which is also public, but I’ve moved it to DataCite Chat Room now.