Pearl: A Journal of Library and Information Science
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 4

Digital Object Identifier: A Unique Identifier for Scholarly Assets

Information Scientist, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar-249404, Uttarakhand, India. Email id: akvishvakarma@rediffmail.com

Online published on 28 December, 2015.

Abstract

ICTs have blessed us with numerous opportunities to access scholarly communication/asset in digitalenvironment but managing digital resources is a tough task. DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) are the means for identifying content objects in digital environment, which enhances not only their uses but gives them a unique identity forever. This paper discusses DOIs and their possible applications for scholarly communication/asset.

Keywords

Digital environment, DOI, Digital Object Identifier, IDF, International DOI Foundation, Persistent identifier, Scholarly assets