Individual DOI minting for Open Repository: a script for creating a DOI on demand for a DSpace repository
Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are a key persistent identifier in the publishing landscape to ensure the discoverability and citation of research products. Minting DOIs can be a time-consuming task for repository librarians. This process can be automated since the metadata for DOIs is already in...
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2025-01-01
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| description | Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are a key persistent identifier in the publishing landscape to ensure the discoverability and citation of research products. Minting DOIs can be a time-consuming task for repository librarians. This process can be automated since the metadata for DOIs is already in the repository record and DataCite, a DOI minting organization, and Open Repository, a DSpace repository platform, both have application programming interfaces (APIs). Existing software enables bulk DOI minting. However, the institutional repository at UMass Chan Medical School contains a mixture of original materials that need DOIs (dissertations, reports, data, etc.) and previously published materials that already have DOIs such as journal articles.
An institutional repository librarian and her librarian colleague with Python experience embarked on a paired programming project to create a script to mint DOIs on demand in DataCite for individual items in the institution’s Open Repository instance. The pair met for one hour each week to develop and test the script using combined skills in institutional repositories, metadata, DOI minting, coding in Python, APIs, and data cleaning. The project was a great learning opportunity for both librarians to improve their Python coding skills. The new script makes the DOI minting process more efficient, enhances metadata in DataCite, and improves accuracy. Future script enhancements such as automatically updating repository metadata with the new DOI are planned after the repository upgrade to DSpace 7.
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| spelling | doaj-art-652781d338c94c30859f1c9c253259f62025-01-14T23:39:29ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghJournal of the Medical Library Association1536-50501558-94392025-01-01113110.5195/jmla.2025.2076Individual DOI minting for Open Repository: a script for creating a DOI on demand for a DSpace repositoryCatherine Tess Grynoch0Lisa Palmer1University of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolDigital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are a key persistent identifier in the publishing landscape to ensure the discoverability and citation of research products. Minting DOIs can be a time-consuming task for repository librarians. This process can be automated since the metadata for DOIs is already in the repository record and DataCite, a DOI minting organization, and Open Repository, a DSpace repository platform, both have application programming interfaces (APIs). Existing software enables bulk DOI minting. However, the institutional repository at UMass Chan Medical School contains a mixture of original materials that need DOIs (dissertations, reports, data, etc.) and previously published materials that already have DOIs such as journal articles. An institutional repository librarian and her librarian colleague with Python experience embarked on a paired programming project to create a script to mint DOIs on demand in DataCite for individual items in the institution’s Open Repository instance. The pair met for one hour each week to develop and test the script using combined skills in institutional repositories, metadata, DOI minting, coding in Python, APIs, and data cleaning. The project was a great learning opportunity for both librarians to improve their Python coding skills. The new script makes the DOI minting process more efficient, enhances metadata in DataCite, and improves accuracy. Future script enhancements such as automatically updating repository metadata with the new DOI are planned after the repository upgrade to DSpace 7. http://jmla.pitt.edu/ojs/jmla/article/view/2076Institutional RepositoriesDSpaceDataCitePythonOpen Repositories |
| spellingShingle | Catherine Tess Grynoch Lisa Palmer Individual DOI minting for Open Repository: a script for creating a DOI on demand for a DSpace repository Journal of the Medical Library Association Institutional Repositories DSpace DataCite Python Open Repositories |
| title | Individual DOI minting for Open Repository: a script for creating a DOI on demand for a DSpace repository |
| title_full | Individual DOI minting for Open Repository: a script for creating a DOI on demand for a DSpace repository |
| title_fullStr | Individual DOI minting for Open Repository: a script for creating a DOI on demand for a DSpace repository |
| title_full_unstemmed | Individual DOI minting for Open Repository: a script for creating a DOI on demand for a DSpace repository |
| title_short | Individual DOI minting for Open Repository: a script for creating a DOI on demand for a DSpace repository |
| title_sort | individual doi minting for open repository a script for creating a doi on demand for a dspace repository |
| topic | Institutional Repositories DSpace DataCite Python Open Repositories |
| url | http://jmla.pitt.edu/ojs/jmla/article/view/2076 |
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