DOI registration

[dinikayame]

OJS supports creation and registration of DOIs via the DOI plugins. However, DOI registration with Registration Agencies are a paid service. Issue is that if we want it do automatically correspond to doi URL ( http://dx.doi.org/), the DOI needs to be registered with a known agency.

• check with library on how they issue DOIs and if they already are with an agency that issues

[mcollison]

It looks like the two options have different pricing models.

• DataCite; a membership model for academic institutions that is substantially more expensive (although they don't list the price it is listed at 7000 euros annually on a forum) but lets you allocate DOIs at will.
• CrossRef; a turnover based model that seems to be aimed at smaller publishing services. The library etheses system publish using D-Space and (probably) DataCite although it is not clear how the DOI is acquired through their system and whether we can lean on a Newcastle University DataCite membership to generate our own DOIs.

I've emailed a contact in the library to clarify their process for generating DOIs and will update when I have more details.