1. Getting Started with DOIs in the Institutional Repository
Jeffrey M. Mortimore, Georgia Southern University
Ashley D. Lowery, East Tennessee State University
ALA Midwinter 2017

2. Why Add DOIs? Extends reach of IR content
Provides legitimacy to repository materials
DOIs aid connections with third-party platforms

3. Case Study: Georgia Southern Journals
Added DOIs to 5+ Journals in Digital Southern
Established Crossref Membership
$ annual fee + $0.10 — $1.00 per article-level DOI
Developed and signed MOUs
Membership relationship
Proxy authority (LOC and Crossref)
Responsibilities in case MOU is terminated
Developed DOI suffix patterns ( /ijhm )

4. DOI Workflow – Overview
Generate article-level DOIs
Publish DOIs in the IR
Deposit DOIs in Crossref
Test DOI Resolution
Publish DOI References
Deposit DOIs within 24 hours of publishing!

5. DOI Workflow – Generate & Publish DOIs in the IR
Input the information for an issue into the Journal DOI Generator in Excel: Publish the DOIs on journal website.

6. DOI Workflow – Deposit DOIs in Crossref
Once article DOIs are published, deposit the DOIs with Crossref within 24 hours!
Two methods for deposit:
Manual deposit via the webDeposit form (
Labor-intensive but less technically demanding
Only specific content types are supported
Automated deposit via XML upload.
More technically demanding but fast
Requires XSLT transformation of OAI-PMH XML to Crossref XML

7. DOI Workflow – Test DOI Resolution
As simple as clicking on a DOI URL to see if it resolves…
Once deposited, DOI link should resolve to target resolution page for article.

8. DOI Workflow – Publish DOI References
Required to upload reference list with DOIs
Upload supplementary documents for published articles
Request new submissions to include DOIs
Find DOIs for reference articles using Simple Text query form (

9. Lessons Learned
Develop your DOI syntax to accommodate the full range or resources for which you are likely to deposit DOIs.
Secure the MOU and DOI syntax before depositing.
You don’t need a journal-level DOI to publish article-level DOIs. However, the journal does need to have an ISSN.
Publish DOIs to DC before depositing with Crossref. However, Crossref is watching, so deposit ASAP!
Every format will require unique XSL to transform; however, the online form is reliable and hand-coded XML uploads just fine, too.
Crossref provides a sandbox server with which to test your XML prior to uploading.

10. Questions?
Presentation Resources Jeffrey M. Mortimore Ashley D. Lowery