DOIs in practice

Having missed yesterday's call, I apologize if this blog post has already
come up, but just in case I thought some might find it interesting:

 

http://ws-dl.blogspot.com/2016/11/2016-11-07-linking-to-persistent.html

 

As the post describes, even when a user clicks on a DOI, they often end up
bookmarking or forwarding the non-DOI link. There are various ways
publishers try to mitigate against this, and the post suggests another
approach, but at present practice varies widely, so the problem persists
(pun intended). 

 

The blog is one maintained by Michael Nelson's digital library group at Old
Dominion University.

 

Tim Cole

University of Illinois at UC