PERSISTENT IDENTIFIERS:WHAT IF?
10/19 – Cost effective

Cost effective
Resources, particularly financial resources, are scarce in the cultural heritage sector.
In addition, organisations have a general mission to provide access to their items free of charge for non-commercial use.
Therefore:
• Cultural organisations should use PID systems that are either free of charge, or have a very low cost in relationship to their available resources. Persistent Identifiers (PIDs): recommendations for institutions (PDF) by Gordon McKenna and Roxanne Wyns.
In addition, organisations have a general mission to provide access to their items free of charge for non-commercial use.
Therefore:
• Cultural organisations should use PID systems that are either free of charge, or have a very low cost in relationship to their available resources. Persistent Identifiers (PIDs): recommendations for institutions (PDF) by Gordon McKenna and Roxanne Wyns.