PERSISTENT IDENTIFIERS:WHAT IF?
10/19 – Cost effective
"Due to limited funding allocated to the cultural heritage sector, cultural organisations should use PID systems that are either free or have very low costs"
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.
