2026-10-29 –, LUMC02
Are your researchers expecting DOIs from your institutional research repository while it still relies on Handles?
This session offers a practical account of implementing automated DOI registration in TSpace, the University of Toronto’s institutional repository. You will learn how the University of Toronto Libraries is responding to the growing expectation that repository outputs participate fully in the global persistent identifier infrastructure.
Are your researchers expecting DOIs from your institutional research repository while it still relies on Handles?
This session offers a practical account of implementing automated DOI registration in TSpace, the University of Toronto’s institutional research repository. You will learn how the University of Toronto Libraries is responding to the growing expectation that repository items participate fully in the global persistent identifier infrastructure.
Scholarly publishing services at the University of Toronto Libraries Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office support multiple DOI registration services across different platforms and communities, including DataCite for repository content and Crossref for journals published through Open Journal Systems. As DOI use has expanded across these services, aligning workflows and service models has become increasingly important. At the same time, the growth of open access publishing and repository deposit has heightened the need for consistent, interoperable persistent identifiers that connect outputs across systems.
You will hear how DOI registration in TSpace is being scoped and implemented within this environment. This includes how a brief scan of peer repositories informed the local approach, how priority item types were identified for an initial pilot, and how automated DOI registration through the DataCite Canada Consortium is being configured within the repository with support from Scholaris, the Canadian shared institutional repository service.
The session will also address practical considerations for operating in a mixed PID environment and for communicating the value of DOIs to repository contributors and campus partners.
After this session, you will:
Understand how to scope DOI implementation in an institutional repository, including identifying local priorities
Gain insight into the practical steps involved in piloting automated DOI registration in a DSpace repository
Appreciate how DOI implementation supports interoperability across repository and publishing infrastructures in an evolving open access landscape
Shelby Thaysen is the Scholarly Publishing Librarian at the University of Toronto Libraries Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office in Toronto, ON.
In this role, she is responsible for TSpace, the University of Toronto's institutional research repository, and the university’s open access journal publishing service hosted on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.
Shelby is passionate about assisting researchers with their publishing, teaching, and research needs through her expertise related to copyright, open access, and information.
Julia Gilmore is the Digital Projects Librarian at Scholars Portal and leads the development and delivery of the Scholaris shared institutional repository service, including coordinating the Early Adopter Program and participating as an ex-officio member of the Scholaris Network of Expert Groups (Digital Preservation Expert Group, Metadata & Discovery Expert Group, and the Electronic Theses & Dissertations Expert Group). She holds a Master of Information in Archives & Records Management from the University of Toronto and a BKin from McMaster University.