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title: When is a persistent identifier not persistent? Or an identifier?
slug: persistent-identifier-problems
date: 2020-09-08T09:19:55+01:00
type: link
link: https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2020/09/when-is-a-persistent-identifier-not-persistent-or-an-identifier.html
tags:
- Open research
- Persistent identifiers
- ISBN
- DOI
---

I wrote a [post on the problems with ISBNs as persistent identifiers (PIDS)](https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2020/09/when-is-a-persistent-identifier-not-persistent-or-an-identifier.html) for work, so check it out if that sounds interesting.
