Final Report of the PURL Working Group, Transmittal Letter, and Recommendations to the DLC (September 26, 2023)

This file is Report of the Depository Library Council’s Working Group on Exploring the Durability of PURLs and Their Alternatives, which also contains The transmittal memo to the Depository Library Council Chair Jen Kirk from the Working Group’s Chair Will Stringfellow. The Working Group was charged to investigate persistent identifier schemas, to determine if PURLs are still the best persistent identifier (PID) schema for GPO to provide permanent public access to born digital and digitally imaged Government information. Their report includes Principles for Persistent Identifiers and Persistent Identifier Systems for the Government Publishing Office that they developed, the results of their investigations, and recommendations for Council’s consideration for transmitting to GPO.