# Title already has a handle, can I assign a DOI as well?

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**Tags:** content-registration, deposit\_support, repositories\
**Created:** [26 February 2024 14:33 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/title-already-has-a-handle-can-i-assign-a-doi-as-well/5011 "2024-02-26T14:33:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://community.crossref.org/u/Francesca)\
**Post date:** [26 February 2024 14:33 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/title-already-has-a-handle-can-i-assign-a-doi-as-well/5011/1 "2024-02-26T14:33:13Z")

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Hello,

A title published by our university press is shared via Open Access at the author’s home institution. They have assigned the title a handle.  
Our university press would like to host a copy of the open access title on our campus digital repository and they have requested that we assign a DOI.  
I’m wondering about how to deal with this request. Since the title already has a handle, would it be duplicative to mint a DOI? It is the same epub file for both BUT they would resolve to different repositories.  
Any advice on how to proceed would be appreciated.  
Thank you.  
Francesca

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**Author:** ![Shayn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/shayn/32/57_2.png) [@Shayn](https://community.crossref.org/u/Shayn)\
**Post date:** [26 February 2024 20:55 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/title-already-has-a-handle-can-i-assign-a-doi-as-well/5011/2 "2024-02-26T20:55:41Z")

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Hi Francesca,

Thanks for your question.

Yes, that should be fine. It’s alright for the same item to have a Handle identifier and a DOI.

It’s a fairly common scenario for a publisher to register a DOI for an article in their journal, and for an author’s home institution to host an author accepted manuscript version of that same article in their repository with a Handle registered.

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

-Shayn