GBIF is pleased to announce the publication of “A Beginner’s Guide to Persistent Identifiers”. Suggested citation: GBIF (2011). A Beginner’s Guide to Persistent Identifiers, version 1.0. Released on 9 February 2011. Authors Kevin Richards, Richard White, Nicola Nicolson, Richard Pyle, Copenhagen: Global Biodiversity Information Facility, 33 pp, accessible online at http://links.gbif.org/persistent_identifiers_guide_en_v1.pdf. With regards, Éamonn Ó Tuama _______________________________________________ Éamonn Ó Tuama, M.Sc., Ph.D. (eotuama@gbif.org), Senior Programme Officer, Inventory, Discovery, Access (IDA), Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, DENMARK Phone: +45 3532 1494; Fax: +45 3532 1480