diff --git a/app/jobs/doi_failure_job.rb b/app/jobs/doi_failure_job.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ec6c1fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/jobs/doi_failure_job.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class DOIFailureJob < ContentEventJob
+  def action
+    'DOI failed to mint for this work'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/services/doi_service.rb b/app/services/doi_service.rb
index d4aea3775..ef287e7a8 100644
--- a/app/services/doi_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/doi_service.rb
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@ class DOIService
   EZID_RESOURCE_TYPES = {
     'Article' => 'Text',
     'Audio' => 'Sound',
-    'Book' => 'Book',
+    'Book' => 'Text',
     'Capstone Project' => 'Text',
     'Conference Proceeding' => 'Text',
+    'Dissertation' => 'Text',
     'Dataset' => 'Dataset',
     'Image' => 'Image',
     'Journal' => 'Text',
     'Map or Cartographic Material' => 'Image',
+    'Masters Thesis' => 'Text',
     'Part of Book' => 'Text',
     'Poster' => 'Audiovisual',
     'Presentation' => 'Audiovisual',
@@ -35,10 +37,15 @@ def run(object)
     current_doi = doi(object)
     return current_doi.first if current_doi.present?
 
-    response = client.mint_identifier(handle, response_body(object))
-    object.identifier += [response.id]
-    object.save
-    response.id
+    begin
+      response = client.mint_identifier(handle, response_body(object))
+      object.identifier += [response.id]
+      object.save
+      response.id
+    rescue Ezid::Error => e
+      Rails.logger.warn "Got an Ezid::Error: #{e}, No DOI was created!"
+      DOIFailureJob.perform_later(object, User.find_by(login: object.depositor))
+    end
   end
 
   private
@@ -51,16 +58,18 @@ def response_body(object)
       if object.resource_type.empty?
         base_body(object)
       else
+        Rails.logger.warn "Resource type: #{object.resource_type.first} translation: #{EZID_RESOURCE_TYPES[object.resource_type.first]}"
         base_body(object).merge!('datacite.resourcetype' => EZID_RESOURCE_TYPES[object.resource_type.first])
       end
     end
 
     def base_body(object)
       {
+        # '_profile' => 'datacite',
         'datacite.creator' => formatted_creators(object),
         'datacite.title' => object.title.first,
         'datacite.publisher' => 'ScholarSphere',
-        'datacite.publicationyear' => '2018',
+        'datacite.publicationyear' => object.date_uploaded.year.to_s,
         target: object.url
       }
     end
diff --git a/spec/services/doi_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/doi_service_spec.rb
index e68f82b9f..7bc8792d1 100644
--- a/spec/services/doi_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/doi_service_spec.rb
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@
   let(:first_creator) { create(:alias, display_name: 'First Creator', agent: Agent.new(given_name: 'First', sur_name: 'Creator')) }
   let(:second_creator) { create(:alias, display_name: 'Second Creator', agent: Agent.new(given_name: 'Second', sur_name: 'Creator')) }
 
+  let(:upload_date) { Time.now }
   let(:object) do
     create(:work,
       title: ['DOI Title'],
       creators: [first_creator, second_creator],
       identifier: identifier,
-      resource_type: ['Article'])
+      resource_type: ['Article'],
+      date_uploaded: upload_date)
   end
 
   context 'existing doi' do
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@
     let(:metadata) { { 'datacite.creator' => 'Creator, First; Creator, Second',
                        'datacite.title' => 'DOI Title',
                        'datacite.publisher' => 'ScholarSphere',
-                       'datacite.publicationyear' => '2018',
+                       'datacite.publicationyear' => upload_date.year.to_s,
                        'datacite.resourcetype' => 'Text',
                        target: object.url } }
 
@@ -46,10 +48,19 @@
       expect(object.reload.identifier).to eq([identifier.first, doi])
       expect(minted_id).to eq(doi)
     end
+
+    context 'the client errors' do
+      it 'logs an error' do
+        expect(client).to receive(:mint_identifier).with('testhandle', metadata).and_raise(Ezid::Error, 'bad error')
+        expect(DOIFailureJob).to receive(:perform_later).with(object, anything)
+        minted_id = service.run(object)
+        expect(minted_id).to be_blank
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context 'with a collection' do
-    let(:object) { create(:collection, title: ['DOI Collection']) }
+    let(:object) { create(:collection, title: ['DOI Collection'], date_uploaded: upload_date) }
     let(:doi) { 'doi:10.5072/FK2VT1Q90B' }
     let(:response_body) { 'success: doi:10.5072/FK2VT1Q90B | ark:/b5072/fk2vt1q90b' }
     let(:client) { instance_double(Ezid::Client) }
@@ -57,7 +68,7 @@
     let(:metadata) { { 'datacite.creator' => 'Creator, Creator C.',
                        'datacite.title' => 'DOI Collection',
                        'datacite.publisher' => 'ScholarSphere',
-                       'datacite.publicationyear' => '2018',
+                       'datacite.publicationyear' => upload_date.year.to_s,
                        target: object.url } }
 
     before do
@@ -70,4 +81,59 @@
       expect(minted_id).to eq(doi)
     end
   end
+
+  context 'all the resource types' do
+    let(:doi) { 'doi:10.5072/FK2VT1Q90B' }
+    let(:response_body) { 'success: doi:10.5072/FK2VT1Q90B | ark:/b5072/fk2vt1q90b' }
+    let(:client) { instance_double(Ezid::Client) }
+    let(:response) { instance_double(Ezid::MintIdentifierResponse, id: doi) }
+    let(:work) do
+      create(:work, title: ['DOI Title'],
+                    creators: [first_creator, second_creator],
+                    resource_type: [], date_uploaded: upload_date)
+    end
+
+    it 'maps the resource type correctly' do
+      allow(Ezid::Client).to receive(:new).and_return(client)
+      check_resource_type(work: work, client: client,
+                          resource_types: ['Audio'], datacite_type: 'Sound')
+      check_resource_type(work: work, client: client,
+                          resource_types: ['Dataset'], datacite_type: 'Dataset')
+      check_resource_type(work: work, client: client,
+                          resource_types: ['Image', 'Map or Cartographic Material'],
+                          datacite_type: 'Image')
+      check_resource_type(work: work, client: client,
+                          resource_types: ['Poster', 'Presentation', 'Video'],
+                          datacite_type: 'Audiovisual')
+      check_resource_type(work: work, client: client,
+                          resource_types: ['Project', 'Other'],
+                          datacite_type: 'Other')
+      check_resource_type(work: work, client: client,
+                          resource_types: [
+                            'Software or Program Code'
+                          ], datacite_type: 'Software')
+      check_resource_type(work: work, client: client,
+                          resource_types: ['Article', 'Book', 'Capstone Project',
+                                           'Conference Proceeding', 'Dissertation',
+                                           'Journal', 'Masters Thesis', 'Part of Book',
+                                           'Report', 'Research Paper'],
+                          datacite_type: 'Text')
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+def check_resource_type(work:, client:, resource_types:, datacite_type:)
+  resource_types.each do |resource_type|
+    work.resource_type = [resource_type]
+    work.identifier = []
+
+    metadata = { 'datacite.creator' => 'Creator, First; Creator, Second',
+                 'datacite.title' => 'DOI Title',
+                 'datacite.publisher' => 'ScholarSphere',
+                 'datacite.publicationyear' => work.date_uploaded.year.to_s,
+                 'datacite.resourcetype' => datacite_type,
+                 target: work.url }
+    expect(client).to receive(:mint_identifier).with('testhandle', metadata).and_return(response)
+    service.run(work)
+  end
 end