The ORCID US Community consortium is still growing strong! This is our sixth newsletter, featuring updates from across the community over the past 6 months. Past newsletters can be found in the ORCID US Community Blog. To contribute to future newsletters, please email orcidus@lyrasis.org. Stay well! Community Snapshot Member institutions = 150 (As of Jun. … Read More
While ORCID iDs and the ORCID API can fit within any aspect of the research and scholarship lifecycle, repositories are an especially relevant area of interest for many organizations in the ORCID US Community. ORCID provides technical infrastructure that can be used in repository systems to improve author identification and streamline workflows related to information … Read More
Pennsylvania State University became an ORCID member in 2014, and have since used all five of their ORCID member API credentials in various systems across campus. This blog post is based on a presentation by Dan Coughlin, Head of Strategic Technologies for Penn State University Libraries, at the ORCID US Community Showcase Webinar #5 on … Read More
Within the research and scholarly communication landscape, initiatives like ORCID are most beneficial to all parties involved when multiple stakeholders can work together to strategize for adoption and promotion of best practices. For universities participating in the ORCID US Community consortium, libraries have generally taken the lead in ORCID adoption efforts, which makes sense, because … Read More
As we wrap up the 2020 calendar year, we are looking into how the ORCID US Community has been affected by the global coronavirus pandemic this year, and reflecting on the progress we’ve made since the ORCID US Community consortium was launched three years ago in 2018. This is our fifth newsletter, featuring updates from … Read More
The University of Rochester in New York became an ORCID member organization in 2017 initially through the NorthEast Research Libraries (NERL) consortium, prior to joining through the ORCID US Community consortium in 2018. This blog post is based on presentations by Lauren Di Monte, Assistant Dean, Digital & Research Strategies at University of Rochester River … Read More
The ORCID US Community continues to grow as we are now halfway through our third calendar year, while also facing the ripple effects of the global coronavirus pandemic. This is our fourth newsletter, featuring updates from across the community over the past 6 months. Past newsletters can be found in the ORCID US Community Blog. … Read More
Originally posted at www.carl-abrc.ca. The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to announce the availability of a plug-in to support new OpenAIRE guidelines in DSpace 5 & 6. The plug-in, developed by 4Science, a Certified Partner of DSpace, enables institutions using DSpace 5 & 6 to support OpenAIRE Guidelines for Literature Repositories, Version 4. Comprehensive, interoperable metadata … Read More
There is currently a lot of buzz in the US about ORCID and something called “SciENcv” – but what is SciENcv and what do you need to know about it? SciENcv is a tool managed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that allows researchers to create a biographical sketch (biosketch) to submit with their … Read More
Researcher participation is key to unlocking the benefits of ORCID for both individuals and organizations, but as a relatively new technology, the value of ORCID is not always immediately understood by individual researchers who might initially think of ORCID as “yet another” thing they have to keep track of. In actuality, ORCID is not “yet … Read More
January 27, 2020. HeinOnline, a product of William S. Hein & Co., Inc. has integrated with ORCID, enabling authors of legal publications to connect their ORCID iD with their Author Profile from within the HeinOnline platform. ORCID (Open Researcher & Contributor Identifier) provides unique, persistent identifiers (ORCID iDs) for individuals to distinguish between researchers and … Read More
Florida State University (FSU) became a member of the ORCID US Community in spring of 2018 to help their researchers gain credit for their works and contributions, leverage the ORCID API for system interoperability, and get a better idea of institutional impact through more efficient reporting on grants and publications. Tiffany Phillips, IT support specialist … Read More