ORCID UK Support Blog

Managing researcher identity and name changes using ORCID

UK ORCID Jisc consortium event report What were we interested in and why?  In the UK, Jisc leads a consortium of ORCID implementors in higher education, consisting of nearly 100 Universities, research organisations and a major funder.  ORCID is an identifier for contributors to research and is intended to help with continuity of identity for researchers across time, disciplines and … Continue reading “Managing researcher identity and name changes using ORCID”

Standard Contractual Clauses and the GDPR

On 1 October 2021 Jisc signed, on behalf of all members of the UK ORCID Consortium, the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) issued by ORCID. This was communicated, via email, to the main contacts of all consortium members on 28 October. The email included the signed SCCs and the letter from ORCID to Jisc referencing the … Continue reading “Standard Contractual Clauses and the GDPR”

ORCIDs in the Wild: A Field Guide to the Popular Persistent Identifier

The Open Researcher and Contributor IDentifier (ORCID) launched as the persistent identifier for active people within scholarship 6 October 2012, has grown in use and popularity. The ORCID iD and the underlying ORCID record in the global registry, accessed via a RESTful API, can confidently be said to be the default way to identify real … Continue reading “ORCIDs in the Wild: A Field Guide to the Popular Persistent Identifier”

UKRI OA policy – response from UK ORCID consortium lead

As the lead organisation for the UK ORCID Consortium, we are delighted to see what is pragmatically a mandate for ORCID iD, for all contributors to a scholarly output in the new UKRI Open Access Policy Technical requirements for journals and publishing platforms (4g) and institutional and subject repositories (5d):   common unique PIDs for research management information (for … Continue reading “UKRI OA policy – response from UK ORCID consortium lead”

UK ORCID community 2021 launch meeting

Overview The UK ORCID consortium’s first community members’ event of 2021 was also the first event after submissions for REF 2021. As such, it was a good opportunity to take stock of the role that ORCID iDs had (or hadn’t) played in REF preparations and what lessons could be learned for the future. In this … Continue reading “UK ORCID community 2021 launch meeting”

Let’s meet………..Neil Jefferies

Neil Jefferies is Head of Innovation for the Open Scholarship Support team at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University. Starting back in May 2014, he project-managed Oxford’s participation (along with seven other institutions) in the Jisc-ARMA ORCID Pilot that was a precursor to the establishment of the UK ORCID Consortium in August 2015. In June 2016, … Continue reading “Let’s meet………..Neil Jefferies”

What’s next for the consortium in 2021?

Alas we cannot give you the answer to the million-dollar question “What can we expect in 2021?”, as we do not have that crystal ball, but what we can do is to provide some UK ORCID consortium updates, including some changes in staffing in the Jisc ORCID support team.  Events and community  Like in any other sphere of … Continue reading “What’s next for the consortium in 2021?”

Global first for UKRI – recording funding peer review contributions in ORCID records

Researchers can now have their grant peer review contributions made visible and recognised when added to their ORCID Record by the UKRI’s Je-S funding platform. UKRI and nearly 100 UK Higher Education and research organisations are members of ORCID, an international non-profit organisation that is committed to help achieve recognition and support for researchers by … Continue reading “Global first for UKRI – recording funding peer review contributions in ORCID records”

Highlights of ORCID webinars September to November 2020

This blog posts provides highlights of four webinars presented by ORCID over the last few months, honing in on the topics of most interest to our members. With many demands on your time, we help you to get to the information you need more easily. We have provided timings for sections of these webinars so … Continue reading “Highlights of ORCID webinars September to November 2020”

Consortium events round-up for the summer of 2020

Every year the UK consortium plans events for institutional members. We plan these as needed depending on priorities for members at different times and specific aims the community agrees on to make progress with ORCID implementation in UK Higher Education. Hackdays and training events are two types of meeting we have used to help exchange … Continue reading “Consortium events round-up for the summer of 2020”