The Jisc UK ORCID Consortium is 5 years old this year. Each year we bring our members together in our annual event to share experiences, updates and knowledge across our community of practice. Originally, we had planned a celebration, involving a big cake (not big enough to have someone jump out of, although this was … Continue reading “#BakeItOrFakeIt Elevenses”
The first UK ORCID Regional Meeting was held at the University of Salford on the 6th of February. These meetings have been organised in response to requests from our members to hold shorter, more focussed consortium meetings for groups so that they can be easily attended. The meeting began with introductions from the attendees who … Continue reading “Report: ORCID UK Regional Meetings – NW England”
The UK ORCID Consortium is happy to announce that booking is now open for the first regional meeting (Thursday 6 February, 13:30) in t’ North West and North of England, kindly hosted by the University of Salford. This participant-led event is in response to community demand for smaller, local events throughout the year and across … Continue reading “Jisc ORCID Regional Meetings – First Event in Salford coming up”
Our latest blog post is now available on our sister site. This article sets out the wider context in which the ORCID personal persistent identifier sits, it looks at some of the initiatives in which Jisc has driven the environment and policy forward, giving an overview of key engagements and identifiers. With thanks for … Continue reading “Evolving the PID landscape: The power of working together”
The Jisc UK ORCID Support Team was represented by Balviar Notay and Monica Duke at the Open Repositories 2019 conference held in Hamburg between 10th and 13th June, 2019. They presented a paper on behalf of the UK ORCID consortium giving an overview of the experience and growth of the consortium, with a focus on … Continue reading “ORCID UK consortium at Open Repositories 2019”
This post was edited on 19 June 2019 to correct a factual error in the information on asserting affiliation and update information on the way information was added in the ORCID registry web API When I first started at my current job in Jisc last year, I was asked to identify ORCID iDs connected with … Continue reading “iDentifying your researchers: challenges and opportunities”
The UK ORCID consortium has been recognised as a community that works together for the common good. Jisc is proud to serve this community in the role of consortium lead. The award was given by ORCID officially “For excellence in investing in supporting infrastructure” aka the “Yoda” – For being the force that binds us … Continue reading “Excellent it is…….UK Consortium wins award from ORCID”
At the end of February 2019, the UK ORCID consortium looks set to reach 100 member institutions. Since the launch in 2015, our members have been involved in creating a community of ORCID implementors. As a community, we consider strategies to tackle challenges that span policy, advocacy and technical infrastructure. We work together towards solutions … Continue reading “Tools for our members – who has an ORCID ID?”
ORCID have released an Open Letter from funders which shows a public commitment to implementing best practice ORCID workflows. The following funders have so far signed up: FWF/Austrian Science Fund National Research Foundation (South Africa) Howard Hughes Medical Institute (USA) Wellcome Trust (UK) Research Council of Norway CAPES (Brazil) The Royal Society (UK) UKRI (UK) … Continue reading “Funders sign up to ORCID Open Letter”
How ORCID UK Consortium members manage the information about their ORCID contacts within their institution is changing. ORCID have mandated that all Consortium Consortia must start using their Self Service contacts management system by the end of this calendar year. The Jisc UK consortium is in the process of making this switch. After the switch, … Continue reading “Preparing for ORCID Self Service – actions and webinar”
