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”
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”
Thank you to all who came and participated and presented at the ORCID members day. Please find all presentations at: http://bit.ly/ORCID18 In the morning there were updates from ORCID and Jisc and presentations from institutions on their ORCID implementation journey. In the afternoon there were breakout sessions on a number of topics from Collect & … Continue reading “Cultivating ORCID: Growing Together, June 2018”
This blog post is derived from notes and analysis by Owen Stephens, consultant. Thanks are due to Owen for his contributions to the hackday planning, running and reporting. The Jisc UK ORCID hackday took place in Jisc’s London offices on 24th April 2018. It was a gathering of developers and practitioners who came together to: … Continue reading “Jisc UK ORCID Hackday April 2018: summary”
The full programme is now available and registration is open for this year’s UK ORCID consortium members’ event: Cultivating ORCID – Growing together, 28th June 2018 Aims and objectives: Reflect on progress to date, both in Jisc activity and community implementation Help develop vision for the consortium Feed into new development requirements and shape activity … Continue reading “UK ORCID consortium members’ day 2018 – registration now open”
A plugin for the eprints.org repository software has been released to take advantage of the ORCID member API. The plugin, which has been developed in a collaboration between Jisc and eprints.org services, with input from the eprints.org community, brings new functionality to take full advantage of ORCID membership and offer improved services to repository users … Continue reading “eprints.org ORCID Advance Support plug-in released”
Please join the Jisc UK ORCID support team and ORCID for the next Cultivating ORCID: Growing Together event which is planned for the 28th June 2018 – please add the date to your diaries. The aim and objectives of the event: Reflect on progress to date, both in Jisc activity and community implementation Help develop … Continue reading “Save the date: UK ORCID consortium members event – 28th June 2018”
Nicky Ferguson writes: At our workshop event a couple of weeks ago I mentioned the Jisc UK ORCID Community Forum. This is an invited group of volunteers, representing a variety of UK institutions, backgrounds and systems software users, who since January have been keeping a keen eye on our activities and progress, giving us the … Continue reading “UK ORCID Community Forum”
