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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”

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”

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”

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”

#BakeItOrFakeIt Elevenses

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”

Report: ORCID UK Regional Meetings – NW England

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”

Evolving the PID landscape: The power of working together

  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”

iDentifying your researchers: challenges and opportunities

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”

Excellent it is…….UK Consortium wins award from ORCID

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”