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 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?”
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”
What is the New Zealand ORCID Hub – and do we need something similar in the UK? Join us for a webinar and a working session at the upcoming ORCID member’s meeting to learn about the New Zealand ORCID Hub and to feed into a discussion on the need for a UK equivalent. What is … Continue reading “A national ORCID Hub – sharing experience and developments from New Zealand”
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”
Neil Jefferies, University of Oxford, concludes the reports from a workshop held in the last quarter of 2017 – thank you very much to Neil for spearheading this discussion and sharing the outcomes with the community. This is the final blog posting arising from the ORCID Delegation workshop held on the 10th October at Jisc … Continue reading “Delegating tokens – the details”
