Reports

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”

#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”

ORCID UK consortium at Open Repositories 2019

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”

Cultivating ORCID: Growing Together, June 2018

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”

Jisc UK ORCID Hackday April 2018: summary

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”

Cultivating ORCID: Encouraging Growth

Report on the Jisc UK ORCID Consortium Members’ Event, June 2017. This event was part of a series of members’ events organised by the Jisc support team for the UK ORCID Consortium. The aim of the event was to bring the UK ORCID community together for peer-to-peer networking and support and to help progress key … Continue reading “Cultivating ORCID: Encouraging Growth”

UK ORCID Consortium members share their views

Feedback from the Jisc UK ORCID Consortium Members Survey 2017 A survey was undertaken of UK ORCID Consortium member institutions from 14th March to 5th April 2017. The intention was to assess the progress of members in adopting and integrating ORCID iDs and to gain feedback on the Jisc UK ORCID consortium support service. All … Continue reading “UK ORCID Consortium members share their views”

Reporting on the UK ORCID API/Use Case and Hack Day Workshops

Introduction Jisc is providing technical and community support to ORCID UK consortium members; as part of this service, Jisc is running workshops with the community to explore the requirements and opportunities for working with data accessed through the ORCID API. Overview of Workshops Use Case Development and API Workshop – 30th September 2016, Birmingham Aimed … Continue reading “Reporting on the UK ORCID API/Use Case and Hack Day Workshops”