Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Key stakeholders, including the Library, the Office of Research, and representatives that participate in a Bibliometrics Working Group (BWG), have come together to support the implementation of Open Researcher and Contributor Identifiers (ORCID) across the University, starting with a two-year pilot project to explore how a campus-wide approach could support researchers.
ORCID is a persistent identifier (PI) that points to an individual researcher, similar to the digital object identifiers (DOI) that are assigned by a publisher when an article is made available electronically.
A unique, no cost 16-digit ID number, an ORCID allows researchers to build a verified record with links to all their research, employment history, education, qualifications, conference proceedings, professional awards and more, all in one place.
Researchers can also accept a trusted organization, such as their academic institution, to add research information to their ORCID record, saving them time to focus on their research and allowing the academic institution to better understand research impact.
The goal of the pilot project is to explore the use of ORCID PIDs across the University, focusing on the implementation of ORCID for a small group of students and identifying key workflows that would allow staff to support researchers using ORCIDs Affiliation Tool.
Outreach and engagement for this pilot program will run until the end of fall 2025 and a final report will be shared in winter 2026.
Further information: Library’s ORCID pilot project page and Library Guide to sign up for an ORCID. Questions can be directed to the Library’s Research Intelligence Project Analyst.
