The New ORCID US Community: Working Together for Robust Integration Leaders Forum, Richmond, VA, March 29, 2018 Jill Grogg, Licensing Program Strategist, LYRASIS Ellen Ramsey, Director for Scholarly Repository Services, University of Virginia Library

The new ORCID US Community AGENDA What is ORCID? The new ORCID US Community ORCID integration at the University of Virginia Discussion

An identifier for researchers A registry WHAT IS ORCID? An identifier for researchers A registry A set of standard procedures (APIs) for connecting researchers to their affiliations and activities A committed community building connectors An international scale open research effort

For example …. Elementary school teacher in Kansas Guess who? Faculty at Salius Univ, Speech Language Institute Yoga instructor in California

Grogg is fairly unique, but other names …. An article in PubMed A search from Acumen at UA A search from Ancestry.com

800+ members from 41 countries The orcid community 800+ members from 41 countries 550+ system connectors: all research sectors Over 4.5 million researchers 1.5m records with connected information https://orcid.org/statistics Consortia in: UK Italy US Finland South Africa Sweden Taiwan HRA Funder Consortium Netherlands Australia Belgium New Zealand Germany Canada

ORCID RESTS ON A SIMPLE IDEA By pooling the know-how and influence of the international research community, we can deliver a huge step forward for the openness and reliability of research information.

EACH SECTOR HAS A PRIMARY ACTION AND BENEFIT PUBLISHER Assert Authorship EMPLOYER Assert Affiliation COLLECT CONNECT COLLECT CONNECT COLLECT CONNECT FUNDER Assert AWARD

ORCID INTEGRATION IN THE UNITED STATES Big Ten Academic Alliance Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) NorthEast Research Libraries (NERL) LYRASIS Combined to form a unique US inter-consortial partnership, beginning January 2018

Premium memberships include: PRICING AND BENEFITS Institutions can join ORCID at the premium membership level for a national rate of $4,300/year through the new ORCID US Community Premium memberships include: Real-time update notifications Regular access to ORCID public data Access to multiple system connections Monthly analytics reports By joining, institutions will have access to the new dedicated staff position for the US to assist with ORCID integration (beginning ~ May 2018)

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: ORCID US COMMUNITY A new dedicated staff position, the ORCID Community Specialist, will be housed at LYRASIS to serve the ORCID US Community. The ORCID Community Specialist will: Offer administrative support; Manage and support the onboarding of new members; Develop shared resources, communication materials, and events; Respond to ORCID Tier 1 technical questions and referring issues to ORCID staff when higher level support is needed; Provide overall community management; and, Offer marketing, outreach, and representation at the international consortial level.