Michael Ladisch UCD Library (01) ORCID: ORCID iDs: Optimizing Research Discoverability

ORCID (“orkid”) = Open Researcher and Contributor ID NOT: “ORCID is like a DOI for researchers.”

The problem

How can ORCID help? Registry use is international More than 600,000 iDs issued to date Open, non- profit, community- driven organization Website and registry localization for multiple languages in process

Eliminate name ambiguity

More problems with names And on and on it goes … The top 129 surnames are shared by 87% of the Han-population in China. Spanish names: Alejandro Rodríguez de la Peña y de Ybarra What is first name and what are the surnames? Half of the population on the Korean peninsula share the three most common surnames (Kim, Lee, Park) P. Ghosh: International Business Times online, 15 th Nov And in Ireland: How many people with the name Murphy, Kelly or O’Sullivan do you know? irish-last-names html

Funders Funders are embedding ORCID identifiers in their grant submission systems and awardee databases Universities Opportunities for integration with: Researcher profile systems Institutional repositories Grants & contracts HR systems Safety/research conduct training & compliance Professional societies Associations are integrating into membership renewal, publishing and meeting registration processes Publishing & repositories Publishers are integrating into manuscript submission and author/reviewer databases Repositories linking with deposition, search and updating Both are linking internal ID with ORCID record ORCID is a hub connecting the research landscape

More than 100 organizations to date are working with ORCID to integrate into their systems

Distinguish yourself

1. Register for an iD

You control the privacy

2. Connect your ORCID iD

2. Connect your ORCID iD: search and add works

14 2. Connect your ORCID iD: manually add works

Associate your ORCID iD with ResearcherID Exchange profile and/or publication data between ORCID and ResearcherID 2. Connect your ORCID iD: link to other identifiers

What does an ORCID page look like?

ORCID Support at UCD Library

ORCID Support at UCD Library Raising awareness among College Liaison Librarians Highlighting ORCID in presentations/talks to and discussions with researchers and research administrators Promotional campaign with Outreach Team “Monthly Promotion” Posters Flyers Targeted s Promotional video ( Social media Plasma screens Packages with promotional material for research administrators

Michael Ladisch UCD Library (01) ORCID: Thank You!