ORCiD implementation @ UQ

Heather ToddDirector, Client Services, UQ Library

Researcher ID Pilot project with Thomson-Reuters to

develop a service that would◦ Bulk register UQ academics for RIDs◦ Provide UQ with access to the RID accounts for batch upload and

download of publication data◦ Initial phase of the project involved working with TR to develop

appropriate workflows

Author identifiers – what has happened to date

ResearcherID integration….UQ learnings

Excellent source of accurate publication metadata when limiting imported records to those with a WoS identifier

Allows for validating/correcting existing eSpace records

Efficient for importing publication data for new staff (if they are in disciplines with good WoS coverage)

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Bulk registration is not an efficient process Very low completion rates

ResearcherID integration is now done on a case-by-case basis:

◦ managed by UQ eSpace staff on request from UQ academics (or on their behalf) via email

◦ UQ eSpace imports new WoS publications into eSpace weekly from linked ResearcherID accounts and links those papers to UQ researchers without human intervention

◦ Can initiate import of WoS publications in linked ResearcherID accounts at any time

◦ Can upload eSpace publications to linked ResearcherID accounts (though this is not done very often).

One key learning

Asked liaison librarians to work with researchers to clean up Scopus ID’s - mixed success

Subscribed to SciVal in late 2014 Working on a project to clean up researchers –

started with those with known name issues and/or high H index.

This has proved to much easier – more efficient and faster turnaround from Elsevier

Key Learning – researchers will not do this themselves unless they see a benefit

Scopus ID’s

Only ResearcherID is fully integrated

UQL took out premium ORCiD Membership mid 2014(funded from the Library Collection Budget and supported by the ODVCR)

Developing an application to allow UQ researchers to manage their author identifiers

Author identity management will allow for high quality metrics-based reporting provide researchers will a rich source of article level

metrics based on integrated data

Users can log into any of the following :

◦ UQ eSpace (institutional repository)◦ UQ Author Statistics App via UQ eSpace◦ UQ Library website personalised home page

What will happen……

Users can easily see if they have signed up to author identifiers Note: name of researchers have been deleted in this slide

1. API sends user to ORCiD2. User logs in and then redirects information re their

ORCiD back to UQ via the API3. ORCiD then included in their UQ eSpace author profile

1. Researcher details will be pre-populated from UQ’s HR data – researcher may have to fill in any missing information

2. The API will create an ORCiD account and will send the researcher an email which they have to claim the account in 10 days.

3. ORCiD then included in UQ eSpace author profile.

1. API will search ORCiD for the researcher’s name and return possible matches

2. Researcher will select one and then the API will send user to ORCiD3. User logsUser logs in and then redirects information (ORCiD) back to UQ

via the API4. ORCiD then included in author profile

Rolling out ORCiD Created several hooks to make it easy Users never have to enter in their ORCiD number Soft launch – will target high profile researchers

and all new researchers as part of induction process

Will encourage all RHD students to create an ORCiD – part of our scholarly publishing program

Work with the ODVCR to incorporate into HERDC, ERA and various training programs eg Essential Knowledge for Research Management Seminar

Acknowledgements Dr Amberyn Thomas – Director, Scholarly

Communications and Digitisation Service, UQ Library

Mr Cameron Green, Senior Developer, UQ Library