[SUNScholar] ORCID ID: a researcher identity within the global research environment

[Ina Smith]

Dear Colleagues

Similar to a national identification number, researchers within a digital
environment needs a researcher identification number to distinguish them
from other researchers with similar names and interests. More information
below.

All SU researchers are invited to join us from the convenience of their
e-devices. A stable Internet connection and sound is all that is required.

Date: Wednesday 17 September 2014
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Venue: http://tex.sun.ac.za/
<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftex.sun.ac.za%2F&h=EAQFHtB89&enc=AZP3NoUg-r8Z0MqYKqcEYyitrUeQS3sS6BgmueOpQDxEYaa2imn5uITtWWFGs7p91e5aZV-r2h8_mU9-H00ksi00BI3aolGZm1R6Lb1PZrJEJ0K3xVcRBGCOgt8CE277jCrdfl_sfvgDuTI8nuQxz7Il&s=1>

Presenter: Dr Laurel Haak, Executive Director, ORCID
Please register at:
http://conferences.sun.ac.za/index.php/liasa/voawr/schedConf/registration


*More about ORCID: Connecting Research and Researchers *
As researchers and scholars, we struggle to have our work discovered,
recognized, and uniquely connected to us. Names may be common, change, or
can be misspelled, and it's difficult to assess and understand outputs
throughout one's career. ORCID is an open, non-profit, and global
initiative that provides a unique identifier to scholars and researchers,
one that stays with them throughout their careers--through graduate school,
postdocs, and beyond, regardless of discipline, name changes, and
geographic and institutional moves. The ORCID identifier is free to
researchers, and it also connects them to their publications, professional
associations, grants, and universities through the interoperable exchange
of information. Publishers now request ORCID iDs during manuscript
submission, funding organizations are incorporating into grant proposals,
universities are creating ORCID iDs for their graduate students, and
faculty, and professional societies are incorporating into their membership
renewal. Through the widespread adoption of ORCID throughout the global
scholarly community, we can all spend less time entering data, discovering
research of interest, and we can also better track outputs.

With kind regards
Ina (on behalf of the SUNScholar team)

*Ina Smith*
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