Academics: bring your own identity. Exploratory thoughts and a plug for the ORCID ecosystem. By Amber Thomas, head of Academic Technology Team at the University of Warwick UK. @ambrouk

1. bring your own identitybring your own identity
exploratory thoughts
(and a plug for the ORCID ecosystem)

2. Context:
From Jisc digital infrastructure to academic technologies at Warwick
Problem Statement:
What’s wrong with how things are?
Potential Solutions:
How can we address it?
what I’ll talk aboutwhat I’ll talk about

3. changes to the research landscapechanges to the research landscape
• open access makes more papers are accessible
• what counts as scholarship is broadening
• more academics are using the web to spread their
research
• some are even using it to do their research
• increased pressure to provide evidence of reach, impact
and engagement
• Increasing number of “digital resident” behaviours
• short term contracts and a transient workforce

4. meanwhile in e-learning world …meanwhile in e-learning world …
• e-learning experts often are researchers
• research-led teaching blurs boundaries
• teaching the researchers of tomorrow
• digital literacies for staff and students
• MOOCs promote the profile of academics who teach well
online
• Increasing number of “digital resident” behaviours
• short term contracts and a transient workforce

5. the result is …the result is …
scholarly networking
researchgateacademia.edu
monitoring tools
£££££
topsy
diigoyoutube
generic social tools
twitter
linked-in
scopus
web of science
library stuff n ting
google scholar
CHAOS
figshare
mendeley
cool social scholarship
peerJ

6. keeping track of the chaoskeeping track of the chaos
Now re-key your entire professional life into this form,
and put all your stuff in my awkwardly shaped bucket

7. Researcher IDs are not a new ideaResearcher IDs are not a new idea
2008
…… but one who’s time has come?but one who’s time has come?

8. The ORCID ecosystemThe ORCID ecosystem
scopus
web of science
library stuff n ting
scholarly networking
researchgateacademia.edu
monitoring tools
£££££
topsy
diigoyoutube
generic social tools
twitter
linked-in
impact
story
plum
analytics
ORCID
google scholar
figshare
mendeley
cool social scholarship
peerJ

9. ORCIDORCID

10. ORCID exampleORCID example

11. impact storyimpact story

12. impact story: formimpact story: form

13. impact story: exampleimpact story: example

14. imagining a better wayimagining a better way
Now re-key your entire professional life into this form,
and put all your stuff in my awkwardly shaped bucket
What’s your ORCID number?

15. Context:
From Jisc digital infrastructure to academic technologies at Warwick
Problem Statement:
What’s wrong with how things are?
Potential Solutions:
How can we address it?
what I (hopefully) talked aboutwhat I (hopefully) talked about