Welcome to the first day of the EUI Impact Challenge! Today we ask you to register your ORCID. What is ORCID? Short answer: an ORCID is a unique 16-digit researcher ID number associated with you. The term ORCID also refers to the registry of all such numbers, which makes it possible to unambiguously associate publications, […]

A new EUI Open Access Policy was adopted by the EUI academic council on 15 November 2017. The new policy corresponds more to the reality of today and is more service oriented than procedure oriented. It consists of five main points: Cadmus and self-archiving (‘Green OA’) Cadmus as publisher (‘EUI imprint’) Open Access journals Licences […]

Last month, during Open Access Week, the Library launched a competition.  The goal was to complete an EUI themed crossword, printed on the canteen tray sheets, which was not as easy it sounds: if you didn’t have a chance to play, print the picture below and give it a try. Do you know all the […]

Authors with an ORCID containing publications can see a summary from ImpactStory in DataCite Profiles, and a direct link will send you to your ImpactStory profile page. DataCite staff, currently at Force16 conference in Portland (Oregon) today released added support for ImpactStory and GitHub. It is now possible to link the GitHub account, the ORCID identifier used by DataCite Profiles. […]

Recently a report on the benefits of ORCID (author identifier) implementation in higher education was published.

ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and – through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission – supports automated linkages between the author and his/her professional activities ensuring that the work is recognized. ORCID is a non-profit organization supported by a global community of organizational members, including research organizations, publishers, funders, professional associations, and other stakeholders in the research ecosystem.