The Australian ORCID Consortium was established in January 2016 with 40 founding members including universities, research agencies, and organizations. It allows members access to premium ORCID features at a reduced price and provides Australian-based technical support. The Consortium was preceded by the formation of an ORCID Working Group in 2014 and two national ORCID roundtables in 2015 that led to the development of a joint statement of principles and a Consortium model. The Consortium aims to support widespread ORCID adoption across the Australian research sector through engagement activities, resources, and sharing of implementation experiences.

1. ORCID: an Australian story
Natasha Simons http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0635-1998
Research Support Community Day, Melbourne
8 February 2016

2. July 2014
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3. January 2016
Australian Consortium opens
with 40 members made up
of:
• 36 universities
• Australian Research
Council
• National Health and
Medical Research Council
• CSIRO
• Heart Research Institute
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Laure Haak, ORCID & Heath Marks, AAF sign the Australian ORCID
Consortium agreement at eResearch Australasia October 2015

4. Australian ORCID Working Group
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Some members of the ORCID WG at the April 2015 roundtable,
Canberra

5. Australian ORCID Working Group
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The Working Group works closely with
two major funding agencies.

6. ORCID: an Australian story
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First National
ORCID
Roundtable
Development
of Joint
Statement of
Principles
Second ORCID
Roundtable.
Release of Joint
Statement.
Development
of a
Consortium
Model
Draft Model
release and call
for EOI
Consortium
opens with 38
members
CAUL
ANDS
CAUL
ANDS
ARMS
UA
CAUL
ANDS
ARMS
UA
AAF
CAUDIT
July 2014 April 2015Dec 2014 Aug 2015 Jan 2016

7. Consortium benefits
In a nutshell:
• Access to full features of
premium ORCID membership
at heavily reduced price.
• Australian technical support -
trained by ORCID
• Community support: webinars
and resources, sharing of
experiences and best practice
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Slide courtesy of Chris Chan at HKBU
https://www.haikudeck.com/orcidhkbu-education-presentation-c6kfRdEuZR

8. Where to from here?
• Focus on institutional ORCID
rollout
• Consortium members -
engagement via AAF
• Sector-wide support &
engagement (whether Consortium
member or not) - webinars, events
etc.
• Learn from each other
Research Support Librarians
have a key role to play! ‘Cid’ the fuzzy bug – part of the ORCID rollout toolkit at the University of Kent:
http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/orcid/

9. Key messages for researchers
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10. Next week in Canberra
February 15-16, 2016
• International ORCID Outreach Meeting
• Australian ORCID Consortium launch!
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11. Bookmark this
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ORCID blog:
http://orcid.org/about/news
Twitter: @ORCID_Org
ORCID on slideshare:
http://www.slideshare.net/ORCIDSlid
es
Australian ORCID Consortium:
http://aaf.edu.au/orcid
ORCID in Australia joint statements:
http://www.ands.org.au/discovery/or
cid.html
ANDS ORCID Webinar recordings:
ANDS YouTube ORCID playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/user/andsdata
Australian ORCID blog posts:
ORCID in Australia:
https://orcid.org/blog/924
ORCID and Open Access:
http://aoasg.org.au/2015/09/28/orcid
-giving-new-meaning-to-open-
research/
Go hunting - there’s
plenty of info out
there!

12. Acknowledgement
Australian National Data Service is funded by
the Commonwealth under the NCRIS Program
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