ORCID cross-sector application and use case: Publisher workflow, Wits Press (A. Joseph)
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Panel presentation at the 2016 ORCID South Africa workshop (19 July 2016)
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ORCID cross-sector application and use case: Publisher workflow, Wits Press (A. Joseph)
- 1. Applications and use cases of ORCiD integrations: A scholarly publisher’s view 2016 ORCiD South Africa Workshop Pretoria 19 July 2016 Andrew Joseph – Digital Publisher
- 2. Wits University Press? • Humanities and Social Sciences book publisher • 20 to 25 titles a year • Web of Science inclusion • Full frontlist digital production • Consortial and individual sales • Members of ORCiD • 5 members of staff • No submission or production systems
- 3. What does a scholarly publisher do anyway? • University Press vs Commercial Publisher • Mission based publishing: Peer-review, production, dissemination • Dissemination and Discoverability
- 4. South African scholarly publishing • Largely traditional print based • Limited or no digital presence – usually on commercial retailers • Reliance on international publishing partners • Measuring value – Profit and Usage • No submission or production systems
- 5. Partner or competitor? • Department of Higher Education and Training • Universities • Funders • University Rankings • Libraries • Commercial publishers
- 6. (Source: Wischenbart Global Ranking of Publishers 2016)
- 7. What are the issues? • FOMO bias • HSS / STM • Journals / Books • ‘Scienticisation’ and ‘metricising’ • North vs South: output and measures • Currency fluctuation and mergers/acquisitions
- 8. What needs to be done? • Competition vs collaboration • Active and critical engagement • Institutional relationships - cyclical • Local IS international
- 9. Why we’re using ORCiD • To enhance dissemination and reach of our books • To connect to institutions and funders value of accurate records • To provide a service to our authors • To validate our publications on public records • To validate the efforts of reviewers through Publon • To contribute to a public database of researchers
- 10. • Embed ORCiDs in our digital books and XML – not direct API • ORCiDs requested at contract submission - currently • Included in our metadata – currently • Documenting publication details on author ORCiD records • Depositing metadata with Crossref – includes ORCiD How Wits University Press uses ORCiDs
- 11. What we’re not doing • Using ORCiD from submission • No direct link via ORCiD’s API – manual entry • No production systems • Metadata
- 12. • Not a panacea • Won’t address all concerns about HSS books especially monographs • ORCiD in print • Backlist titles • Supplement / augment other identifiers We think ORCiD doesn’t… but it could…
- 13. • Cambridge University Press, Springer Nature, Editeur, California Digital Library, University of Minnesota Press, Wits University Press • Aims: • Guide to best practices for integrating ORCiD into workflows • Direct API use for small publishers • Integration with Publon • Best practice for funders • Involve non-Anglophone publishers and researchers Working Group on ORCiD Integration for Books
- 14. Andrew Joseph Digital Publisher Wits University Press Andrew.Joseph@wits.ac.za