Persistent Identifiers

ORCID at Leiden University

On June 22, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) organised an information session on the Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) and its benefits and uses. This is a summary of the information covered that afternoon.

Mieneke van der Salm • 13-07-2017

PIDapalooza 2016: Persistent Identifiers Party Hard

Early November 2016, I was privileged to give a presentation about the ORCID implementation at Leiden University at the first ever PIDapalooza Festival, a conference for people interested in persistent identifiers and their use, uses, and future.

Mieneke van der Salm • 15-12-2016

Scope out your research: about ResearcherID and Scopus Author ID

This week we continue our survey of persistent author identifiers with Thomson Reuters' ResearcherID and Elsevier's Scopus Author ID. How useful are they to Leiden Scholars?

Mieneke van der Salm • 17-02-2015

Flowers make the scholar: about ORCID and Google Scholar Citations

Last week we talked about the importance of persistent identifiers. This week we'll be taking a closer look at two of them: ORCID and Google Scholar Citations.

Mieneke van der Salm • 11-02-2015

Be who you are: the importance of persistent identifiers

In today's crowded scholarly publishing scene mix-ups with similarly-named authors, variants or name changes can easily happen. How can persistent identifiers help you claim your identity and distinguish you from others with your name?

Mieneke van der Salm • 03-02-2015

Blogs

ORCID at Leiden University

PIDapalooza 2016: Persistent Identifiers Party Hard

Scope out your research: about ResearcherID and Scopus Author ID

Flowers make the scholar: about ORCID and Google Scholar Citations

Be who you are: the importance of persistent identifiers