ORCID cross-sector application and use case: Publisher workflow, Wits Press (A. Joseph)
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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
Transcript of ORCID cross-sector application and use case: Publisher workflow, Wits Press (A. Joseph)
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
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
What does a scholarly publisher do anyway?
• University Press vs Commercial Publisher • Mission based publishing: Peer-review, production, dissemination • Dissemination and Discoverability
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
Partner or competitor?
• Department of Higher Education and Training • Universities • Funders • University Rankings • Libraries • Commercial publishers
(Source: Wischenbart Global Ranking of Publishers 2016)
What are the issues?
• FOMO bias • HSS / STM • Journals / Books • ‘Scienticisation’ and ‘metricising’ • North vs South: output and measures • Currency fluctuation and mergers/acquisitions
What needs to be done?
• Competition vs collaboration • Active and critical engagement • Institutional relationships - cyclical • Local IS international
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
• 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
What we’re not doing
• Using ORCiD from submission • No direct link via ORCiD’s API – manual entry • No production systems • Metadata
• 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…
• 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
