Society for Neuroscience ORCiD Integration May 21 – 22, 2014

• Brief History of SfN – World’s largest nonprofit organization devoted to

furthering the understanding of the brain and nervous system

– Founded in 1969, SfN has over 40,000 members in 90 different countries

– 130 different chapters worldwide

– Annual Meeting: 30,000 attendees and roughly 16,000 abstracts

– Journal: Journal of Neuroscience and eNeuro

Background

Background (Continued)

Background (Continued) • Personify implementation

– First started Personify implementation in 2008; launched new system in 2009

– Currently running Personify 7.5.1

– Utilize eBusiness, Personify SSO, basic modules

– Abstracts and Meeting Registration handled outside Personify

– In-house development staff working directly with Personify API (VisualBasic.NET & C#.NET)

• Growth of SfN and the field create new challenges

Current Challenges • The movement of researchers between institutions

– Email addresses – Credentials – Demographics

• Duplicate records in Personify

• Misplacement of SfN member IDs

Project Goals • Accurately distinguish themselves and their activities from other

researchers, minimizing misidentification

• Centrally maintain their research activities with SfN and ORCID, two organizations positioned to reach across disciplines and national boundaries (approximately 38% of SfN’s members reside outside of the U.S.)

• Benefit from efficiencies where common information is not re-entered across systems

• Improve data integrity in Personify

Integration Plan • Integration Point 1: Account Registration

– Site visitor wishes to create an account with SfN to purchase a product, sign up for alerts, etc

• Integration Point 2: New Member and Returning Member

Workflows – An individual seeks to join or re-join SfN

• Integration Point 3: My Profile/My SfN

– An Individual logs into the My SfN section to leverage personalized content

Integration Point 1: Account Registration

Integration Point 2: New Member and Returning Member

Integration Point 3: My Profile/My SfN

Project Status • Remaining work

– One more cycle of development, testing and bug fixes – Begin communications – Develop and implement evaluation plan

• Projected launch date in August 2014

Future Plans – Abstracts and Meeting Registration • After an evaluation period, SfN will look into the possibility

of integrating ORCiD identifiers into:

– Abstract submission (16,000 abstracts in volume)

– Annual meeting registration (roughly 30,000 attendees)

Questions?