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Orcid @ Cmu: Successes And Failures, Denise Troll Covey
Orcid @ Cmu: Successes And Failures, Denise Troll Covey
Denise Troll Covey
Setting and Objectives: Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) recently planned and
implemented a project to help CMU researchers get an Open Researcher and Contributor
Identifier (ORCID) and to enable administrators to integrate the ORCIDs into university
systems. This article describes and assesses the planning, performance, and outcome of this
initiative, branded ORCID @ CMU.
Design and Methods: The article chronicles why and how ORCID was integrated at CMU,
including the rationale for changes in strategic plans. It assesses researcher participation in
the project using transaction log and content analyses, and the performance of the ORCID
project team using recommendations in the …