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ORCID’s Challenges in Expanding its Member Base Deanna Marcum 5/17/12

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Page 1: ORCID’s Challenges in Expanding its Member Base Deanna Marcum 5/17/12

ORCID’s Challenges in Expanding its

Member Base

Deanna Marcum5/17/12

Page 2: ORCID’s Challenges in Expanding its Member Base Deanna Marcum 5/17/12

• Ithaka S+R worked with the ORCID Business Working Group to develop a small market research project to test the community’s receptiveness to ORCID’s proposed business model.

• Ithaka S+R carried out the project in March and April of 2012.

Introduction

Ithaka S+R is a research and consulting service that focuses on the transformation of scholarship and teaching in an online environment, with the goal of identifying the critical issues facing our community and acting as a catalyst for change.

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• Ithaka S+R conducted interviews with 32 individuals at 19 institutions.

• These institutions included 1 major funder, 2 European national libraries, 2 non-U.S. research institutions, 12 U.S. research universities, and 2 other organizations.

• Our interviewees had a diverse array of responsibilities in research offices, libraries, provosts’ offices, institutional planning departments, medical centers, and more.

Methodology

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Findings

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Almost all interviewees recognized that identity disambiguation is a problem that

the academic community will have to address.

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• Interviewees did not understand the concrete applications for ORCID at their institutions.

• Some interviewees expressed a lack of trust of the for-profit members of ORCID.

• Faculty members have not been strong advocates for ORCID because most of them do not know about it.

Findings: Marketing Issues

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• It is very difficult to find the appropriate contact person at each institution. Most interviewees said that the decision to become an ORCID member would have to involve many stakeholders.

• There are major divisions between medical centers and central campuses that make it difficult to integrate systems and implement ORCID.

Findings: Structural Issues at Universities

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• Most institutions are not ready to contribute data to ORCID.

• ORCID has not conducted enough outreach to major data holders (especially national libraries and major funders).

• There is no incentive to be an early adopter of ORCID; too many universities are taking a “wait and see” approach.

Findings: Data Availability Issues

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Recommendations

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1. Create a well-crafted and far-reaching marketing campaign that concretely addresses the concerns of all ORCID constituents. • Create targeted marketing materials that speak

to different constituencies—provosts, libraries, research offices, publishers, foundations, etc.

• Make the business plan public

• Clarify the intentions of for-profit participants

Recommendations

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2. Consider amending elements of the ORCID business plan. Improvements like an early adopter discount, a membership level trigger clause, and a failsafe mechanism for the data might attract more members.

Recommendations

3. Reach out to important partners immediately. ORCID needs to take advantage of key business development opportunities with the largest data holders.

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4. Release estimates about the amount of data that will be available through ORCID for the first few years of its operation. These estimates will show institutions the immediate value of becoming an ORCID member.

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