Mr Melroy Almeida1, Dr Helana Scheepers2, Dr Amir Aryani2
1Australian Access Federation, Brisbane , Australia , 2Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorne, Australia
This presentation will touch on the following:
- Research on persistent identifiers,
- Public policy about persistent identifiers, and
- The top research domains using leveraging PIDs as instrument of research.
Persistent identifiers (PIDs) for scholarly works have been around in one form or another for more than 20 years. A persistent identifier is defined as a unique and long-lasting reference to a scholarly entity such as paper, dataset, person etc and has evolved to become a vital element of the global research data infrastructure. The nature of persistent identifiers not only requires technical capabilities but also requires communities, to bring them together. In 2015, an initiative was undertaken by the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) to establish and maintain connectivity between the various research entities within the scholarly ecosystem. The underlying metadata that links the various scholarly research entities can be conceptualised as an information highway that connects them together.
The authors are involved in a study that investigates the role of community in sustaining persistent identifiers. A part of the literature review for the study looks at usage of PIDs across research domains and will be the focus of this presentation.
The presentation will outline the current research on PIDs along with a visualisation on its usage across research domains.
Biography:
Melroy Almeida currently works at the Australian Access Federation and is the ORCID Community and Engagement Lead. Melroy works with the members of the Australian ORCID Consortium helping them with their ORCID communication and implementation strategies. Melroy also collaborates with other NCRIS providers to further persistent identifiers and build a community of like-minded practitioners.