DOE OSTI launched the US Government ORCID Consortium April 1st, 2020, bringing together US government and DOE-affiliated organizations looking to use, adopt, and integrate with ORCID.

In 2013, OSTI became an ORCID member and began collecting ORCID iDs with submitted research outputs. In 2016, OSTI began providing a service allowing authors to auto-populate their ORCID records by claiming research outputs in OSTI.GOV. In recent years, many DOE-affiliated organizations have realized the value of using, collecting, and integrating ORCID iDs and ORCID API services into their research information workflows. DOE national laboratories, user facilities, and laboratory libraries began to collect and use ORCID iDs to track research outputs and awards, determine the impact of user facilities, and evaluate the outcomes of outreach efforts.

With increased awareness and involvement from across the DOE complex and through conversations with other federal agencies, DOE developed the US Government ORCID Consortium. The Consortium was created to provide a community of practice to share best practices, facilitate ORCID integrations, and identify and resolve issues, while decreasing costs and streamlining administrative processes and technical support.

US Government ORCID Consortium Membership Model

As part of a consortium, all members have access to full features of premium ORCID membership for a reduced fee. Premium membership is the highest level of ORCID membership and comes with additional API functionality and more hands-on technical support. See consortium/premium benefits here.

Membership in the US Government ORCID Consortium is open to US government and DOE-affiliated organizations, including, but not limited to, US agencies, headquarters and program offices, national laboratories, repositories, libraries, and user facilities.

The Consortium provides and facilitates the Consortium Community of Practice. The Community of Practice is open to all Consortium members interested in participating. It is a place to share best practices and use cases, discuss challenges, raise ORCID awareness, share ORCID integration ideas, identify cross facility/office collaborations, and offer benchmarking to Consortium members.

OSTI is the Consortium Lead, providing administrative support, managing member onboarding, providing resources specific to the consortium community, and serving as a bridge to ORCID for both communications and technical support.