On ORCID’s Fifth Birthday (Today) New Education and Outreach Resources Begin to Rollout
From an ORCID Blog Post by Laura Wilkinson:
As part of ORCID’s fifth birthday celebrations, we’re delighted to announce the launch of our new ORCID education and outreach resources!
Thanks to our second Helmsley grant, we have been able to completely overhaul our resources for users, creating a new, up-to-date range of tools for users that is better aligned with ORCID’s current messaging and priorities.
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What’s New Today
- Welcome to ORCID: The gateway to our new KnowledgeBase articles and help center. From this page, you can search and browse the KB articles, see popular topics, or jump in from one of the starting points: Learn More, Register, and Connect. There are also links to other sites you may be looking for, including our Members Support Center and our outreach resources.
- The new knowledge base articles are accompanied by new explanatory videos on the following topics:
The complete blog post has more info and links including one to the ORCID video page on Vimeo.
See Also: Standards: ORCID Receives Grant from Sloan Foundation For Outreach and Tech Support Programs (June 2013)
See Also: Fifth Anniversary Video
Filed under: Funding, News, Patrons and Users

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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.