ET | Consortium agreement supports ORCID implementation

"Previously, it has been a huge challenge to associate academic articles, patents or datasets with their authors easily and reliably and the problem looked set to grow as the volume of digital scholarly outputs continues to swell. But over the last few years ORCID has been gaining ground across the globe as a practical solution to the problem.  Here in the UK it has been endorsed by major funders, sector bodies and professional organisations and has also been welcomed by a number of leading academic publishers.  It has been adopted by a number of UK universities and is paving the way for better management and reuse of UK research through enhanced data quality and better integration of research systems and processes ..."