Keeping Knowledge Connected – at PIDfest 2026!
PIDfest is back and you’re invited! Find out more in today’s post by Alice Meadows about PIDfest 2026 (October 27-29, Leiden, The Netherlands).
Better Together: ORCID and Other Researcher Identifiers
This post is based on a recently-published white paper by Alice Meadows and Josh Brown of MoreBrains Cooperative, in which they discuss why ORCID iDs work best in combination with other researcher identifiers — it’s ORCID and, not ORCID or…
Ask The Chefs: What Did You Take Away from SSP’s 2025 Annual Meeting?
The Scholarly Kitchen Chefs reflect on what they took away from the conversations and vibes at the 2025 SSP Annual Meeting.
No One Size Fits All: The Case for Taking a National Approach to PID Adoption
Today, Alice Meadows shares some learnings from MoreBrains Cooperative’s recent cost-benefit analysis of persistent identifiers, conducted on behalf of the Czech National Library of Technology (NTK).
A Successful Start to a New Festival of Identifiers: PIDfest 2024
In this post by Todd Carpenter, Phill Jones, and Alice Meadows, you can read all about PIDfest, which brought together nearly 400 persistent identifier users and providers from around the world (in person in Prague, and virtually).
Honest Signaling and Research Integrity
Promoting research integrity is not just identifying bad behavior: problem articles can also be detected by the absence of ‘honest’ signals of integrity.
Tracking Research Facilities in Science: A CSIRO/CHORUS Pilot Sets Sail
A new CSIRO/CHORUS project seeks to improve tracking of the use of research faciilities and their impact.
Guest Post — How Identifiers Can Help Publishers Do a Better Job of Curating the Scholarly Record
As scholarly journal editorial practices are the subject of growing scrutiny, publishers should explore “quality signals” systemically derived from researcher identity and metadata associated with identity.
#PIDfest – Bringing the PID Community Back Together Again!
There’s a new PID conference in town – PIDfest will take place at the Czech National Library of Technology in Prague on June 11-13, 2024. Learn more in this post by Mary Beth Barilla and Alice Meadows, respectively,chairs of the Marketing & Communications and Programme Committees
Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Chris Shillum of ORCID
In today’s Kitchen Essentials interview, Alice Meadows asks Chris Shillum, Executive DIrector of ORCID, to share his thoughts about his career in research infrastructure
Introducing Kitchen Essentials — Interviews with the Scholarly Infrastructure Community
Today, Alice Meadows and Roger Schonfeld introduce a new interview series – Kitchen Essentials – featuring leaders of some of the key scholarly infrastructure organizations globally.
Reflections on Peer Review and the Humane Future of Publishing
In today’s post Alice Meadows, Jasmine Wallace, and Karin Wulf kick off a week of posts to celebrate Peer Review Week 2023 with their thoughts on peer review and the future of publishing.
The ORCID US Consortium at Five: What’s Worked, What Hasn’t, and Why?
The ORCID US consortium, managed by Lyrasis, is five years old in 2023 – hear about their progress so far and plans for the future in Alice Meadows’ interview with their PID Program Leader, Sheila Raybun
Smorgasbord: Trends from Spring 2023 Meetings and Conferences (Part Two)
Read what Chefs Angela Cochran and Alice Meadows (respectively) have to say about the recent ISMPP conference and RDA 20th Plenary Meeting in today’s Smorgasbord
Guest Post — Why Interoperability Matters for Open Research – And More than Ever
Rebecca Lawrence discusses how connections across all aspects of the system are needed for open research to flourish and deliver upon its promise.