Researchers' Identity Management in the 21st Century Networked World
Channel: SWIB
Date: 2015-12-18

Talk by Anchalee Panigabutra-Roberts, American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Title: Researchers' Identity Management in the 21st Century Networked World: A Case Study of AUC Faculty Publications

Abstract: This project will explore how American University in Cairo (AUC) faculty members distributed their scholarly and creative works, and how their names are identified in author identifier systems and/or on the Web. The goal is to explore how best to present their data as linked data. The project will use the AUC faculty’s names listed in AUC Faculty Publications: 2012 Calendar Year. Their names will be used to search in author identifier systems to answer;
1. If they are registered on these sites,
2. if their names are consistent, or with variants and how the variants are handled,
3. what metadata are included,
4. sources of data, and
5. other relevant data.
The systems to be checked, but not limited to, are
1. ORCID (Open Researcher & Contributor ID),
2. ResearcherID,
3. Scopus Author Identifier,
4. arXiv Author ID,
5. eRA Commons Username,
6. AuthorClaim,
7. OpenID,
8. ISNI,
9. Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF),
10. Virtual International Authority File (VIAF), and
11. Google Scholar.
The presentation will include the overview of these systems. The data analysis and discussion will shed light on:
1. how some author identifier systems fail to represent some faculty members;
2. how the linked data model, such as BIBFRAME, can be used to better represent them and to increase their visibility on the Web, and
3. the collaborative roles for librarians and faculty members to contribute data into these systems.
4. The presentation will conclude with the discussion on the faculty’s potential use of the data to demonstrate the impact of their scholarly and creative works.

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