Well.... one of the big problems is the developers don’t really understand how citations are structured, how the data move around, and what needs to be shown to be a correct/complete citation and how that can vary by genre of publication. Some of the records we're getting from ORCID have a citation field that's BibTeX but others you have to create a citation from the various elements (like contributors > authors). I feel like some off the shelf product or even, say, an open source content management system with a bibliographic package/library/add-on would already know how to format/display citations with these standard fields and would further allow visitors to export or follow or otherwise interact. We're also seeing some incomplete records in ORCID and I'm chasing some of that now. I believe Publons is exporting incomplete records - Clarivate is chasing that for me now.
A bit of tension was that the authors were being re-ordered. The developer did not understand why this mattered, but of course it was very important to the scientists (which I would have predicted). I think a system that was built by people who understood this data would already know this. Christina -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Thomas San Filippo Sent: Friday, January 17, 2020 9:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [CODE4LIB] API feeding faculty publication profiles CAUTION: This Email is from an EXTERNAL source. Ensure you trust this sender before clicking on any links or attachments. Original Sender address is [email protected] Thanks Christina, Anything we put together would be in-house, so your phrase, "really, really, really," draws my attention. What kind of minefield am I stepping into? *Thomas San Filippo* /Systems and Educational Technology Liaison/ Pronouns: he/him/his; they/them/their(s) Madeleine Clark Wallace Library <https://wheatoncollege.edu/academics/library/>, G34 Wheaton College <https://wheatoncollege.edu> 26 E. Main Street, Norton, MA 02766 <https://goo.gl/maps/d5JvoKZUEXy> (508) 286-5601 <tel:+15082865601> Twitter: @WallaceLibrary <https://twitter.com/WallaceLibrary> | Instagram: /wallacelibrary <https://www.instagram.com/wallacelibrary/> | Facebook: wheatoncollege <https://www.facebook.com/WheatonCollege/> On 1/17/20 9:17 AM, Pikas, Christina K. wrote: > We're live with using the ORCID API to populate. I really, really, > really wish we had just used a COTs solution. This was built > internally. https://civspace.jhuapl.edu/Our-Staff/index.php (I say we > but they called me in intermittently so I had little input on those > decisions) > > We just went live, though, so some might still have ResearcherID data. > Christina > > ------ > Christina K. Pikas, BS, MLS, PhD > (she/her/hers) > Librarian > The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory > Baltimore: 443.778.4812 > D.C.: 240.228.4812 > [email protected] > https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4455-8036 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Thomas > San Filippo > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2020 9:10 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [CODE4LIB] API feeding faculty publication > profiles > > CAUTION: This Email is from an EXTERNAL source. Ensure you trust this > sender before clicking on any links or attachments. Original Sender > address is [email protected] > > We would also be very interested, even if you're not health/medical. > > Thanks! > > > *Thomas San Filippo* > /Systems and Educational Technology Liaison/ > > Pronouns: he/him/his; they/them/their(s) > > Madeleine Clark Wallace Library > <https://wheatoncollege.edu/academics/library/>, G34 Wheaton College > <https://wheatoncollege.edu> > 26 E. Main Street, Norton, MA 02766 <https://goo.gl/maps/d5JvoKZUEXy> > (508) 286-5601 <tel:+15082865601> > Twitter: @WallaceLibrary <https://twitter.com/WallaceLibrary> | > Instagram: /wallacelibrary <https://www.instagram.com/wallacelibrary/> > | > Facebook: wheatoncollege <https://www.facebook.com/WheatonCollege/> > On 1/16/20 4:22 PM, Elizabeth Huggins wrote: >> Hello, >> >> My library is looking at platforms for faculty publication profiles. >> If you’re working at health sciences or medical library that uses an >> API to feed publications into faculty profiles, I would love to hear from >> you. >> Please email me directly at [email protected]. >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> Elizabeth Huggins >> >> Elizabeth Huggins >> MALIS '11 >> www.linkedin.com/pub/elizabeth-huggins/43/417/172
