Australian ORCID Consortium ■ ■ AAF commenced the role of Australian ORCID Consortium Lead on 1 January 2016 ■ ■ Consortium launched by Senator Zed Seselja (for the Minister of Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham) ■ ■ The launch was held on 15 February 2016 at the ORCID Canberra Outreach meeting. International recognition Throughout 2016, the Consortium received consistent positive feedback from ORCID in relation to Australia’s consortium structure, mode of operation and the work that the AAF as consortium lead had undertaken to advance ORCID within Australia for its members. ORCID identified lessons that others could learn from the Australian ORCID Consortium’s accomplishments and identified the Australian model as a leading international example. ORCID resources Throughout 2016 the AAF as the Consortium Lead, developed and collated a range of resources for ORCID members. These resources have been made publicly available on the ORCID Resources webpage (aaf.edu.au/orcid/resources.html) providing: ■ ■ Communication examples ■ ■ Training and webinar sessions ■ ■ Resources for planning an integration ■ ■ The Greenhouse (aaf.edu.au/ orcid/greenhouse.html) which provides: ■ ■ Open source software ■ ■ Installation guides ■ ■ Integration examples. 2 Funders (ARC, NHMRC) 2 Research Institutions 36 Higher Education 3 WEBINARS 31 INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATIONS WITH CONSORTIUM MEMBERS ORCID RESOURCES & GREENHOUSE 1986 PAGE VIEWS 4 NEWSLETTERS 5 CONFERENCES/ EVENTS 182 SOLVED ORCID SUPPORT TICKETS ORCID 40 MEMBERS 17