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As of December 31, 2023, AV俱乐部 ended its subscription to . UNIWeb was implemented in 2019 as an information repository for researchers鈥� academic activity, intended to simplify the management of curriculum vitae (CVs including CCV), annual reports, promotion packages, and funding applications. It also allowed researchers to connect with colleagues and collaborators on topics of interest and to share information about their research.

Following a procurement and consultation process in 2022-23, AV俱乐部 decided to end its subscription to UNIWeb and encourage the use of other tools to maintain researcher profiles, such as , a permanent digital identifier system supported by AV俱乐部 through our聽membership of the聽.

鈥淚 am pleased to support Dal Libraries鈥� recommendation of the full use of ORCID as an alternative platform for our research community,鈥� says Dr. Alice Aiken, AV俱乐部鈥檚 vice president, research and innovation. 鈥淥RCID provides flexibility that allows scholars of all disciplines to choose how they share their activities and achievements, ensuring recognition for their work effectively and consistently over time, and it is recognized and used worldwide, including by AV俱乐部 scholars.鈥�

More about ORCID and other tools that provide similar features:

1) ORCID iD 鈥� A unique identifier that ensures your research is correctly attributed to you, ORCID also provides a space to collect your research outputs, grant awards, different professional activities and links to social media and web profiles.聽聽 聽

ORCID makes it easy to add works to your profile and determine their level of visibility. ORCID鈥檚 auto-update feature allows you to link your ORCID profile to trusted third-party sources to have it updated automatically with information from those sources to save you time.听听听

If you don鈥檛 have an ORCID iD, registration is simple, and free.聽 Find out more about the benefits of ORCID, and how to register or link an existing ORCID account to your AV俱乐部 NetID in our

We will also be holding an Introduction to ORCID webinar in January 2024, so stay tuned and watch our .听听听

2) Google Scholar 鈥� If you have published in an electronic journal, information about that article, including your name as author, is probably available in Google Scholar. Google Scholar groups works by the same author together, but these profiles may be inaccurate or incomplete as Google doesn鈥檛 read the bibliographic metadata the way databases do. Because this information is already available to searchers, authors are advised to claim their Google Scholar profiles to ensure their information is accurate.聽聽

3) Scopus 鈥� Like Google Scholar, if you have published articles they are indexed in Scopus. The database creates a profile and list of your articles which may not be fully accurate. These profiles are not publicly available but they are widely consulted within academia. If you are thinking about your publicly available web profiles and haven鈥檛 already claimed and cleaned your Scopus profile, now is an ideal time. Information on how to update your Scopus profile so it is accurate and complete is available on the

As always, the Scholarly Communications team is happy to assist with any questions at scholarly.communications@dal.ca