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Title: Institutional IDs Unlocked – ROR meets DSpace
Date: 26 March 2026, 12:00 CET
Format: Online webinar
Language: English (first international edition)
Organiser: PCG Academia
Speakers
- Malgorzata Paszkowska – Key Account Manager / Project Manager, PCG Academia (moderator)
- Amanda French – Technical Community Manager, Research Organization Registry (ROR) / Crossref
Description
The fifth edition opened the DSpace Lab Days series to the international English-speaking community. The session focused on integrating the Research Organization Registry (ROR) into DSpace repositories as a key component of persistent organisational identifier infrastructure. Attendees gained both a conceptual overview and a hands-on demonstration of ROR in action inside a DSpace instance.
Agenda
- Welcome and introduction
- ROR overview: what organisational identifiers enable
- DSpace demo: ROR in action (live demonstration)
- Non-obvious benefits of implementing ROR in DSpace
- Live Q&A and discussion
Recording: