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Himmelfarb Headlines: The New SciENcv Libguide

Himmelfarb Headlines

New SciENcv Libguide

New SciENcv Libguide

The Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae, also known as SciENcv, is an electronic platform that researchers use to create or modify biographical sketches (biosketches). As a platform, SciENcv provides researchers with the opportunity to describe their research output in their own terms, and it reduces the administrative burden by linking to other research profiles, such as ORCiD, so there is a seamless import of publications and other output, which can then be linked with a biosketch. To prepare researchers for the transition to SciENcv, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library recently released a SciENcv Research Guide. 

The research guide provides detailed instructions and accompanying images to guide users through the process of creating their SciENcv profile, linking their accounts to their ORCiD profiles, assigning delegates, and other steps required for completing a biosketch. The guide can be used as a guided tutorial for creating a profile, or users may search through specific sections to answer targeted questions about the platform.

Two critical sections of the guide cover linking your ORCiD profile with SciENcv and assigning delegates to make changes on your behalf. Linking your ORCiD and SciENcv greatly reduces the administrative time spent searching for and adding citations to your biosketch. By maintaining a well-curated ORCiD profile, linking to your previous research outputs will be a simple process. 

SciENcv also allows users to assign delegates who may make changes to a biosketch on a researcher’s behalf. Similar to linking your ORCiD profile, delegates are a way for researchers to reduce the administrative burden of completing a biosketch. Delegates may not certify a biosketch on the researcher’s behalf, but they have access to the other portions of the biosketch and can freely make necessary changes. 

For more information or questions about the SciENcv Research Guide, contact the Scholarly Communications & Metadata Librarian, Brittany Smith, via email at bsmith91@gwu.edu.