George Macgregor|Bárbara S. Lancho-Barrantes|Diane Rasmussen Pennington
Measuring the Concept of PID Literacy: User Perceptions and Understanding of PIDs in Support of Open Scholarly Infrastructure
University of Strathclyde|University of Brighton|University of Strathclyde|Edinburgh Napier University
abstract increasing centrality persistent identifiers pids scholarly ecosystems contribution make burgeoning pid graph potential transform scholarship despite importance originators pid data little known researchers awareness understanding pids efficacy using article report results online interactive test designed elicit exploratory data researcher awareness understanding pids instrument designed explore recognition pids eg digital object identifiers dois open researcher contributor ids orcids etc extent researchers correctly apply pids within digital scholarly ecosystems well measure researchers perceptions pids results reveal irregular patterns pid understanding certainty across participants though statistically significant disciplinary academic job role differences observed instances uncertainty confusion found exist relation dominant schemes orcid dois even contextualized within realworld examples also show researchers perceptions pids generally positive disciplinary differences noted well higher levels aversion pids specific use cases negative perceptions pids measured activity semantic dimension work therefore contributes understanding scholars pid literacy inform designing pidcentric scholarly infrastructures significant need training outreach active researchers remains necessary