Consortium leads and the Consortium Organizations can update the account settings, which includes contact information and demographic information. These settings are DataCite's primary source for being able to contact the relevant parties at your organization.

To modify the Consortium Organization settings, go to the Settings tab on the Consortium Organization dashboard. Click the Update Organization button in the upper left.

Enter any changes in the appropriate fields and click Save at the bottom of the page. Note: The Member ID cannot be changed.

Field descriptions for Consortium Organization settings

Organization Information

Consortium Organization ID

The Consortium Organization ID is a unique identifier for each Consortium Organization. It must contain uppercase letters or numbers and should be a short meaningful string representing the Consortium Organization.

Note: The Consortium Organization ID is the unique identifier for each Consortium Organization and can't be changed. The Consortium Organization ID can contain only upper case letters, and must not be longer than 8 characters. An automatically generated ID will appear when creating a new account. This can be updated using the arrow buttons to the right of the ID field.

Organization Identifier

This field is optional. The ROR ID for your organization. Use the lookup to search the ROR registry for your organization's ROR ID.

Organization Name

The full name of the Consortium. For example Orbis Cascade.

Organization Name to display

Full name of the Consortium that will be displayed on the DataCite Members page. For example Orbis Cascade.

Estimated DOIs

Enter the number of DOIs expected to be registered annually. This amount will be pro-rated for the remaining months of the year. If the consortium fee cap applies enter zero (0). See more details in our fee model.

System Email

This is the email address where the password reset will be sent.

Group Email

This can be a generic email address for the organization e.g [email protected]

Website

The URL of the Member's primary website. The contents of this field will appear on the DataCite Members page.

Twitter

This field is optional. The Twitter handle. If this information is provided, DataCite will follow you on Twitter.

Country

This field is optional. The country where the Consortium is physically located. The contents of this field will appear on the DataCite members page.

Organization Type

This field is optional. Please select the type of organization that best describes the Consortium. The contents of this field will appear on the DataCite members page.

Focus Area

This field is optional. Please select the field of research that best describes the primary focus of the Consortium. The contents of this field will appear on the DataCite Members page.

Description

This field is optional. A description of the Consortium.

Service Contact Information

System Email

The primary email address that you would like DataCite to use to communicate with you, including sending password reset requests. If you have a generic shared email address (such as [email protected] or similar), you may use that here.

Service Contact

The service contact is the primary person responsible for the Member from an account management perspective. This person is considered to be the primary contact for any necessary DataCite or system communications. Please provide this person's name and email address.

Technical Contact

The technical contact is the person responsible for maintaining any custom integrations with DataCite services the Member may have built, or otherwise the person most suited for discussing troubleshooting with DataCite technical staff. Please provide this person's name and email address.

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