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Abstract

It’s time you started wondering about researcher identifiers! With the implementation of open access and research data management policies in Canada, we’re quickly learning that data integrity and consistency can get pretty messy. Persistent identifiers such as the Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) are an important part of ensuring consistent data workflows and can help with reliably matching authors to their institutions and their research outputs across systems. But many institutions are just starting to utilize ORCID because its utility is largely a mystery them. In this presentation we will demystify ORCID and persistent identifiers and discuss the benefits and challenges of implementing ORCID within a university. ORCID has the potential to help with automation and streamlining workflows using research information, increase data consistency and quality, and ultimately save time for research administration. Working with ORCID is a huge opportunity for research offices and libraries to collaborate and gain benefits for the whole institution. It’s time to learn about ORCID.