Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 49 Issue 4
Table of contents - Special Issue: Research Data Management
Research data management and openness: The role of data sharing in developing institutional policies and practices
Rosie Higman, Stephen PinfieldThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between research data management (RDM) and data sharing in the formulation of RDM policies and development of…
Variability in academic research data management practices: Implications for data services development from a faculty survey
Amanda L. Whitmire, Michael Boock, Shan C. SuttonThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how knowledge of local research data management (RDM) practices critically informs the progressive development of research data…
Using participatory design and visual narrative inquiry to investigate researchers’ data challenges and recommendations for library research data services
Eleanor Mattern, Wei Jeng, Daqing He, Liz Lyon, Aaron BrennerThe purpose of this paper is to report on an information gathering study on users’ research data-related challenges and proposals for library research data services (RDS). This…
Building a research data management service for the London school of hygiene & tropical medicine
Gareth KnightThe purpose of this paper is to present a case study of work performed at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to set-up a Research Data Management Service and…
Librarians as partners in research data service development at Griffith University
Samantha Searle, Malcolm Wolski, Natasha Simons, Joanna RichardsonThe purpose of this paper is to describe the evolution to date and future directions in research data policy, infrastructure, skills development and advisory services in an…
New alliances for research and teaching support: establishing the Göttingen eResearch Alliance
Birgit Schmidt, Jens DierkesThe purpose of this paper is to describe the design and implementation of policies, digital infrastructures and hands-on support for eResearch at the University of Göttingen. Core…
Research data management at the University of Bristol: Charting a course from project to service
Debra Hiom, Dom Fripp, Stephen Gray, Kellie Snow, Damian SteerThe purpose of this paper is to chart the development of research data management services within the University of Bristol, from the initial Jisc-funded project, through to pilot…
Research data management services for a multidisciplinary, collaborative research project: Design and implementation of the TR32DB project database
Constanze Curdt, Dirk HoffmeisterResearch data management (RDM) comprises all processes, which ensure that research data are well-organized, documented, stored, backed up, accessible, and reusable. RDM systems…