Paper Info
Title
Maturing research data services and the transformation of academic libraries.
Abstract
Purpose A major development in academic libraries in the last decade has been recognition of the need to support research data management (RDM). The purpose of this paper is to capture how library research data services (RDS) have developed and to assess the impact of this on the nature of academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaire responses from libraries in Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the UK and USA from 2018 are compared to a previous data set from 2014. Findings The evidence supports a picture of the spread of RDS, especially advisory ones. However, future ambitions do not seem to have seen much evolution. There is limited evidence of organisational change and skills shortages remain. Most service development can be explained as the extension of traditional library services to research data. Yet there remains the potential for transformational impacts, when combined with the demands implied by other new services such as around text and data mining, bibliometrics and artificial intelligence. A revised maturity model is presented that summarises typical stages of development of services, structures and skills. Originality/value The study offers a clear picture of the evolution of research data services internationally and proposes a maturity model to capture typical stages of development. It contributes to the wider discussion of how the nature of academic libraries are changing.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1108/JD-12-2018-0211
JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Information services,Academic libraries,Scholarly communication,Research data management,Data curation,Research data services
Journal
75.0
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
6.0
0022-0418
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Andrew M. Cox116621.92
Mary Anne Kennan211913.89
Liz Lyon36614.50
Stephen Pinfield410520.32
Laura Sbaffi500.34