I've been remiss in not sharing the announcement that Ithaka S+R last week issued a really valuable report exploring the range of research data management services offerings in US higher education institutions of different types. See
Research Data Services in US Higher Education - Ithaka S+R
As data-driven research methods proliferate and become more sophisticated across disciplines, supporting researchers who work with data is increasingly a top priority for academic institutions. However, research data services—support offerings which enable and improve data research—are currently provided in an ad hoc manner by a variety of campus units, including libraries, academic departments and institutes, labs, and IT or research computing units. And the provision of research data services ...
The authors of the report, Jane Radecki and Rebecca Springer, gave a great presentation on this work as part of a CNI session a the Fall 2020 Virtual Member Meeting last Friday. The recording of this session is publicly available at
Clifford Lynch Director, CNI
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