OCLC has recently released a report on Research Information Management and Libraries, which can be found at:

Research Information Management: Defining RIM and the Library's Role

In this paper by Rebecca Bryant, OCLC Research Senior Program Officer, and a working group of librarians from OCLC Research Library Partnership institutions, learn more about what RIM is, what is driving RIM adoption, and the libraryâ s role in RIM.

I have reproduced the abstract of the report below. It was developed by OCLC research jointly with a team of librarians.

A second report is due in November and I'll share details and availability when it's released. OCLC is also running a survey jointly with EuroCRIS on worldwide library practices with regard to research information management. You can find the details on how to participate here:

Clifford Lynch Director, CNI

Research information management (RIM) is the aggregation, curation, and utilization of information about research and is emerging as an area of increasing interest and relevance in many university libraries. RIM intersects with many aspects of traditional library services in discovery, acquisition, dissemination, and analysis of scholarly activities, and does so through the nexus with institutional data systems, faculty workflows, and institutional partners. RIM adoption offers libraries new opportunities to support institutional and researcher goals. In this paper prepared by Rebecca Bryant, OCLC Research Senior Program Officer, and a working group of librarians representing OCLC Research Library Partnership institutions, learn more about what RIM is, what is driving RIM adoption, and the library’s role in RIM. The publication is intended to help libraries and other institutional stakeholders understand developing research information management practices―and particularly the value add that libraries can offer in a complex ecosystem.