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Constance Malpas

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University futures, library futures: aligning library strategies with institutional directions

As libraries move away from a collections model in which libraries measure their success by how large their collections are, this report puts a framework around library services, explores emerging patterns in different institutional settings, and gauges the importance of these services areas—now and for...
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The realities of Research Data Management - Part Four: Sourcing and scaling university RDM services

This final report of the four part series examines the sourcing and scaling choices made by the four research universities regarding their acquisition of Research Data Management (RDM) capacity.
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The realities of Research Data Management - Part Three: Incentives for building university RDM services

This report explore the incentives that inspired the acquisition of RDM capacity on the part of the four research universities described in the case studies.
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Convenience and compliance: case studies on persistent identifiers in European research information management

This report provides university and research library leaders with useful insights on emerging practices and infrastructures in European research information management (RIM), on the current and future role of persistent person and organization identifiers, and, more specifically, on incentives and barriers to adoption.
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The realities of Research Data Management: selected university RDM service profiles

The service profiles presented here were reviewed and confirmed by staff at Edinburgh University, Monash University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Wageningen University & Research. The profiles are descriptive inventories, with brief observations about the scope, organization and staffing of RDM services in these...