Research management
Report
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.
Policy
Business models for sustainable research data repositories
There is a large variety of repositories that are responsible for providing long term access to data that is used for research. As data volumes and the demands for more open access to this data increase, these repositories are coming under increasing financial pressures that can undermine their long-term sustainability. This report explores the income...
Report
ARL Assessment Program Visioning Task Force recommendations
This strategy document outlines the development of a forward-looking program that advances the organizational outcomes of the 21st-Century research library.
Journal article
Where are we now? Survey on rates of faculty self-deposit in institutional repositories
The literature of institutional repositories generally indicates that faculty do not self-deposit, but there is a gap in the research of reported self-deposit numbers that might indicate how widespread and common this is. This study was conducted using a survey instrument that requested information about whether a repository allowed self-deposit and what its rates of...
Strategy
Research libraries powering sustainable knowledge in the digital age: LIBER Europe strategy 2018-2022
The 2018-2022 LIBER Strategy, which will steer LIBER’s development over the next five years, will support LIBER libraries in facing coming changes in the European working environment such as the various initiatives in advancing Open Science.