Abstract

Universities are increasingly interested in supporting the activities of researchers and assessing the quality of what they produce, since research performance is a key determinant of each university’s reputation and financial success. In this context, many university libraries are seeking to enhance their support for research. Hence they are rethinking the roles of their collection-based services; changing the roles of liaison librarians; and developing new services for researchers including advice on scholarly communications and open access, bibliometric services, research data management and library-led publishing services. The challenges for libraries in seeking to develop their services in these ways are considered.

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