Abstract
Research Data Management (RDM) has become increasingly important for more and more academic institutions. Using the Peking University Open Research Data Repository (PKU-ORDR) project as an example, this paper will review a library-based university-wide open research data repository project and related RDM services implementation process including project kickoff, needs assessment, partnerships establishment, software investigation and selection, software customization, as well as data curation services and training. Through the review, some issues revealed during the stages of the implementation process are also discussed and addressed in the paper such as awareness of research data, demands from data providers and users, data policies and requirements from home institution, requirements from funding agencies and publishers, the collaboration between administrative units and libraries, and concerns from data providers and users. The significance of the study is that the paper shows an example of creating an Open Data repository and RDM services for other Chinese academic libraries planning to implement their RDM services for their home institutions. The authors of the paper have also observed since the PKU-ORDR and RDM services implemented in 2015, the Peking University Library (PKUL) has helped numerous researchers to support the entire research life cycle and enhanced Open Science (OS) practices on campus, as well as impacted the national OS movement in China through various national events and activities hosted by the PKUL.
Highlights
Open Science (OS) has made science more efficient, reliable, and responsive to societal challenges and reshaped scholarly communication landscapes [1]
The authors of the paper have observed since the PKU-ORDR and Research Data Management (RDM) services implemented in 2015, the Peking University Library (PKUL) has helped numerous researchers to support the entire research life cycle and enhanced Open Science (OS) practices on campus, as well as impacted the national OS movement in China through various national events and activities hosted by the PKUL
In 2014, the Peking University was awarded a grant by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for the China Survey Data Archive (CSDA) project, which aimed to develop a data repository administrated by the University Management Science Data Center (MSDC), a department within the Institute of Social Science Survey (ISSS)
Summary
Open Science (OS) has made science more efficient, reliable, and responsive to societal challenges and reshaped scholarly communication landscapes [1]. More recent studies agreed that academic libraries and academic librarians, as active stakeholders, have been playing a significant role in fostering open access movement, transforming scholarly communication landscapes, and facilitating RDM services [6,7,8,9,10,11,12]. This paper will review how the PKUL implemented the PKU-ORDR project and RDM services to foster and support OS and OD on campus and impact Chinese OS communities. The authors of the paper have observed since the PKU-ORDR and RDM services implemented in 2015, the PKUL has helped numerous researchers to support the entire research life cycle and enhanced OS practices on campus, as well as impacted the national OS movement in China through hosting various national events and activities
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