Abstract
The Göttingen eResearch Alliance is presented as a case study for establishing institutional support for research data management within the context of the Göttingen Campus, a particular alliance of several research institutes at Göttingen. The cross-cutting, “horizontal” approach of the Göttingen eResearch Alliance, established by two research-oriented infrastructure providers, a research library and a computing and IT competence center, aims to coordinate Campus-led activities to establish sustainable and innovative services to support all phases of the research data life cycle. In this article, the core activities of the first phase aimed at developing a modular approach to provide support for research data management to researchers will be described. It closes with lessons learned and an outlook on future activities.
Highlights
The digital transformation is fundamentally changing the way research is done in all fields
Given the complexity of achieving sustainable research data management, a task that requires special disciplinary and interdisciplinary RDM skills, and extra human and financial resources, and based on the insight that additional requirements concerning research data management should be accompanied by institutional support [9] (p. 51), [10], it is no surprise that most German universities that have already issued research data guidelines are setting up an institutional support infrastructure though the timeline, state of development, and approach may vary with individual circumstances
We will have a closer look at the situation at Göttingen, where the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Göttingen University) has officially set up the Göttingen eResearch Alliance [11] as a support infrastructure parallel to the issuing of its research data guidelines [12]
Summary
The digital transformation is fundamentally changing the way research is done in all fields. The digital transformation of academic research culture poses many challenges concerning the management, protection, preservation and sustainable provision of research data, and the shared use of resources. These challenges can only be solved if all stakeholders, from the individual researchers, to universities, libraries, computing centers, and third-party funders work together. 67–68), it is no surprise that most German universities that have already issued research data guidelines are setting up an institutional support infrastructure though the timeline, state of development, and approach may vary with individual circumstances. The focus will be mainly on its service elements concerning research data management support to faculty, followed by a discussion and prognosis for the further development of the campus infrastructure
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