Optimizing Library Services-Research Data Supporting Services that Libraries Can Offer Based on the Experience of the University of Tartu Library

Abstract

A new age of science is evolving -- one driven by data management for which a variety of technological solutions are used. In recent years, governments and funding agents have requested certain measures in the preservation and publication of research data for quality reasons. For example, the European Commission's Open Research Data Pilot required participants to store their research in repositories and allow third parties to access, mine, exploit, reproduce and disseminate free of charge, influencing all data financed through the European Commission and the Horizon 2020 program. Numerous academic and research libraries have already welcomed the role of digital research data management and have begun offering related services. Some have taken it a step further, developing a selection of training programs targeting both researchers who produce and handle data on a daily basis, as well as librarians who offer different levels of support to such researchers.