Challenges and Solutions – A Case Report of Institutional Data Management at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT)

High-quality research data management (RDM) is becoming increasingly important at research institutions. This article discusses the challenges encountered by the Research Data Service (RDS) at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) since its establishment and presents the solutions developed in response. Building on a demand-oriented approach and the development of research infrastructure over time, the article outlines ten key challenges and corresponding solutions for institutional data management at ZMT – ranging from collaboration and networking to storage and beyond.

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This work was supported by the German Research Foundation DFG under the grant agreement
number 442032008 (NFDI4Biodiversity). The project is part of NFDI, the National Research
Data Infrastructure Programme in Germany.
The ZMT use case #27 in the NFDI4Biodiversity focuses on institutional research data
management. The aim is to identify challenges in dealing with research data, develop
corresponding concepts and guidelines and make these available to the community.