20. Research data services in academic libraries: the essential list

The connection between academic libraries and researchers through Research Data Services has two-way advantages in relation to the knowledge creation process. It is more than a challenge for librarians, it is an important support for researchers to manage research data in preservation, data sharing and policies questions. Recent mandates (policies) about the deposit of the data underlying the funded research have build new services around this topic in academic libraries (Tenopir et al., 2014).

The aim of this proposal is present the preliminary results of the study about research data services in this type of of library settings (America and Europe). Previously, the Carol Tenopir’s team reviews the situation in North America and Canada. The aim of our work is to build a list with the essential data services for the small libraries with a little budget, and describe the European situation.

Firstly, the method includes a review of ten universities websites looking for Research Data Services (RDS), searched via web; secondly, we have used a classification according to Tenopir et al. (2012) for making comparable our data with the other one. We have searched the web of the 10 best universities according to the expert opinion and we have added some others from the top of Shanghai ranking.

Finally we will propose a list with the essential data services that academic libraries would keep in mind when developing Research Data Services for their researchers.