Andrew Cox|Mary Anne Kennan|Liz Lyon|Stephen Pinfield
Developments in research data management in academic libraries: Towards an understanding of research data service maturity
University of Sheffield|Charles Sturt University|University of Pittsburgh|University of Sheffield
article reports international study research data management rdm activities services capabilities higher education libraries presents results survey covering higher education libraries australia canada germany ireland netherlands new zealand uk results indicate libraries provided leadership rdm particularly advocacy policy development service development still limited focused especially advisory consultancy services data management planning support datarelated training rather technical services provision data catalog curation active data data curation skills development underway libraries skills capabilities consistently place remain concern major challenges include resourcing working support services achieving buy researchers senior managers results compared previous studies order assess trends relative maturity levels range rdm activities explored study positioned landscape maturity model reflects current planned research data services practice academic libraries representing snapshot current developments baseline future research