Academic libraries are talking about providing data curation services for their researchers. In most cases they offer just training and advice, but not actual data management services. While technical, preservation, and service issues can be challenging, the funding issues are probably the thing that inhibits this service most. This is an important service that supports the university research mission.
The survey shows of the 22 institutions that answered the survey:
- stand-alone data repository: 8
- combination institutional repository and data repository: 12
- DSpace: 6
- Hydra/Fedora systems: 6
- locally developed systems: 4
- Rosetta, Dataverse, SobekCM, and HUBzero: 1 each
- all provide integrity checks except 1
- keep offsite backup copies: 17
- provide format migration: 12
- put master files in a dark archive: 10
- the library’s base budget covered at least some of the expenses: 18
- the library budget the only source of funding: 7
- receive fees from researchers: 7
- receive fees from departments: 4
- receive institutional funding specifically for data management: 5
- receive money from the IT budget: 4
- receive direct funds from grant-funded projects: 1
- receive indirect funds from grant-funded projects: 1
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