The Göttingen eResearch Alliance: A Case Study of Developing and Establishing Institutional Support for Research Data Management

Abstract

Abstract:The Göttingen eResearch Alliance is presented as a case study for establishing institutional support for research data management within the context of the Göttingen Campus, a particular alliance of several research institutes at Göttingen. The cross-cutting, "horizontal" approach of the Göttingen eResearch Alliance, established by two research-oriented infrastructure providers, a research library and a computing and IT competence center, aims to coordinate Campus-led activities to establish sustainable and innovative services to support all phases of the research data life cycle. In this article, the core activities of the first phase aimed at developing a modular approach to provide support for research data management to researchers will be described. It closes with lessons learned and an outlook on future activities.

Applying FAIRness: Redesigning a Biomedical Informatics Research Data Management Pipeline

“…23 Currently, our department actively participates in the eResearch Alliance to gain new insights regarding appropriate long-time archiving solutions for research data. 24 FAIRificating datasets from data analytics is a challenge tightly linked to data storage. Typically, data analysts retrieve records from our ETL pipelines and transform those themselves to perform specific analyses.…”

Creating New Roles for Libraries in Academic Research: Research Conducted at the University of Calgary, 2015–2020

“…He noted that, with research becoming more collaborative, distributed, and data-intensive, institutions must adapt internally and seek external collaboration with peers. He described the eResearch Alliance, 42 a new service at Göttingen in which the library, computing, and the research office partner to provide onestop research technology support. The library is pooling its resources with others, thereby strengthening local expertise and infrastructure.…”