1、 The Research Data Services Landscape at US and Canadian Higher Education Institutions Ruby MacDougall Dylan Ruediger March 14,2024 REPORT Ithaka S+R provides research and strategic guidance to help the academic and cultural communities serve the public good and navigate economic,demographic,and tec

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3、his work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License.To view a copy of the license,please see https:/creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.The Research Data Services Landscape at US and Canadian Higher Education Institutions 1 Introduction Research dat

4、a servicessupport offerings which enable and improve data-intensive researchhave garnered sustained attention from library research support service providers for nearly two decades.1 Because of the critical role they play in supporting research on college and university campuses across the country,p

5、articularly at research intensive universities,research data services have more recently become a central area of concern for an increased number of stakeholders,including offices of research,campus IT,and other units involved in the research enterprise.2 Despite the widespread recognition of their

6、importance,however,the development of research data services has been largely ad hoc,lacking cohesive cross-campus collaborations or strategic frameworks.As a result,many data-related services are siloed,difficult to locate,and available informally or by word of mouth,leaving researchers 1 Examples