Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative Releases Gap Analysis of Researcher Actions and Institutional Support - Association of Research Libraries

"The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Publicly Shared Data: A Gap Analysis of Researcher Actions and Institutional Support throughout the Data Life Cycle, a report from the Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative.

ARL and six academic institutions involved in the Data Curation Network (DCN) were awarded a 2021 US National Science Foundation (NSF) EAGER grant to conduct research, develop models, and collect costing information for public access to research data from funded researchers. This project is the RADS Initiative. The six RADS institutions are Cornell University, Duke University, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, Virginia Tech, and Washington University in St. Louis.

This new report from the RADS Initiative highlights where service gaps may exist between researchers’ data-sharing needs and the services and support provided by institutions...."