Information Specialists’ Perspectives on Research Data Management Support in Social Sciences and Humanities | SpringerLink

Abstract:  The increasing use of digital tools and materials in social sciences and humanities has generated a demand for research data management support. However, the provision of research data services for these disciplines remains underexplored. This study analyzes the implementation of research data management support for the social sciences and humanities from the perspective of academic libraries. Particularly, we explore existing research data services for these disciplines and investigate how research data management support for the social sciences and humanities could be improved. A participatory workshop with information specialists (n = 6) revealed three themes (research data services in practice, governance of the research data services, future of the research data services). Our findings contribute to understanding the current research data management support for the social sciences and humanities and increasing the maturity of research data services for these disciplines in academic libraries.