Compliance monitoring in RIM systems: not a US thing? Think again. - Hanging Together

"Monitoring research policy compliance is a major driver of research information management activities. That was a key finding of the 2018 report, Practices and Patterns in Research Information Management: Findings from a Global Survey, collaboratively prepared by OCLC Research and euroCRIS, which describes the global research information management (RIM) landscape, from a survey of more than 380 respondents in 44 countries.

The report found that 79% of responding institutions described monitoring and supporting institutional compliance with external mandates as an extremely important or important driver of RIM activities. One Australian respondent commented, “Compliance with government regulations is the main driver behind RIM activities.”..."