Delivering research data management services : fundamentals of good practice / edited by Graham Pryor, Sarah Jones and Angus Whyte.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. A patchwork of change / Graham Pryor-- 2. Options and approaches to RDM service provision / Graham Pryor -- 3. Who's doing data? A spectrum of roles, responsibilities and competences / Graham Pryor -- 4. A pathway to sustainable research data services: from scoping to sustainability / Angus Whyte -- 5. The range and components of RDM infrastructure and services / Sarah Jones -- 6. Case study 1: Johns Hopkins University Data Management Services / G Sayeed Choudhury -- 7. Case study 2: University of Southampton - a partnership approach to research data management / Mark L Brown and Wendy White -- 8. Case study 3: Monash University, a strategic approach / Anthony Beitz, David Groenewegen, Cathrine Harboe-Ree, Wilna Macmillan and Sam Searle -- 9. Case study 4: a national solution - the UK Data Service / Matthew Woollard and Louise Corti -- 10. Case study 5: development of institutional RDM services by projects in the Jisc Managing Research Data programmes / Simon Hodson and Laura Molloy.

The research landscape is changing, with key global research funders now requiring institutions to demonstrate how they will preserve and share research data. However, the practice of structured research data management is very new, and the construction of services remains experimental and in need of models and standards of approach. This groundbreaking guide will lead researchers, institutions and policy makers through the processes needed to set up and run effective institutional research data management services. This 'how to' guide provides a step-by-step explanation of the components for an institutional service. Case studies from the newly emerging service infrastructures in the UK, USA and Australia draw out the lessons learnt. Different approaches are highlighted and compared; for example, a researcher-focused strategy from Australia is contrasted with a national, top-down approach, and a national research data management service is discussed as an alternative to institutional services.