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Research information management (RIM) is the aggregation, curation, and utilization of information about research and is emerging as an area of increasing interest and relevance in many university libraries. RIM intersects with many aspects of traditional library services in discovery, acquisition, dissemination, and analysis of scholarly activities, and does so through the nexus with institutional data systems, faculty workflows, and institutional partners. RIM adoption offers libraries new opportunities to support institutional and researcher goals. In this paper prepared by Rebecca Bryant, OCLC Research Senior Program Officer, and a working group of librarians representing OCLC Research Library Partnership institutions, learn more about what RIM is, what is driving RIM adoption, and the library’s role in RIM. The publication is intended to help libraries and other institutional stakeholders understand developing research information management practices—and particularly the value add that libraries can offer in a complex ecosystem. Publisher PDF

Research universities, research funders, as well as individual researchers are increasingly looking for aggregated, interconnected research information. This poster, presented at the 2017 VIVO Conference in New York City, describes the adoption of research information management (RIM) practices and shares about OCLC Research Library Partnership (ORLP) research efforts examining the adoption, roles, and activities. Our poster describes the coalescing practices of research information management, and we offer a model for understanding the variety of RIM practices adopted by research institutions, including public profiles for expertise discovery; workflows for faculty activity reporting; integration with open access repositories; decision support reporting for departments, colleges, and senior administration; as well as increasing interoperability and reuse locally and globally. Implementation of research information management presents organizational challenges for institutions because of the multitude of stakeholders and the absence of a clear “owner” for RIM implementation. Libraries are important stakeholders within this landscape, and can play a role in helping to develop new organizational models and services. Library experience and expertise with bibliographic metadata and standards are important contributions to RIM implementations. Librarians' dedication to serving researchers also means they assume prominent roles with training and education for faculty and researchers, roles eschewed by other stakeholders.

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