Table 4

Summary of the research data services establishment, funding and structures in the case study institutions

Main similarities between case institutionsMain differences between case institutions
In all case institutions, data stewardship teams were supported by
  • Full-time professionals at library services or in units providing similar service functions

  • Full-time research software engineers

  • Full-time IT specialists

  • Full-time professionals at legal services

  • Institutional review boards (research ethics committees)

In all case institutions, there were also data professionals in research infrastructures such as AgData Services (Purdue), 4TU.ResearchData (TU Delft) and Science-IT (Aalto)
Data stewards are employed in different service organizations. In TU Delft, they are faculty staff. In Purdue, they are employed by the library organization. In Aalto, researchers working at the departments receive a part-time compensation from research services for their data stewardship activities
Unique to Purdue: Besides PURR research data staff working as data stewards, Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies Research Data Department also employed Professors, Researchers and Subject Liaisons who also supported researchers’ data handling and sharing
Unique to Aalto: Aalto has no dedicated library organization, but library service functions reside in research services

Source(s): Table by authors

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