Coordinating Research Data Services
This spring, 107 librarians, administrators, and staff from the 29 universities participating in Ithaka S+R’s Building Campus Strategies for Coordinated Data Support project began to identify barriers...
View ArticleMade by Hand
When designing a research study a key consideration is which research method—or methods—will yield the best insights. Here at Ithaka S+R we conduct applied research related to the education and...
View ArticleShared Infrastructure for Scholarly Publishing
Shared infrastructure includes everything from discovery services to identifier providers, from editorial management systems and hosting platforms to research integrity services. In one way or another,...
View ArticleRecentering Cultural Heritage with(in) the Community
In early June, we sat down for a virtual conversation with three researchers on a recent Mellon grant that brings together several topics of interest for Ithaka S+R: digital archives, preservation,...
View ArticleAllocating Resources to Scale and Sustain Digital Learning and...
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in leveraging digital learning solutions to promote effective teaching and learning practices, while at the same time use digital technologies to...
View ArticleDraft Report for Community Input
We’re thankful for all the comments the draft report received. We will publish a final revised version in October. A robust and nimble infrastructure is imperative to support the vital work of...
View ArticleLibrarians’ Role in Cultivating Data-Literate Citizens
In a session at the National Forum on Libraries and Quantitative Data, experts will share what we can do to cultivate citizens who understand and use data wisely. On Thursday, July 27 at 2:00-3:30 pm...
View ArticleBook Talk: Moving Theory Into Practice
As the digital library field emerged in the mid- to late-1990s, librarians faced numerous challenges in building the skills necessary to provide digital access to their collections. That changed in the...
View ArticleAssessing Open Source Program Offices’ Role in the Academic Research Enterprise
Open source software is the backbone of the digital economy and is critical to the development and maintenance of transparent, inclusive, and secure digital infrastructures. Universities and their...
View ArticleEmbracing Digital Transformation in Higher Education
Ithaka S+R’s Mark McBride will deliver the keynote address at Fredonia’s 17th Annual Teaching & Learning Conference, Digital Transformation: Leveraging Technology for Student Success, on Monday,...
View ArticleGenerative AI for Library and Information Professionals
Generative AI is one of the most pertinent topics in any information setting nowadays. In response to the rise of generative AI, IFLA’s AI Special Interest Group has compiled a guide for library and...
View ArticleThe American Prison, a Site of Digital Exclusion
Mass incarceration impacts millions of Americans and its toll on families and communities of color is exacerbated by the digital exclusion of people in prison. When the digital divide is the prison...
View ArticleAdapting to Innovation: Perspectives from Across Sectors
At Texas Digital Learning Week on November 14, held by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board OERTX, Ithaka S+R’s Dylan Ruediger will participate in a roundtable discussion on “Adapting to...
View ArticleThe Research Data Support Landscape
Research universities often offer a range of support services to researchers who conduct data-intensive research, though these services are often so dispersed that neither researchers nor...
View ArticleOpen Source Program Offices
Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) have become a familiar concept in large technology firms and technology-forward companies in a variety of other industries. Across the past couple of decades,...
View ArticleThe Second Digital Transformation of Scholarly Publishing
The scholarly publishing sector is undergoing its second digital transformation. The first saw a massive shift from paper to digital, but otherwise publishing retained many of the characteristics of...
View ArticleShared Infrastructure for the Second Digital Transformation of Scholarly...
The scholarly publishing sector is undergoing its second digital transformation. In the first, we saw a massive shift from paper to digital, but otherwise publishing retained many of the...
View ArticleThe Research Data Services Landscape at US and Canadian Higher Education...
While many universities have made substantial investments in research data services and are likely to continue to make further investments, obstacles such as decentralization and inefficiency,...
View ArticleMapping Research Data Support Services
The complexity of contemporary research practices have created significant demand for a wide range of support services within university research communities. Libraries and other campus units have...
View ArticleAn Emerging Framework for Data Services for Indigenous Data
As part of our ongoing project, Building Campus Strategies for Coordinated Data Support, we completed a national inventory of research data services offered at higher education institutions across the...
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