Research data is an essential part of the scholarly record, and management research increasingly seen as important role for academic libraries. This article presents results a survey directors Association European Libraries (LIBER) member libraries to discover what types services (RDS) are being offered by planned future. Overall, found that library strongly agree on importance RDS. As was in earlier studies North America, more currently offering or planning offer consultative reference RDS...

Abstract During the last decades, cultural heritage collections have been digitized, for example, use of academic scholars. However, earlier studies mainly focused on textual materials. Thus, little is known about how digitized photographs are used and searched in digital humanities. The aim this paper to investigate applied search tactics perceived barriers when looking historical from a image archive research writing tasks. case study contains approximately 160,000 wartime that openly...

Purpose The paper examines academic historians' information interactions with material from digital historical-newspaper collections as the research process unfolds. Design/methodology/approach study employed qualitative analysis in-depth interviews Finnish history scholars who use digitised historical newspapers primary sources for their research. A model task-based interaction guided collection and of data. Findings revealed numerous within activities related to task-planning, search...

ABSTRACT The primary goal of this paper is to explore users' desires for digitized historical image collections, examining their based on different use purposes and information interaction activities. In addition, we investigate the attributes that users wish search from collection. To accomplish this, conducted 21 qualitative interviews with active a photograph archive. Our findings suggest relate three contexts: tools, collection, socio‐organizational issues. Moreover, our results indicate...

Introduction. The paper aims to investigate image data sharing within social science and humanities. While is encouraged as a part of the open movement, little known about approaches factors influencing data. This information evident use in these fields research increasing, context dependent. Method. study analyses qualitative semi-structured interviews with 14 scholars who incorporate digital images core component their Analysis. Content analysis conducted gather scholars’ motivating...

This study examines the role of learned societies as publishers in Finland based on bibliographic information from two Finnish databases. We studied share societies' peer‐reviewed publication channels (serials with ISSNs and book distinct ISBN roots) outputs (journal articles, conference monographs) Finland. also open access (OA) publications. In 2018, there were 402 2011–2017, number publications scholars working universities published was 17,724. Learned publish around 70% these...

Abstract On account of the complexities related to use digitized newspapers, researchers may encounter barriers when interacting with collections' content. Overcoming that could influence their information interaction should enhance accessibility and utility newspapers. Hence, study examined faced in history‐research tasks involving historical focus on barriers' contexts task‐based activities. The analysis employed two datasets, from in‐depth interviews demonstrations newspaper‐use...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role reading in scholarly work among academics Finland. This study analyzes readings from a variety publication types including books, conference proceedings, research reports, magazines, newspapers, blogs, non-fiction and fiction. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was developed distributed Finland 2016–2017 ( n =528). Participants were asked their finding use information resources all types. Findings Scholars read publications....

Abstract The aim of this paper is to examine the status national learned societies in social sciences and humanities (SSH) Europe. Previous research shows that serve diverse roles higher education suggests come under pressure given different developments, such as internationalization or open science adoption. We investigate a comprehensive range aspects within societies: primary goals, activities, internationalization, organization, funding, membership, recent changes, addressing potential...

Purpose The expanded reuse of images as research data in the social sciences and humanities necessitates understanding scholars’ real-life interactions with type data. aim this study is to analyse activities constituting image science provide a model describing interaction process. Design/methodology/approach based on interviews 21 scholars from various academic backgrounds utilising digital print collected external sources empirical Qualitative content analyses were executed throughout...

Introduction. The digitalization of social sciences and humanities research necessitates infrastructures. However, this transformation is still incipient, highlighting the need to better understand how successfully support data-intensive research. Method. Starting from a case study building national infrastructure for conducting research, aims information needs digital researchers regarding facility explore importance evaluation in its development. Analysis. Thirteen semi-structured...

Abstract Nationwide surveys of researchers in Finland 2007 and 2016 distributed with the assistance FinELib, Finnish national consortium, show that use a growing range sources to find access scholarly articles some reading patterns are changing. The percentage found by searching browsing decreasing, while using more social ways locate articles. Research networking sites rated as important their work. They read on-screen, although still print material out for final reading. Reading books...

This study focuses on the use and users of Finnish social science research data archive. Study is based enriched user archive from years 2015–2018. investigates number type downloaded datasets, citations for data, demographics downloaders purposes are for. Datasets were 10346 times. Majority datasets quantitative. Quantitative also more often cited, but vary does not always correlate with downloads. Use varies by user's country, organization, discipline. most work, bachelor's master's...

Abstract E-journals are constantly evolving and adding new features, however, scholars’ views of desired features scholarly e-articles have not received much attention. Scholars’ opinions were studied as part two reading surveys conducted in Finland 2016 internationally 2018. Respondents asked “What would you like to see e-scholarly articles the future” “How your practices changed last few years how do expect them change”. A qualitative thematic analysis 588 open-ended comments these...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the re-use research data deposited in digital archive social sciences. study examines quantity, type, and purpose downloads by analyzing enriched user log collected from Swiss archive. findings show that quantitative datasets are downloaded increasingly focus heavily on a small share datasets. most frequently survey organizations offering possibilities for longitudinal studies. Users typically download only one dataset, but group heavy downloaders form...

The usefulness of research infrastructures (RIs) for digital humanities (DH) and computational social sciences (CSS) depends on their capability to support work tasks. RIs can provide more effective services when they have a clear understanding the practices specific tasks researchers are engaged in. This paper explores ways working (SSH) scholars develop resources that truly endorse data-intensive processes. Particularly, study investigates how SSH interact with tools materials both...

Abstract Results of an online survey distributed to faculty, PhD students, and researchers throughout Finland in 2016 show that library resources, journal articles, books are important parts scholars’ research work life. The was disseminated through FinELib heads libraries, who were then asked distribute it their academic staff, researchers, students. purpose this study examine the value readings obtained from collections. To help answer question, participants about amount reading where they...