Collaborative IR in Germany
From Samvera Virtual Connect 2024, Nina O.C. Winter (Ruhr University Bochum0 - Repositories play a key role for the long-term access and publication of research data. In Germany, a landscape of discipline-specific research data repositories is complemented by state-wide infrastructures for research data deposit. However, there are cultural barriers for the use of research data repositories, especially for data which are not (yet) intended for public access. In this field of tension, the Ruhr University Bochum decided to establish an institutional research data repository based on Samvera technologies. Supported by an external service-provider, adaptations to the platform were made to lower the cultural barrier for data deposit and direct linking with relevant metadata by the researchers themselves. The implementation was carried out in close collaboration between central IT, library and a research use case. In a first stage, ReSeeD was brought into service late 2023 and is intended to serve as infrastructure for the about 6000 researchers of the university and external project partners.