Workshop 1.5 | The Role of Libraries in Research Assessment for FAIR Data and Open Research
Date: Wednesday 2 July 2025
Room: TBA
Speaker(s): TBA
Organised by the LIBER Research Data Management Working Group
This workshop explores research assessment for FAIR data and, more broadly, open research with its challenges, and especially the role of libraries in this assessment. Questions discussed can include the following:
- What standards exist for assessing FAIR data?
- What needs to be taken into account when designing and implementing new standards for assessing FAIR data?
- How can or should libraries be involved in policy-making and the assessment itself?
- Is assessment of FAIR data and open research different for different disciplines and to what extent do certain disciplines have a say in how this is evaluated?
- What is the impact of national and funder policies on research data and assessment?
- What policies do we have in particular universities and how do they work out?
The workshop will feature several speakers who will briefly introduce the library’s role in FAIR/open research assessment in their institution or country. Then, the workshop will proceed in an interactive format, where participants are encouraged to discuss and share ideas with each other. To wrap up, these ideas will be collated by the presenters, which will form the basis of any workshop output in the form of recommendations for LIBER and/or its member libraries.