Implementation & Adoption Stories

Through the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology, the University of La Rioja obtained a grant to develop its own data Repository associated with their institutional CRIS. Dialnet attempts to provide a solution for that purpose and, in addition, to make that extensible to other institutions. Through participation in this support program, Dialnet identified ways in which the data repository could align with the FAIR principles, and ways in which to engage with stakeholders. 

In this FAIR Implementation Story we learn how a highlight of the programme was making a valuable connection with the Digital Repository of Ireland – another repository that provides long-term preservation and access to cultural digital data.

During the FAIR-IMPACT support programme, the library advanced preservation planning, improved metadata standards, and increased FAIR alignment. User needs were explored through interviews and testing. Governance gaps were identified and are being addressed. CoreTrustSeal readiness progressed, and internal clarity and external visibility of services significantly improved.

A team from the Center for Research Data Management at TU Wien participated in the repository support action, during which they identified and started working towards a range of actions to increase the engagement with their users and the efficiency of their work to raise awareness of good RDM practices among them.

This FAIR Implementation Story outlines the specific aims and actions of The European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and Water Column Observatory (EMSO ERIC) in relation to their participation in this Support Programme.

The University of Maribor Library participated in the FAIR-IMPACT Support Programme to enhance the implementation of FAIR principles in the University of Maribor’s institutional repository, DKUM. Our efforts focused on policy improvements, increasing the FAIR-ness of data, and stakeholder engagement.

Fundación Dialnet’s participation in FAIR-IMPACT’s Support Programme for Repositories and Data Service Providers supported them in building key relationships with their peers across Europe. Leveraging these relationships, Dialnet were able to learn how other repositories were being more FAIR enabling, as well as finding out potential solutions for connecting their Current Research Information System with data repositories.

This FAIR Implementation Story outlines the specific aims and actions of Imago Mol in relation to their participation in this Support Programme.

This FAIR implementation story shows the continuous road towards trustworthiness as a repository, and the different stakeholders involved in this process.

Starting from a basic level of understanding, the participant sought to create a collection of FAIR Digital Objects and have it presented on the website with FAIR Signposting embedded to describe the objects and collection. Although not supported in their specific use case, the participant was able to gain valuable knowledge and experience in implementation on an example project.

With the goal of improving FAIRness of datasets at the Digital Repository of Ireland, the team implemented new controllers, helpers, and tests in their app and expanded its goals to support researchers in making datasets FAIR regardless of their chosen repository. 

Participants at Research Space sought to use ro-crate-java library to add metadata to their exported archives so that they satisfy the requirements of the Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) File format. They selected ROCrate as the exchange format, to facilitate data exchange among all those who exported through RO-Crate.