The Gottingen eResearch Alliance: A Case Study of Developing and Establishing Institutional Support for Research Data Management

The Gottingen eResearch Alliance is presented as a case study for establishing institutional support for research data management within the context of the Gottingen Campus, a particular alliance of several research institutes at Gottingen. The cross-cutting, "horizontal" approach of the Gottingen eResearch Alliance, established by two research-oriented infrastructure providers, a research library and a computing and IT competence center, aims to coordinate Campus-led activities to establish sustainable and innovative services to support all phases of the research data life cycle. In this article, the core activities of the first phase aimed at developing a modular approach to provide support for research data management to researchers will be described. It closes with lessons learned and an outlook on future activities.