Chemistry librarians have a strong tradition of facilitating access to high quality data and information resources across campuses. One such resource is the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) which is distributed and maintained by the not-for-profit Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC). The CSD provides access to a curated aggregation of the results of over 900,000 diffraction experiments through web-based and desktop software. For many years, the library community has been a key supporter of the activities of the CCDC through financial contributions and promotion activities that enable researchers across campuses to access the CSD.<br/><br/>In recent years, there have been opportunities to build on the relationship between the library community and the CCDC to jointly address general research data management challenges faced by faculty members. This includes engagement through international and national initiatives as well as more local activities undertaken in conjunction with specialist librarians. This presentation will describe activities that the CCDC has undertaken in conjunction with members of the library community worldwide to help promote and develop good practice in research data management. Opportunities for chemistry librarians and disciplinary data repositories to work in partnership to support the research data management needs of the communities they serve will be highlighted.<br/>

Chemistry librarians and disciplinary data repositories working in partnership

256th National Meeting (2018)

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