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MIDDLETOWN, CT - Choice announces the publication of the sixth in a series of white papers designed to provide actionable intelligence around topics of importance to the academic library community. Despite the fact that the paper, “," was researched and written during the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, this report can provide libraries with practical information and ideas for current and future strategies for supporting evolving research workflows and researcher needs.

Researched and written by Ngoc-Yen Tran, research impact librarian at San Jose State University, and Emily K. Chan, associate dean for research and scholarship at San Jose State University, the researchers surveyed academic librarians and interviewed academic library administrators in the United States and Canada. The goal of the mixed-method study was to investigate how academic libraries are looking to deepen their support for research activities within the identification of funding opportunities, research data management and data services, new venues for publishing and dissemination, and collection of research metrics and impacts.

Commenting on the publication of the latest white paper, Choice Editor and Publisher Mark Cummings noted, “In an interesting adjunct to our last study, on research data services (#5), this paper explores the broader issue of library support for a broad cross-section of research workflows. Here, as in other studies, issues of library funding and staffing loom large, and through their interviews, especially, the authors provide valuable information about how librarian roles are changing to meet these challenges. It is equally instructive to read this paper in conjunction with our first study, on institutional repositories (#1), as librarians look to leverage them as a support mechanism for open publishing.”

Funding for this research was provided by a generous contribution from ProQuest. “Supporting Scholarly Research: Current & New Opportunities for Academic Libraries" is published under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license and is available at .

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About Choice

As a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Librarians, Choice supports the work and professional development of academic librarians by providing tools and services that help them become more effective advocates for their patrons. Through its over fifty-year history, it has established itself as an authoritative source for the evaluation of scholarly resources and as the publisher of trusted research in areas of interest to a changing academic library community. Today, Choice works to bring librarians, scholars, publishers, and the reading public together, facilitating a shared concern for the discovery, management, and preservation of scholarly information. Please visit Choice at for more information.

About ProQuest

ProQuest supports the important work in the world’s research and learning communities. The company curates six centuries of content – the world’s largest collection of journals, ebooks, primary sources, dissertations, news and video – and builds powerful workflow solutions to help libraries acquire and grow collections that inspire extraordinary outcomes. ProQuest products and services are used in academic, K-12, public, corporate and government libraries in 150 countries. Please visit ProQuest at for more information.