We are excited to announce our Special Issue highlighting works related to the Research Data and Preservation (RDAP) Summit 2025.

The JeSLIB Editors thank the guest editors, Jennifer Chaput, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Yijing Angel Tang, University of Colorado Boulder, Wei Zakharov, Purdue University, and Heather Charlotte Owen, University of Rochester, for their dedication and expertise in bringing together this special issue - our largest yet with 12 articles.

We thank the RDAP community for their continued support and enthusiasm for JeSLIB and its mission to advance the theory and practice of librarianship focusing on services related to data-driven research and promoting high standards in peer review and open access. Congratulations to all the authors who contributed to make this a success! 🎉

Volume 15, Issue 1 (2026) Special Issue: 2025 Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Summit

Editorial

Editorial for Special Issue: 2025 Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Summit
Jennifer Chaput, Yijing Angel Tang, Wei Zakharov, and Heather Charlotte Owen

Full-Length Paper

Investigating and Addressing the Needs of Research Support Staff
Alissa Link Cilfone and Jen Ferguson

Building a Lightweight Dataset Catalog in Digital Commons
Claire Warner, Amy Reese, and Marla Hertz

The hunt for research data: Development of an open-source workflow for tracking institutionally-affiliated research data publications
Bryan M. Gee

Investigating Graduate Mentor Perspectives on Data Information Literacy and Stewardship in Undergraduate Engineering Research Projects
Joreen Arigye, Wei Zakharov, Carla B. Zoltowski, Sarah Sewell, and Senay Purzer

Strengthening Data Management Systems: Insights from the Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Project's Institutional Pilots
Matthew Murray, Briana Wham, Matthew Harp, Matthew B. Carson, and Sara Gonzales

Evolving the 3-2-1 backup rule for more resilient data
Deb McCaffrey, Erin D. Foster, Lev Gorenstein, Tobin Magle, and Venice Bayrd

The Repository of Last Resort? Exploring the Role of Institutional Repositories in the Data Repository Ecosystem through Researcher Perspectives
Cara Key, Diana E. Park, Jane Nichols, Clara Llebot, and L.K. Borland

eScience in Action

Identifying Restricted Data Repositories Supporting Mediated Access via Data Usage Agreements
Mary K. Oberlies and Megan Potterbusch

Building Open Qualitative Science with Open Curriculum
Nathaniel D. Porter and Sebastian Karcher

Commentary

Resilient by Design: Assessment Strategies for Data Services from RDAP 2025
Rose Fredrick

Forging Resilience and Building Capacity: Professional Development in Early-Career Research Data Services
Samantha Harmon

Send It Away, or Put It On Display? How librarians and research computing staff can collaborate across language barriers
Venice Bayrd, Erin D. Foster, Lev Gorenstein, Tobin Magle, and Deb McCaffrey

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