Authors:
Rajani Sharma

Addresses:
Department of Library, Government College, Guna, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Abstract:

The modern research ecosystem is being revolutionised to achieve greater transparency and reproducibility. This paper discusses this shift, in which academic libraries are emerging as key players in driving this change through systematic advocacy and data stewardship. By making the library a central point of focus in Open Science, the institutions will be able to bridge the gap between complex information management requirements and researchers' compliance. The paper uses a wide range of datasets comprising 405 examples of research activities, collected from institutional archives and faculty census data. This data was analysed using specialised tools such as computational modelling software, statistical analysis packages and metadata mapping applications to measure the impact of library interventions. The findings suggest that proactive library use may improve research exposure and data sustainability. More cross-disciplinary cooperation affects the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles in large libraries' adoption of all three workshop types. This paper provides an overview of the strategic implementation of these services and a roadmap for how libraries can move from passive resource providers to active players in the scientific process, helping create a fairer and more open research process.

Keywords: Open Science; Data Stewardship; Research Ecosystems; Library Advocacy; Digital Repositories; Information Management; Library Interventions; Transparency and Reproducibility.

Received on: 26/06/2025, Revised on: 17/08/2025, Accepted on: 02/11/2025, Published on: 07/03/2026

DOI: 10.69888/FTSFDS.2026.000624

FMDB Transactions on Sustainable Finance and Data Science, 2026 Vol. 1 No. 1, Pages: 52–64

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