OCLC has recently released a report on Research Information Management
and Libraries, which can be found at:

http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/2017/oclcresearch-defining-rim.html

I have reproduced the abstract of the report below. It was developed by
OCLC research jointly with a team of librarians.

A second report is due in November and I'll share details and
availability when it's released. OCLC is also running a survey jointly
with EuroCRIS on worldwide library practices with regard to research
information management. You can find the details on how to participate
here:

http://www.marketingbackupsurveys.com/oclc/2017RIM.htm





Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI

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Research information management (RIM) is the aggregation, curation, and
utilization of information about research and is emerging as an area of
increasing interest and relevance in many university libraries. RIM
intersects with many aspects of traditional library services in
discovery, acquisition, dissemination, and analysis of scholarly
activities, and does so through the nexus with institutional data
systems, faculty workflows, and institutional partners. RIM adoption
offers libraries new opportunities to support institutional and
researcher goals.
In this paper prepared by Rebecca Bryant, OCLC Research Senior Program
Officer, and a working group of librarians representing OCLC Research
Library Partnership institutions, learn more about what RIM is, what is
driving RIM adoption, and the library’s role in RIM.
The publication is intended to help libraries and other institutional
stakeholders understand developing research information management
practices―and particularly the value add that libraries can offer in a
complex ecosystem.