The Role of the Iscte Library in the Scientific Information Curation Process in the CRIS, Ciência_Iscte

16 pages•Published: October 19, 2026

Ricardo Reiçadas, Teresa Segurado and Vera Batalha

Abstract

For the academic and scientific community whose institutions have Current Research Information Systems (CRIS), it is essential that the scientific output deposited in the CRIS will be described responsibly and with quality, in accordance with best practices and the principles of Open Science. In the academic context, science is not limited to the stages of research or publication, but also encompasses the way information is organized, described, assessed, made available, reused, and preserved over time, tasks in which libraries play a central role.
High-quality and responsible metadata description – ensuring the integration of scientific content into reliable, coherent, transparent, and interoperable information systems, in line with the FAIR Principles – is fundamental for the academic and scientific assessment of researchers, particularly concerning the awarding of degrees, career progression, access to funding, performance evaluation, or personal and professional recognition by peers.
At Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, the Library plays a key role in curating the metadata of the scientific output deposited in the institution’s CRIS, Ciência_Iscte, contributing to the improvement and enrichment of metadata and, by enabling integration with the institutional repository, ensuring the accessibility and visibility of Iscte’s scientific production and promoting the dissemination of knowledge to a wider audience.
This paper aims to present the curation work conducted by the Iscte Library in Ciência_Iscte and its integration with the institutional repository, through a set of qualitative and quantitative data that demonstrate the work developed in this context, during the period 2020–2025.

Keyphrases: academic libraries, ciência_iscte, institutional repository, metadata curation, open science, portugal

In: Pablo de Castro and Joachim Schöpfel (editors). Proceedings of 17th International Conference on Current Research Information Systems, vol 5, pages 91-106.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/Bdzb
	https://doi.org/10.29007/r3bq

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{CRIS2026:Role_Iscte_Library_Scientific,
  author    = {Ricardo Reiçadas and Teresa Segurado and Vera Batalha},
  title     = {The Role of the Iscte Library in the Scientific Information Curation Process in the CRIS, Ciência_Iscte},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of 17th International Conference on Current Research Information Systems},
  editor    = {Pablo de Castro and Joachim Schöpfel},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Technology},
  volume    = {5},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2516-2322},
  url       = {/publications/paper/Bdzb},
  doi       = {10.29007/r3bq},
  pages     = {91-106},
  year      = {2026}}

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