Are you ready? Tasks and roles for academic libraries in supporting Research 2.0

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify tasks and roles that academic libraries have to fulfil to react to the developments brought in by the appearance of Research 2.0. Design/methodology/approach – A review of current literature about the topic was performed. Findings – Literature used reveals that currently, there is a need for providing information literacy (IL) education (mainly in the form of data literacy), providing research data services (RDSs) (addressing data quality and data citation), raising awareness of faculty members on different issues and providing individual support to them. Originality/value – The paper intends to be an add-on to the body of knowledge about academic library support to researchers.