Creating and maintaining a national bibliographic database for research output: manual of good practices

In this manual of good practices for the maintenance of national bibliographic databases for research output, we highlight 30 issues that are worth considering in the design, organisation, maintenance, and usage of databases that are used for evaluation and funding allocation purposes. This manual has been developed in the context of the ‘European Network for Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and Humanities’ (ENRESSH, COST Action 15137, www.enressh.eu). The manual is intended as an informative resource and a trigger for discussions for people who are involved with the implementation and maintenance of national bibliographic databases for research output. This includes developers, database administrators, policy makers, librarians, researchers, and everyone else who is in one way or another involved in database work.