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The author points out the role of libraries, having experience with metadata and data management, to serve as a neutral mediator for collaborations among researchers.

The article focuses on the concept of building online communities that leverage software development among colleges and universities and discusses issues related to it. It is stated that the use of open-source software has risen within the higher education community as a working, open-source alternative to learning management systems. Reportedly, however, there hasn't been enough interest in working together as an academic community to jointly develop academic-specific open-source software tools as a whole . It further suggests that in order to drive the development of academic community-sourced software, commitment and motivation need to be established among colleges and universities to support software products that are cost-effective.

The article focuses on the mission of the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) which supports new knowledge creation through novel computational uses of the HathiTrust Digital Library (HTDL); and mentions Advanced Collaborative Support (ACS) Program and scholarship.

The article discusses the challenges and ways for meeting the long-term management, stewardship, and preservation requirements of data in the Information Age. The diversity of constituencies concerned with digital preservation, coupled with the current general need for reliable resources for preservation infrastructure, suggests that collaborative relationships that cross institutional and sector boundaries will provide important and promising ways to deal with the data preservation challenge. Successful preservation partnerships require that roles and responsibilities of the partners be clearly defined.