20.500.12556/DKUM-97035 Maneuvering between the expected and the unknown: maintaining institutional repository development under challenging conditions University of Maribor Library FAIR implementation story The University of Maribor Library participated in the FAIR-IMPACT Support Programme to enhance the implementation of FAIR principles in the University of Maribor’s institutional repository, DKUM. Our efforts focused on policy improvements, increasing the FAIR-ness of data, and stakeholder engagement. We developed a FAIR Implementation Action Plan with six key objectives, including gaining CoreTrustSeal certification, improving the machine-readability of policies, enhancing visibility, and increasing the longterm value of research outputs. Progress was significantly disrupted by a major cyber-attack in October 2024, which temporarily paralyzed university systems. Despite this, the support team adapted quickly to maintain essential services, particularly for students. Long-term challenges such as limited staffing and resources have slowed implementation, especially in areas like machine-actionable policies and FAIR signposting. Looking ahead, the library aims to complete postponed tasks, deepen cooperation with data stewards, contribute to national and international open science initiatives, and support policy changes to embed FAIR principles in PhD research processes. DKUM Digital Library of the University of Maribor institutional repositories načela FAIR DKUM Digitalna knjižnica Univerze v Mariboru institucionalni repozitoriji načela FAIR true false false Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-02-12 15:30:07 2026-02-12 15:30:08 2026-02-13 08:47:30 0000-00-00 00:00:00 0 0 Amsterdam 0 Amsterdam 6 str. 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-08-28 001.89(497.4Maribor) 268302595 10.5281/zenodo.16987480 University_of_Maribor_Library_FAIR_Implementation_Story.pdf University_of_Maribor_Library_FAIR_Implementation_Story.pdf 1 9473A62AFFDC85941D4F2B688987D5A2 8b1bce703828b7d28820cbbe8f8f0c15a027c0790a108901fb29c02b609e48a1 72db21db-0821-11f1-93cb-00155d00019a https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=203278 https://zenodo.org/records/16987481 1 55745ff1-081f-11f1-93cb-00155d00019a https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=203276 Univerzitetna knjižnica Maribor 0 0 0