Purpose - As national legislation, federated national services, institutional policies and institutional research service organizations may differ, data stewardship transpires differently in higher education institutions across the world. This work seeks to elaborate the picture of different data stewardship programs running in different institutional arrangements and research environments. Design/methodology/approach - Drawing from autoethnography and case study methods, this study described three distinct data stewardship programs from Purdue University (United States), Delft Technical University (Netherlands) and Aalto University (Finland). In addition, this work investigated the institutional arrangements and national research environments of the programs. The focus was on initiatives led by academic libraries or similar services. Findings - This work demonstrates that data stewardship may be understood differently within different national and institutional contexts. The data stewardship programs differed in terms of roles, organization and funding structures. Moreover, the mesh of policies and legislation, organizational structures, and national infrastructures differed. Originality - This work broadens the current literature on data stewardship by not only providing detailed descriptions of three distinct data stewardship programs, but also highlighting how research environments may affect their organization. We argue that the knowledge of institutional and national arrangements is a transversal requirement of data stewardship. Research limitations/implications - The data stewardship programs and their contexts develop, and the descriptions presented in this work should be considered as snapshots. Although individual researchers and research groups may undertake data stewardship activities, this study only investigated formalized services.

翻译：目的 - 由于国家立法、联邦化国家服务、机构政策和机构科研服务组织可能存在差异，世界各地高等教育机构的数据管理呈现不同形态。本研究旨在阐释不同机构安排和研究环境中运行的数据管理项目的全貌。设计/方法论/方法 - 本研究采用自传民族志和案例研究方法，描述了普渡大学（美国）、代尔夫特理工大学（荷兰）和阿尔托大学（芬兰）三个各具特色的数据管理项目。此外，本研究还考察了这些项目的机构安排和国家研究环境，重点关注由学术图书馆或类似服务机构主导的倡议。研究发现 - 本研究表明，数据管理在不同国家和机构背景下可能存在不同理解。这些数据管理项目在角色定位、组织架构和资金结构方面存在差异。同时，政策法规体系、组织结构及国家基础设施的整合程度也各有不同。原创性 - 本研究不仅详细描述了三个各具特色的数据管理项目，更通过揭示研究环境如何影响其组织架构，拓宽了当前数据管理领域的文献。我们认为，对机构和国家安排的理解是数据管理的横向要求。研究局限/启示 - 数据管理项目及其背景环境处于动态发展中，本文所述内容应视为阶段性快照。尽管个别研究人员和研究团队可能开展数据管理活动，但本研究仅调查了正式化服务。