Sustainability Aspects of Digital Research Infrastructures

DARIAH-DE as a research infrastructure is entering the next important phase. After the preparatory phase, followed by the construction DARIAH-DE is now preparing the operational phase which has to guarantee on the one hand the stability of all services and tools of this digital research infrastructure and on the other hand a dynamic as well as flexible development based on user needs from the scholarly, information science and IT-expert communities. The challenge is now to find the right balance between trust as well as stability and community-driven expansion and development. This article introduces in different aspects of sustainability of research infrastructures.