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: University libraries throughout the world are rethinking how they serve their individual schools’ research agendas. This study is based on the different services given by the BLDE (DU) central library, the findings of which may be useful to other university libraries. Following a brief examination of significant developing trends in research sup port, the article analyses the survey findings, with an emphasis on support for research ers and the research agenda at their institutions. The central library provides excellent research assistance; nevertheless, e-Research assistance in general, and research data management assistance in particular, have the greatest variation across the libraries and indicate potential areas for improvement. Suggestions for follow-up, benchmarking, and development are made.


Introduction
Academic libraries may assist research by inventing and aggregating disciplinebased tools, offering tailored services, and promoting user-centered services (Kroll and Forsman, 2010). The function of libraries at research universities is shifting from reader services to author services. Governments throughout the globe are faced with the task of developing research e-infrastructures that can not only handle but also make increasingly huge volumes of research data accessible and discoverable. In response, universities are under pressure to guarantee that their research plans and support services are in line with these national imperatives.
The BLDE(DU) Central Library was founded in 1986, along with the institute. It is located in contemporary facilities and provides computerised library services to its clientele, which includes about 1500 undergraduate and postgraduate students, research researchers, faculty members, and supporting personnel from the institute's many departments. This Library is housed in a separate building with a carpet area of 2400 square metres in the heart of the campus, and it can seat more than 750 students/users at any given time.

Objectives of the Study
The purpose of this study is to look at the present state of research support services at the BLDE (Deemed to be University) library in Vijayapura. The following research questions form the foundation of the study: • How has the provision of library research support services developed over the last decate as shown by the BLDE (Deemed to be University), Vijayapura, library strategic plans?
• What resources does the BLDE (Deemed to be University) library in Vijayapura dedicate to research assistance?
• What are the most important research support services for library directors?

Review of Literature
Research support services provided by university libraries in the context of e-research and data-intensive research cover a wide range of activities, some of which have been analized.

Research Support Services by BLDE (DU)-Central Library:
The primary function of a university library is to aid the curriculum while also assisting the professors, researchers, and students. In the future, research support services will be a focus of innovation for libraries, putting significant demands on library resources/tools and technical conditions, as well as librarian wisdom/ skills and competence. Libraries will have to deepen their communication and collaboration with subject specialists and research management personnel/ bodies, improve their intelligence analysis and think tank services, and deliver high-level, professional, and tailor-made support services based on the lifecycle of research acclaim. The BLDE (DU) Central Library's critical research support services to its faculty and researchers are mentioned and briefly explained.

• Bibliometric Study (R-Studio, Biblioshiny, and VOSViewer):
Bibliometric is defined as the use of statistical methods to analyze the bibliometric publications data such as peer-reviewed journal articles, books, conference proceedings, periodicals, reviews, reports, and related documents. BLDE • Digital writing assistance through Grammarly software: BLDE (DU) Central Library users have been given training and access to Grammarly writing assistance tool, which is a cross-platform Cloud-based writing assistant that reviews spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity, engagement and delivery mistakes in real-time. It uses AI to identify and search for an appropriate replacement for the mistake it locates. It also allows users to customize their style, tone, and context-specific language and gives plagiarism report. This tool eases the otherwise cumbersome and slow process of writing content, allowing users to write more quickly and with confidence.  • Academic IDs Creation: Academic IDs or nothing but Author Identifiers

Conclusion
The primary function of any library attached to the HEIs/ Research Centers is to actively participate in the institution's research productivity by providing various services, facilities, ICT enabled tools and techniques and training and workshops so that it can be differentiated from traditional school or college libraries. Research has been an integral part of our Medical Education since its inception of Medical College. Research has received major thrust after being conferred the Deemed University status. We at BLDE (DU) strongly believe Teaching and Research should go hand-in-hand and complement each other. The central library of BLDE (DU) supports research by providing research collections, services, data literacy training and research data management and regularly conducts various hands-on workshops on multiple tools and techniques the central library procured which will help and enhance the functioning of research and thereby increasing the research productivity of the institution.