Variability in academic research data management practices: Implications for data services development from a faculty survey

Q Social Sciences

Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems Pub Date : 2015-09-11 DOI:10.1108/PROG-02-2015-0017

A. Whitmire, Michael Boock, Shan C. Sutton

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Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how knowledge of local research data management (RDM) practices critically informs the progressive development of research data services (RDS) after basic services have already been established. Design/methodology/approach – An online survey was distributed via e-mail to all university faculty in the fall of 2013, and was left open for just over one month. The authors sent two reminder e-mails before closing the survey. Survey data were downloaded from Qualtrics survey software and analyzed in R. Findings – In this paper, the authors reviewed a subset of survey findings that included data types, volume, and storage locations, RDM roles and responsibilities, and metadata practices. The authors found that Oregon State University (OSU) researchers are generating a wide variety of data types, and that practices vary between colleges. The authors discovered that faculty are not utilizing campus-wide storage infrastructure, and are maintaining their own stor...

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学术研究数据管理实践的可变性:一项教师调查对数据服务开发的影响

目的-本文的目的是展示在基本服务已经建立之后，当地研究数据管理(RDM)实践的知识如何重要地通知研究数据服务(RDS)的逐步发展。设计/方法/方法——2013年秋天，一项在线调查通过电子邮件分发给所有大学教师，并开放了一个多月。在调查结束前，作者发送了两封提醒邮件。调查数据是从Qualtrics调查软件中下载的，并在r中进行分析。调查结果——在本文中，作者回顾了调查结果的一个子集，包括数据类型、数量、存储位置、RDM角色和职责，以及元数据实践。作者发现，俄勒冈州立大学(OSU)的研究人员正在生成各种各样的数据类型，各学院的做法各不相同。作者发现，教师没有利用全校范围的存储基础设施，而是在维护自己的存储。

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Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems 工程技术-计算机：信息系统

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1.30

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： ■Automation of library and information services ■Storage and retrieval of all forms of electronic information ■Delivery of information to end users ■Database design and management ■Techniques for storing and distributing information ■Networking and communications technology ■The Internet ■User interface design ■Procurement of systems ■User training and support ■System evaluation