Research Data Stewardship at UNC: Recommendations for Scholarly Practice and Leadership
| Title | Research Data Stewardship at UNC: Recommendations for Scholarly Practice and Leadership |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 2012 |
| Corporate Authors | UNC-CH |
| Date Published | 2012/// |
| Institution | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill |
| City | Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| Keywords | gap_evidence, gap_relationships, sg_data_survey, sg_ps |
| URL | http://sils.unc.edu/sites/default/files/general/research/UNC_Research_Data_Stewardship_Report.pdf |
Gap Area Study Type:
High-level Gap Areas:
Measurement Gap Areas:
- Culture: Sharing attitudes and practices
- Culture: Research and development culture
- Culture: Standards
- Culture: Intellectual Property
- Culture: Other: Data analysis
- Culture: Other: Security practices
- Knowledge: Amount of data
- Resp: Conduct stewardship activities
- LP: Deficiencies that inhibit stewardship, access, and use
- LP: Lack of consistency and alignment
- Funding: Lack of funding
- Collab: Other: Research collaboration
- HR: Lack of skills
- IT: Lack of tools
- IT: Other: Lack of services
- CMP: Fragmented data management
- CMP: Insufficient data curation or management
- CMP: Difficulty managing data for reuse
- SA: Sharing and Access
Purpose:
Sought to identify policy options for digital research data stewardship at UNC; further understanding of the full-breadth of activities, concerns, and opinions surrounding research data stewardship among researchers at UNC-CH
Method:
Conducted semi-structured interviews with 23 faculty researchers representing several disciplines at UNC-CH; conducted an online survey of all faculty members, graduate students, and staff assigned to departments that engage in research
