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Beile, P.
(2014). The UCF Research Data Management Survey: A report of faculty practices and needs.
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Investigated faculty data management needs and practices at the University of Central Florida |
Conducted an online survey containing 33 questions. There were 534 valid recipients and 97 who partially or fully completed the survey. |
Measurement, Wider |
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Bergin, M. Banach
(2013). Sabbatical Report: Summary of Survey Results on Digital Preservation Practices at 148 Institutions.
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Investigate how digital preservation programs were implemented in institutions with established programs |
Conducted an online survey and follow-up interviews with 12 librarians and archivists from various institutions. The survey received 148 responses [from libraries and archives]. 100 people finished the survey.
"...I received responses from all types of institutions including national libraries, state libraries, academic libraries, public libraries, church and corporate archives, national parks archives, historical societies, research data centers, and presidential libraries. Roughly a third of the respondents were from large academic institutions with more than 20,000 students, another third were from smaller academic institutions with less than 20,000 students, and the remaining third were from non-academic institutions." |
Measurement, Wider |
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McLure, M., Level A., Cranston C., Oehlerts B., & Culbertson M.
(2014). Data Curation: A Study of Researcher Practices and Needs.
portal: Libraries and the Academy. 14(2), 139 - 164. |
Investigated (1) the nature of data sets that researchers create or maintain; (2) How participants manage their data; (3) Needs for support that the participants identify in relation to sharing, curating, and preserving their data; and (4) The feasibility of adapting the Purdue University Libraries’ Data Curation Profiles Toolkit1 interview protocol for use in focus groups with researchers |
Conducted five focus groups with 31 faculty, research scientists, and research associates |
Measurement, Wider |
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Parsons, T., Grimshaw S., & Williamson L.
(2013). Research Data Management Survey.
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Sought to understand the baseline of RDM practices, gather researcher requirements for RDM, and raise awareness of and gauge interest in a proposed service |
After testing on a smaller population, conducted an online survey of career researchers and post-doctoral researchers at the University of Nottingham using targeted email |
Measurement, Wider |
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Peters, C., & Dryden A.
(2011). Assessing the Academic Library's Role in Campus-Wide Research Data Management: A First Step at the University of Houston.
Science & Technology Libraries. 30(4), 387 - 403. |
Interviewed PIs of significant grants, to assess individuals in as many science and engineering departments as possible, and to obtain information on data management practices from both individual and group-based projects |
Conducted interviews with PIs of 10 projects (14 contacted), as well as one Co-PI, one post-doctorate and one graduate student associated with one of the projects) |
Measurement, Wider |
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Scaramozzino, J., Ramírez M., & McGaughey K.
(2012). A Study of Faculty Data Curation Behaviors and Attitudes at a Teaching-Centered University.
College & Research Libraries. 73(4), 349 - 365. |
Investigated science researchers’ data curation awareness, behaviors, and attitudes, as well as what needs they exhibited for services and education regarding maintenance and management of data |
Distributed survey via email to 331 College of Science and Mathematics faculty at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly), a master’s-granting, teaching-centered institution. Filtered results to include only science faculty from the Biology, Chemistry, Kinesiology, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics departments who engaged in data collection in the course of their research (131 tenure-track faculty; 82 responded (62.6%) |
Measurement, Wider |
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Thornhill, K., & Palmer L.
(2014). An Assessment of Doctoral Biomedical Student Research Data Management Needs.
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Explored institutional repository data management needs at the University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Conducted literature review; sent a data needs assessment survey based on the DCC lifecycle model and NSF requirements for data management to 470 students on an email discussion list.
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Measurement, Targeted |
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UNC-CH
(2012). Research Data Stewardship at UNC: Recommendations for Scholarly Practice and Leadership.
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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 |
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 |
Measurement, Wider |
