bwFDM Communities – a Research Data Management Initiative in the County of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Concrete Action ◽

>> See video of presentation (33 min.)On 29th July 2014 the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, has launched an e-science initiative to build up a powerful, efficient and innovative information infrastructure for all universities, research institutions and universities of applied science of the county of southwest Germany. With the overall budget of 3.7 million euro action plans within the five areas licensing, digitalization, research data management, open access and virtual research environments shall be worked out within the next years.Within this framework an 18-month project has been launched at the beginning of 2014 to evaluate the needs of services and support libraries and IT service centres should offer for researchers in the area of research data management. In this “bwFDM communities” named project full time key accounters have been established at all 9 universities of the county (Freiburg, Heidelberg, Hohenheim, Karlsruhe, Konstanz, Mannheim, Stuttgart, Tuebingen and Ulm; among them national and international highly ranked universities). The task of the key accounters is to identity concrete needs and requirements of all research groups working with research data (in a broad sense including all areas of science, social science and humanities) at each of the nine universities as well as possible solutions by conducting semi-structured personal interviews and documenting them in the form of user stories. As a result issues of importance and requirements will be identified, categorized and finalized to recommendations for concrete action plans.The presentation will give an overview of the first results of the project, thereby also highlighting the roles libraries and IT service centres are expected to play from the researcher´s point of view. Furthermore the presentation will point out the response of the University of Konstanz Library to the rising awareness of the importance of research data within the University Executive, showing the special efforts the University of Konstanz Library undertakes to support researchers in their research data management so far and to build up more and more expertise in the area of research data management. One step had been the set-up of a disciplinary data repository in the field of ornithology (Movebank data repository).

Kutatási adatkezelést támogató szolgáltatás a Szegedi Tudományegyetemen

10.31915/nws.2021.18 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Rozália Zeller ◽

Szabolcs Hoczopán ◽

Gyula Nagy

Keyword(s):

Data Management ◽

Research Community ◽

Research Data ◽

Data Repository ◽

Institutional Research ◽

International Trends ◽

Professional Assistance ◽

Management Recommendations ◽

Following the national and international trends in mid-2020 the Klebelsberg Kuno Library of the University of Szeged has also started to deal with the issue of research data management. After thorough self-training the library staff studied the Hungarian and international best practices of managing research data. We tried to assess the needs of the institutional research data management habits and the opinion of the researchers of SZTE with a comprehensive questionnaire. We compiled a comprehensive questionnaire to assess the needs of our researchers, learn what they’re thinking about RDM and what kind of practices regarding RDM already exist in the research community. By evaluating the questionnaire we have determined the areas in which the library could provide professional assistance where there was a real need among researchers. Keeping in mind the needs of the research community of University of Szeged we have decided to develop the following services: copyright consulting, RDM trainings for PhD students, theoretical and methodological assistance for RDM, write institutional FAIR data management recommendations. The last four services have been successfully implemented. We also wrote a feasibility study to assess the possibilities of developing our own institutional data repository.

Research Data Management at 9 Universities in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. The Results from the Final Report of the bwFDM Communities Project

Septentrio Conference Series ◽

10.7557/5.3665 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Karlheinz Pappenberger

Keyword(s):

Data Management ◽

Research Data ◽

The State ◽

Final Report ◽

Full Time ◽

It Service ◽

User Stories ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Status

See video of the presentation.On 17th July 2015 the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts for Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, invited national experts to the presentation of the final report of the ‘bwFDM communities’ project. This 18 month project was launched at the beginning of 2014 to evaluate the needs of services and the support that libraries and IT service centres should offer researchers in the area of research data management. Full-time key project staff had been established at all 9 universities in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg to conduct semi-structured personal interviews of all research groups working with research data (in a broad sense including all areas of science, social science and humanities) and to document them in the form of user stories. 627 interviews have been conducted and more than 2,500 user stories could be extracted, showing the wide range of needs and wishes articulated by researchers. On this basis issues of importance and requirements had be identified, categorised in 18 different groups and finalised into an analysis of the status quo and recommendations for concrete action plans. The results cover the areas ‘general requirements and policy framework’, ‘data collection and data sharing’, ‘technical framework and virtual research environments’, ‘preservation’, ‘IT infrastructure and IT support’, ‘licencing’ and ‘Open Science’.The presentation will give an overview of the project results and will highlight the roles libraries and IT service centres are expected to play from the researcher´s point of view.As the final report to the Ministry contributes to a comprehensive research data management strategy for the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, the presentation will also point out the status of the federal strategy in RDM.

Implementing the Research Data Management Policy: University of Edinburgh Roadmap

International Journal of Digital Curation ◽

10.2218/ijdc.v8i2.283 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 194-204 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Robin Rice ◽

Çuna Ekmekcioglu ◽

Jeff Haywood ◽

Sarah Jones ◽

Stuart Lewis ◽

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Keyword(s):

Data Management ◽

Research Data ◽

Management Policy ◽

Data Repository ◽

Steering Group ◽

Pilot Work ◽

International Setting ◽

University Of Edinburgh ◽

This paper discusses work to implement the University of Edinburgh Research Data Management (RDM) policy by developing the services needed to support researchers and fulfil obligations within a changing national and international setting. This is framed by an evolving Research Data Management Roadmap and includes a governance model that ensures cooperation amongst Information Services (IS) managers and oversight by an academic-led steering group. IS has taken requirements from research groups and IT professionals, and at the request of the steering group has conducted pilot work involving volunteer research units within the three colleges to develop functionality and presentation for the key services. The first pilots cover three key services: the data store, a customisation of the Digital Curation Centre’s DMPonline tool, and the data repository. The paper will report on the plans, achievements and challenges encountered while we attempt to bring the University of Edinburgh RDM Roadmap to fruition.

Archiving South African digital research data: How ready are we?

South African Journal of Science ◽

10.17159/sajs.2016/20150316 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol Volume 112 (Number 7/8) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Margaret M. Koopman ◽

Karin de Jager ◽

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Keyword(s):

Data Management ◽

South African ◽

Academic Research ◽

Research Data ◽

Digital Data ◽

Systematic Research ◽

Data Archiving ◽

The University ◽

Digital Research

Abstract Digital data archiving and research data management have become increasingly important for institutions in South Africa, particularly after the announcement by the National Research Foundation, one of the principal South African academic research funders, recommending these actions for the research that they fund. A case study undertaken during the latter half of 2014, among the biological sciences researchers at a South African university, explored the state of data management and archiving at this institution and the readiness of researchers to engage with sharing their digital research data through repositories. It was found that while some researchers were already engaged with digital data archiving in repositories, neither researchers nor the university had implemented systematic research data management.

From Project to Strategic Vision: Taking the Lead in Research Data Management Support at the University of Sydney Library

International Journal of Digital Curation ◽

10.2218/ijdc.v9i1.316 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 253-262 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Belinda Norman ◽

Kate Valentine Stanton

Keyword(s):

Data Management ◽

Research Data ◽

Management Support ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Roles And Responsibilities ◽

Strategic Vision ◽

The Commons ◽

The University ◽

Project Partner

This paper explores three stories, each occurring a year apart, illustrating an evolution toward a strategic vision for Library leadership in supporting research data management at the University of Sydney. The three stories describe activities undertaken throughout the Seeding the Commons project and beyond, as the establishment of ongoing roles and responsibilities transition the Library from project partner to strategic leader in the delivery of research data management support. Each story exposes key ingredients that characterise research data management support: researcher engagement; partnerships; and the complementary roles of policy and practice.

Student Research Data Management Practices at UC Data Day 2017

10.31219/osf.io/sjk8z ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Amy E Koshoffer ◽

Keloni Parks

Keyword(s):

Student Engagement ◽

Data Management ◽

Poster Session ◽

Management Practices ◽

Research Data ◽

Student Research ◽

University Of Cincinnati ◽

This article discusses increasing student engagement surrounding data management and how the University of Cincinnati Libraries tried to engage students with a poster session for its Data Day event in 2017.

Teaching Open Science

Open Science Talk ◽

10.7557/19.5368 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Helene N. Andreassen ◽

Erik Lieungh

Keyword(s):

Open Access ◽

Data Management ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Open Science ◽

Research Data ◽

Open Access Publishing ◽

The Arctic ◽

Learning Support ◽

In this episode, we are discussing how to teach open science to PhD students. Helene N. Andreassen, head of Library Teaching and Learning Support at the University Library of UiT the Arctic University of Norway shares her experiences with the integration of open science in a special, tailor-made course for PhD's that have just started their project. An interdisciplinary, discussion-based course, "Take Control of Your PhD Journey: From (P)reflection to Publishing" consists of a series of seminars on research data management, open access publishing and other subject matters pertaining to open science. First published online February 26, 2020.

Research data management in Turkey: perceptions and practices

Library Hi Tech ◽

10.1108/lht-11-2016-0134 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 271-289 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Arsev Umur Aydinoglu ◽

Guleda Dogan ◽

Zehra Taskin

Keyword(s):

Data Management ◽

Online Survey ◽

Management Practices ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Science Research ◽

Research Data ◽

Content Type ◽

Data Practices ◽

The Subject

Purpose The massive increase in research data being produced nowadays has highlighted the importance of research data management (RDM) to science. Research data not only have to be cost effective but also reliable, discoverable, accessible, and reusable. In this regard, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the perceptions and practices of Turkish researchers on the subject of RDM. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was distributed to the academicians in 25 universities in Turkey, and 532 responses were gathered. Findings Results indicate that although Turkish researchers are aware of the benefits of data management, are willing to share their research data with certain groups, and have decent preservation habits, they express that they lack the technical skills and knowledge needed for RDM. In addition, no institutionalized support (staff, training, software, and hardware) is provided to researchers. Research limitations/implications A well-structured data strategy or policy that includes resource allocation (awareness, training, software/hardware) and is supported by Turkish research agencies is required for better data management practices among researchers in Turkey. Originality/value This is the first study that investigates the data practices of Turkish academics who produce around 30,000 scientific articles annually that are indexed by Web of Science. It contributes to the growing literature on RDM.

Researchers at Arab Universities Hold Positive Views on Research Data Management and Data Sharing

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice ◽

10.18438/eblip29746 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 168-170

Author(s):

Jennifer Kaari

Keyword(s):

Data Management ◽

Data Sharing ◽

Data Privacy ◽

Management Practices ◽

Open Data ◽

Scientific Progress ◽

Management Plan ◽

Research Data ◽

Data Repository ◽

Research Data Management

A Review of: Elsayed, A. M., & Saleh, E. I. (2018). Research data management and sharing among researchers in Arab universities: An exploratory study. IFLA Journal, 44(4), 281–299. https://doi.org/10.1177/0340035218785196 Abstract Objective – To investigate researchers’ practices and attitudes regarding research data management and data sharing. Design – Email survey. Setting – Universities in Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. Subjects – Surveys were sent to 4,086 academic faculty researchers. Methods – The survey was emailed to faculty at three Arab universities, targeting faculty in the life sciences and engineering. The survey was created using Google Docs and remained open for five months. Participants were asked basic demographic questions, questions regarding their research data and metadata practices, and questions regarding their data sharing practices. Main Results – The authors received 337 responses, for a response rate of 8%. The results showed that 48.4% of respondents had a data management plan and that 97% were responsible for preserving their own data. Most respondents stored their research data on their personal storage devices. The authors found that 64.4% of respondents reported sharing their research data. Respondents most frequently shared their data by publishing in a data research journal, sharing through academic social networks such as ResearchGate, and providing data upon request to peers. Only 5.1% of respondents shared data through an open data repository. Of those who did not share data, data privacy and confidentiality were the most common reasons cited. Of the respondents who did share their data, contributing to scientific progress and increased citation and visibility were the primary reasons for doing so. A total of 59.6% of respondents stated that they needed more training in research data management from their universities. Conclusion – The authors conclude that researchers at Arab universities are still primarily responsible for their own data and that data management planning is still a new concept to most researchers. For the most part, the researchers had a positive attitude toward data sharing, although depositing data in open repositories is still not a widespread practice. The authors conclude that in order to encourage strong data management practices and open data sharing among Arab university researchers, more training and institutional support is needed.

Research Data Management (RDM) at the University of Ghana (UG)

International Journal of Digital Curation ◽

10.2218/ijdc.v15i1.670 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 25

Author(s):

Bright Kwaku Avuglah

Keyword(s):

Data Management ◽

Local Community ◽

Research Problem ◽

Research Data ◽

Primary Data ◽

Strategic Approach ◽

Interest In Research ◽

The University ◽

University Of Ghana

This article explores Research Data Management (RDM) at the University of Ghana (UG). It emphasises on institutional awareness and attitudes, and whether the University Library is officially supporting this emerging strategic interest in research focused Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Purposive sampling was used to select information-rich respondents from across the University (i.e. Librarians, Research Administrators, ICT Managers and Senior Researchers) who were interviewed on a range of issues about RDM. Institutional documents were also reviewed to corroborate the primary data and get a deeper understanding of the research problem. The study shows that while RDM is recognised at the institutional level as good research practice and integrity issue, the concept is tenuously understood in the local community. Unsurprisingly, however, there was a general appreciation and awareness of the need for RDM and the implications for such critical concerns as security, integrity, continuity and institutional reputation. The library is yet to take a strategic approach to RDM issues and there is clearly a dearth in RDM expertise within the library system. The study recommends that the library must be proactive in advocating and promoting RDM issues at UG, but first, the Librarians must take advantage of numerous existing opportunities to build their capacity.