Open AccessResearchers’ Perceptions of Research Data Management Activities
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of library and information services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2475-997X
pISSN - 2475-9961
DOI - 10.4018/ijlis.20210701oa18
Subject(s) - rdm , data curation , reuse , data sharing , knowledge management , computer science , data management , ibm , research data , data science , process management , engineering , database , medicine , computer network , materials science , alternative medicine , pathology , nanotechnology , waste management
This study investigated researchers perceptions of RDM at the MGGL to recommend measures to enhance managing, sharing, and reusing data. The study was underpinned by the DCC Curation lifecycle model and the CCMF which enabled the investigator to employ a descriptive research design to purposively capture data from a broad cross-section of 330 researchers. The data was analysed using SPSS to generate descriptive and inferential statistics that enabled the Investigator to answer the problem.Study findings demonstrate no explicit policies to guide each stage of data curation and capabilities. There were also inadequacies in the knowledge and skills capability, technological infrastructure and collaborative partnerships. Overall, RDM faced challenges in all the examined capabilities. These challenges limited managing, sharing, and reusing data.The study recommends establishing a CMU within the MGGL to oversee the implementation of RDM activities by assembling all the needed capabilities to support data curation activities and enable efficient managing, sharing and reusing research data