Open AccessResearch Data Management Practices of Faculty Members
Author(s) -
Haseeb Ahmad Piracha,
Kanwal Ameen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pakistan journal of information management and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2409-7462
DOI - 10.47657/2018201321
Subject(s) - rdm , data curation , backup , research data , data management , information repository , data quality , data management plan , data security , qualitative property , qualitative research , quality (philosophy) , knowledge management , medical education , engineering , computer science , data science , sociology , database , medicine , computer data storage , operations management , social science , computer security , philosophy , computer network , metric (unit) , operating system , encryption , epistemology , machine learning
The study aimed to explore the Research Data Management (RDM) practices of university faculty members through qualitative research design. The data was collected through semi-structured, in-depth interviews from purposely selected ten faculty members from the University of Punjab (PU). The study discovered some significant factors including RDM and curation practices, the amount of research data produced, the support needed for data curation and their willingness to share it. In addition, the study explored issues the researchers face with regards to RDM. The findings reveal that respondents need assistance regarding storage and security of data, improving the quality of backup, support for storage and preservation. They agreed with a need for a central repository of the University.