Presentation Type
Paper Presentation
Location
Montvale Event Center, Spokane, WA
Start Date
15-10-2018 2:15 PM
End Date
15-10-2018 3:15 PM
Description
Presented by Nancy Shin.
Objective: Given the increasing need for research data management support and education, the Spokane Academic Library at Washington State University (WSU) sought to determine the data management practices, perceptions and needs of researchers on the WSU Spokane health sciences campus.
Methods: A 23-question online survey was distributed to researchers and research support staff through the campus listserv that addressed data organization, documentation, storage & backup, security, preservation, and sharing, as well as challenges and desired support services.
Results: The results of the survey indicated that there was a clear need for more instruction with regard to data management planning and plans. Intrinsic to this instructional need, was also the need for more metadata instruction and data storage and backup resources.
Conclusions: This is significant as knowing how to set up appropriate levels of RDM service will directly influence both data quality and integrity through increased reproducibility.
Recommended Citation
Shin, Nancy and Vela, Kathryn, "Establishing Research Data Management Service on a Health Sciences Campus" (2018). Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA Annual Meeting. 21.
https://digitalcommons.providence.org/pncmla/2018/monday/21
Establishing Research Data Management Service on a Health Sciences Campus
Montvale Event Center, Spokane, WA
Presented by Nancy Shin.
Objective: Given the increasing need for research data management support and education, the Spokane Academic Library at Washington State University (WSU) sought to determine the data management practices, perceptions and needs of researchers on the WSU Spokane health sciences campus.
Methods: A 23-question online survey was distributed to researchers and research support staff through the campus listserv that addressed data organization, documentation, storage & backup, security, preservation, and sharing, as well as challenges and desired support services.
Results: The results of the survey indicated that there was a clear need for more instruction with regard to data management planning and plans. Intrinsic to this instructional need, was also the need for more metadata instruction and data storage and backup resources.
Conclusions: This is significant as knowing how to set up appropriate levels of RDM service will directly influence both data quality and integrity through increased reproducibility.
