Research data management in the French National Research Center (CNRS)

Schöpfel, Joachim; Ferrant, Coline; André, Francis; Fabre, Renaud

doi:10.1108/dta-01-2017-0005

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“…Research data, as one part of the scientific output must be understood in a broad sense as the recorded factual material commonly accepted in the scientific community as necessary to validate research findings. Research data are complex, dynamic, living and easier to describe than to define objects with characteristics changing along with the research process (Sch€ opfel et al, 2018). The term data refers to facts and statistics collected together for reference and analysis.…”

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Research data management literacy amongst lecturers at Strathmore University, Kenya

Adika

Kwanya

2020

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PurposeThe purpose of this study was to analyse the skills required by lecturers to be able to support research data management effectively; assess the research data management literacy levels amongst lecturers at Strathmore University; and suggest how research data management capacity can be strengthened to mitigate the knowledge gaps identified.Design/methodology/approachThis study was conducted as a mixed methods research. Explanatory sequential mixed methods approach was used to collect, analyse and interpret quantitative and qualitative data from lecturers at Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya. Quantitative data was collected using questionnaires while qualitative data was collected through focus group discussions. Quantitative data was analysed using SPSS while qualitative data was analysed thematically.FindingsThe findings of this study indicate varied levels of research data management literacy amongst lecturers at Strathmore University. Lecturers understand the need of having literacy skills in managing research data. They also participate in data creation, collection, processing, validation, dissemination, sharing and archiving. This is a clear indication of good research data management. However, the study also revealed gaps in research data management skills amongst the lecturers in areas such as sharing of research data on open access journals, data legislation and securing research data.Research limitations/implicationsThe study has been conducted in one university in Kenya. However, the findings have been contextualised in the global landscape through suitable references.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study may be used to attract the attention of lecturers and librarians to research data management. The findings may also be used to develop institutional policies on research data management at Strathmore University and beyond. The suggested ways of research data capacity strengthening can be adopted or adapted by other universities to enhance research data management.Originality/valueThis is an original study.

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Research data management literacy amongst lecturers at Strathmore University, Kenya

Adika

Kwanya

2020

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“…Another source of support are the IT departments at universities and research centres. Partnerships between libraries and other hired support teams have become common and their goal is to develop new services to inform, train and support researchers [ 1 , 5 , 6 , 21 ]. At the University of Melbourne, for example, there is a digital scholarship program [ 8 ], while Cornell University implemented the Research Data Management Service [ 13 ], the University of Glasgow [ 7 , 15 ] developed a system for contacting researchers with approved projects and controlling requests for RDM support with automatically generated email if a DMP is required, and the University of Sydney organised eResearchUnit 3 that sends researchers a pre-filled DMP template, based on the abstract of the funded grant application.…”

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Institutional Support for Data Management Plans: Five Case Studies

Karimova

Ribeiro

David

2021

Metadata and Semantic Research

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Researchers are being prompted by funders and institutions to expose the variety of results of their projects and to submit a Data Management Plan as part of their funding requests. In this context, institutions are looking for solutions to provide support to research data management activities in general, including DMP creation. We propose a collaborative approach where a researcher and a data steward create a DMP, involving other parties as required. We describe this collaborative method and its implementation, by means of a set of case studies that show the importance of the data steward in the institution. Feedback from researchers shows that the DMP are simple enough to lead people to engage in data management, but present enough challenges to constitute an entry point to the next level, the machine-actionable DMP.

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“…While the concept of sharing research findings is well-embraced, little efforts seem to be directed towards data sharing. Enforcement of data sharing has however, been championed by two key research stakeholders: journal publishers (Yoon, 2015;Bishoff and Johnston, 2015;Zvyagintseva, 2015;Matlatse, 2016;Chawinga and Zinn, 2019) and research grant organisations (Pitt and Tang, 2013;Wallis et al, 2013;Schmidt et al, 2016;Matlatse, 2016;Sch€ opfel et al, 2018;Wiley, 2018). The aim of data sharing initiatives emanate from the understating that it contributes to science in three key ways.…”

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“…Some studies in the USA and China have also shown that researchers mostly use these unreliable data storage facilities such as office computers, external hard drives and flash drives Schumacher and VandeCreek, 2015;Chen and Wu, 2017). However, in France, a study found that 77% of researchers fully utilised the nation-wide storage facilities and local servers to preserve their research data (Sch€ opfel, et al, 2018).…”

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Research data management at a public university in Malawi: the role of “three hands”

Chawinga

Zinn

2020

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PurposeConsidering that research data is increasingly hailed as an important raw material for current and future science discoveries, many research stakeholders have joined forces to create mechanisms for preserving it. However, regardless of generating rich research data, Africa lags behind in research data management thereby potentially losing most of this valuable data. Therefore, this study was undertaken to investigate the research data management practices at a Malawian public university with the aim to recommend appropriate data management strategies.Design/methodology/approachThe study is inspired by the pragmatic school of thought thereby adopting quantitative and qualitative research approaches. Quantitative data was collected using a questionnaire from 150 researchers and 25 librarians while qualitative data was collected by conducting an interview with the Director of Research.FindingsResearchers are actively involved in research activities thereby generating large quantities of research data. Although researchers are willing to share their data, only a handful follow through. Data preservation is poor because the university uses high risk data storage facilities, namely personal computers, flash disks, emails and external hard drives. Researchers and librarians lacked core research data-management competencies because of the lack of formal and information training opportunities. Challenges that frustrate research data-management efforts are many but the key ones include absence of research data management policies, lack of incentives, lack of skills and unavailability of data infrastructure.Research limitations/implicationsThe study's findings are based on one out of four public universities in the country; hence, the findings may not adequately address the status of research data management practices in the other universities.Practical implicationsConsidering that the university under study and its counterparts in Malawi and Africa in general operate somewhat in a similar economic and technological environment, these findings could be used as a reference point for other universities intending to introduce research data management initiatives.Originality/valueWith seemingly limited studies about research data management in Africa and particularly in Malawi, the study sets the tone for research data management debates and initiatives in the country and other African countries.

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Research data management in the French National Research Center (CNRS)

Cited by 19 publications

References 23 publications

Research data management literacy amongst lecturers at Strathmore University, Kenya

Research data management literacy amongst lecturers at Strathmore University, Kenya

Institutional Support for Data Management Plans: Five Case Studies

Research data management at a public university in Malawi: the role of “three hands”

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