42 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
Agriculture
Business
Libraries
Other areas include the arts and agriculture.
Our contacts have come from all different departments but we’ve had so few, the data aren’t reliable for describing
trends. We’re initiating in the next month an analysis of DMPs submitted to NSF since their requirement was
implemented (both funded and not), partly to check whether researchers are claiming they’ll use our IR for data
management without having first secured a deposit agreement.
Physical sciences and other various unspecified.
RDM SERVICES OTHER THAN DMP SUPPORT
18. Please indicate which of the following RDM resources, consulting, or training services your library
provides. These services support ongoing research beyond grant proposal preparation. (Data
archiving will be addressed later.) Please select one response in each row. Choose “Only offered
elsewhere” if the library does not offer the service, but you are aware of this service being
provided by a department or group outside the library. Choose “Not offered” if this service is not
provided at your institution. N=54
Services Offered by
the library
Offered
by the
library AND
elsewhere
Only offered
elsewhere
Not
offered
N
Data management best practices via website
resources &links to relevant literature
34 14 1 5 54
Data storage and backup planning 11 30 11 2 54
Helping researchers identify appropriate metadata
standards
42 6 1 4 53
Research file organization and file naming
conventions
32 12 2 7 53
Helping researchers apply metadata standards 31 7 1 14 53
Data citation 38 4 0 10 52
Data sharing &access 22 22 4 4 52
Help with securing &anonymizing data per
research conduct policies &Institutional Review
Board Advising on institutional data polices (e.g.,
retention, IP ownership)
2 12 27 11 52
Data management best practices via workshops/
direct training
23 12 2 14 51
Other RDM service(s) 2 5 0 0 7
Total Responses 51 37 33 25 54
Agriculture
Business
Libraries
Other areas include the arts and agriculture.
Our contacts have come from all different departments but we’ve had so few, the data aren’t reliable for describing
trends. We’re initiating in the next month an analysis of DMPs submitted to NSF since their requirement was
implemented (both funded and not), partly to check whether researchers are claiming they’ll use our IR for data
management without having first secured a deposit agreement.
Physical sciences and other various unspecified.
RDM SERVICES OTHER THAN DMP SUPPORT
18. Please indicate which of the following RDM resources, consulting, or training services your library
provides. These services support ongoing research beyond grant proposal preparation. (Data
archiving will be addressed later.) Please select one response in each row. Choose “Only offered
elsewhere” if the library does not offer the service, but you are aware of this service being
provided by a department or group outside the library. Choose “Not offered” if this service is not
provided at your institution. N=54
Services Offered by
the library
Offered
by the
library AND
elsewhere
Only offered
elsewhere
Not
offered
N
Data management best practices via website
resources &links to relevant literature
34 14 1 5 54
Data storage and backup planning 11 30 11 2 54
Helping researchers identify appropriate metadata
standards
42 6 1 4 53
Research file organization and file naming
conventions
32 12 2 7 53
Helping researchers apply metadata standards 31 7 1 14 53
Data citation 38 4 0 10 52
Data sharing &access 22 22 4 4 52
Help with securing &anonymizing data per
research conduct policies &Institutional Review
Board Advising on institutional data polices (e.g.,
retention, IP ownership)
2 12 27 11 52
Data management best practices via workshops/
direct training
23 12 2 14 51
Other RDM service(s) 2 5 0 0 7
Total Responses 51 37 33 25 54
